Category: intracellular micronutrient status Monday, January 11, 2021 Serum vs Intracellular Nutritional Testing: The Difference Matters What is serum testing? A serum test is simply a laboratory test that detects something in the liquid (which would essentially be the plasma) part of blood, as opposed to a laboratory test that detects something in the solid part (which would be the red and white blood cells) of the blood. Since blood is made of both cells and plasma, the term “blood test” is not very specific, as it could refer to either. However, the term “serum test” is specific – it ... Read More at Monday, January 11, 2021 Cell-Mediated Immune Function Functional Medicine intracellular micronutrient status Micronutrients and Immune Health Serum Testing Tcells Friday, May 29, 2020 In Europe, Countries With the Most COVID-19 Cases Have the Lowest Vitamin D Levels Now that COVID-19 has been around for several months, researchers all over the world are starting to collect large amounts of data on case demographics and clinical characteristics. One recently published study from the United Kingdom summarized the number of cases and fatalities of COVID-19 from twenty European countries and correlated it with the average vitamin D levels of each of those countries. Interestingly, the countries with the highest levels of vitamin D were those in the way... Read More Posted by Nichole Herms at Friday, May 29, 2020 immune function intracellular micronutrient status micronutrient deficiency and covid-19 micronutrient testing vitamin d and coronavirus Monday, September 18, 2017 One-Third of Americans Have at Least One Micronutrient Deficiency Using data from the government-sponsored research program National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), a group of researchers compiled data on seven vitamins from over 15,000 people in the US. They determined that 31% of the American population is at risk for at least one vitamin deficiency; 23% of Americans are at risk for deficiency in at least two vitamins, and 6% are at risk for three or more vitamin deficiencies. The data came from a variety of sources: dietary recall, rep... Read More Posted by Elissa Rodriguez at Monday, September 18, 2017 intracellular micronutrient status