What is nutritional microscopy? It is the use of a specially configured video microscope within a health care practice, school or club. The microscope is hooked up to a video camera, which goes to a TV monitor for easy viewing. It is used first as a tool for the health care practitioner/educator to gain insight into a patient's/client's metabolic and nutritional status. It lends assistance in determining what types of nutritional supplements would be optimally correct for the individual. Secondly, and possibly of even greater importance (and certainly it has been shown to have the greatest impact), the microscope is an educational tool for the individual. Few people have ever seen their blood live and up close right on TV. Blood is the river of life flowing through each of us. As human beings, we all inherently understand this. When a person sees their blood for the first time, they realize that there is dynamic activity taking place within. They begin to understand at deeper levels the need to take care of their health. It has consistently been shown that subsequent patient compliance with a doctors recommendations is greatly improved.
As a side benefit, using the microscope often increases office referrals. It is unique. It is real. Folks love it and they send their friends. It is also a tool to give dynamic, one of a kind group presentations for practice building.
What exactly is a 'darkfield' microscope? A darkfield microscope is simply a standard laboratory microscope, to which certain optical techniques are utilized to transform how light comes through the specimen being viewed. For example, let's say we are viewing live blood on a glass specimen slide. The normal mode of a microscope is called 'brightfield'. In this mode of viewing, light shines straight through the specimen. When light shines straight through a specimen, transparent objects are invisible. It's as if you were standing to the side of a sunny window gazing through dust. If there was a white wall between you and the dust, you'd never see the dust because it is transparent when trying to be seen against the white wall. However, if you put a black curtain where the white wall is, all of a sudden the dust pops into view. The darkfield microscope does the same thing. The specimen sits over a dark background (or field), and light is angled onto the specimen from the sides. Things that were once invisible now come into view.
What is a 'phase contrast' microscope? This is another way to view live blood for nutritional work. With this lighting technique, the light coming through the specimen is altered so that a portion of the light is shifted slightly out of phase with the original. The light now strikes the specimen and lights up invisible particles while also giving shades of gray. This is an excellent way of viewing blood for nutritional screening.
Can I diagnose disease with this technique? No. The microscope as we use it is not a diagnostic tool, but a powerful window to view the dynamic micro-life processes going on in one of the most important of body fluids.
How can your company help me get started in this area? We provide the nutritional/microscope training classes as well as the microscope systems for your endeavors.
What techniques will I learn/use for blood auditing? When we view blood for nutritional counseling, we can use three primary techniques. The first two techniques view blood in its live, unchanged state. First we are looking at the overall terrain or environment of the blood with knowledge of the pleomorphic theories of disease as related to pH utilizing the European/German research. Second we can view blood from the more allopathic/nutritional perspective. In either case we are looking at what's normal and what's not. Red cells, white cells, T cells, B cells. Are there parasites? How fast is the blood deteriorating? This gives us insights to nutritional metabolic conditions. A third test we can perform is a dry layer test. Here we take a series of blood drops and let them dry on a specimen slide. The reasons for this is that the coagulation cascade of the blood gets thrown off when the body degenerates through oxidative stress, mycotoxicoses, or disease. This audit process can be very revealing, and it can give direction into what further tests to be performed.
What does your nutritional/microscope training program cover? It covers everything you need to rapidly begin an adjunct nutritional/microscopic service in your office.
Do I need to be a licensed health care practitioner to take the training? No. We often train clinic assistants and we start from square one with a dynamic overview and pre-training of health concepts to prep everyone in class.
Why is pH taught in the pre-training workshop? Understanding body and blood pH is absolutely essential to understanding what goes on in the blood. You cannot have a blood class without thoroughly learning pH concepts - unless you desire to learn only half the story. pH (concurrent with redox) controls everything that happens in the body; enzyme function, vitamin and mineral assimilation, electricity flow, parasitic formation. Metabolic body balancing and blood work cannot be done without an understanding of pH.
Why is the lymphatic system taught? The lymphatic system is our 2nd circulatory system. The lymphatics parallel the blood stream everywhere the blood flows. The blood stream and the lymphatics completes a circuit for blood protein circulation in the body. The live blood analysis gives insights as to what is happening in the blood, and the dry layer analysis gives insights as to what is happening in the lymphatics. Looking at live blood under the microscope is just a portion of what you can do with your microscope. Looking at the lymphatics through the dry layer technique furthers your analytic capability - and furthers the services you can provide your patient.
You talk about further services to my patients, how can I use this form of microscopic auditing beyond nutrition? Let's say you complete a dry layer audit and you learn that your patient's lymphatic system has poor circulation (this is something you might infer with the dry layer perspective). This is an opportunity to introduce lymphatic drainage massage, associated ozone steam baths, etc. into your practice. This area can be a stand alone profit center that brings positive health results to your patient by helping them detox, as well as providing new revenue to you either through your own hands or that of a massage therapist. Likewise, the dry layer perspective could reveal a colon in serious need of a clean up. This could open an avenue for a colonics therapist or a strong reciprocal referral arrangement. These are just two examples. The different blood educational techniques you will learn will be giving you insights to directions to choose for your patient's health that are in addition to nutrition. We cover some of these areas in class.
Will you cover the nutritional products I use? Yes if you desire this. You specify the nutritional products you use in your practice, and you will learn how to use those products in relation to your findings. If we are training you for a specific company, that company's products will be covered.
How large are your classes? Our training classes are small and very personal. On average, 10 to 15 (maximum) students per class and it will typically be held at a hotel. Small class size gives you very personal attention and it is one reason we can teach you as much as we can in 3 days.
How much does this cost? The cost varies depending on whether you have the instructor come to your clinic, or you and your staff come to Chicago. The microscope set up in itself will vary depending on configuration. Total systems start in the $4600 range.
Is your training the only training I will need? After the 3 days of training you'll be up and running and can be generating revenue with your microscope. However, once you embark on using the microscope, the training really never ends. It is on-going every time you look at a new blood sample. Live blood is dynamic and ever changing. Expanded classes on specific topics are an option you can choose for the future, but you'll get so much from our time together, it will keep you going for a while.
Do I need a special license to use a microscope? No. The microscope is only a tool. You don't need a license to operate this tool. What you say to people when you're using it is a different matter. If you are stating a diagnosis through its use, then you may fall under specific medical licensing of your jurisdiction. Similarly, in a private venue you likely would not need a license to prick the finger of a consenting human being. But if you were working with the public, some jurisdictions could consider it the drawing of blood which requires licensure, either nurse, doctor or phlebotomist. If you lived in a restrictive area, you could have clients prick their own fingers with the automatic devices diabetics use everyday. With restrictive government oversight in the public health arena today, our workshop covers legal aspects that you should be aware of if you engage in health related activities and work with the public.
How can I use this knowledge if I don't have a health practice? Some individuals who take this training do not have health care practices but are simply interested in the work because it is very exciting. Some of these individuals get microscopes and some don't. They attend for the education alone which is very unique. They co-op with others to share the cost. They use the knowledge with family and friends. Some individuals are distributors for nutritional supplement companies and they use the microscope for group educational programs. Some work for doctors. When you attend the training you get a very dynamic program that can be used as a health seminar/workshop. Used with the video microscope, it becomes a highly visual, high impact program that people remember, and act on.
How do I get started? All arrangements can be made and further questions answered by simply contacting us.
