Micronutrients Include vitamins, minerals, antioxidants in amino acids that are free floating in your blood and exist outside the cells, determined in serum are called extracellular micronutrients.

These extracellular micronutrients are a static measure of what is in your blood at any given time. Your micronutrient status will be dependent upon your diet and lifestyle as well as your intake of supplements. This test will give a direct assessment of your baseline micronutrient levels by determining which is high, low or borderline so that you can understand the best way to customize your nutrition plan. 

THE BENEFITS OF EXTRACELLULAR TESTING INCLUDE:

• Identifying baseline nutritional deficiencies.
• Detecting higher than normal levels of vitamins and minerals in your blood.
• Identifying excesses of nutrients caused by uncontrolled supplementation, to prevent the increased risk of certain chronic diseases or nutrient toxicity side effects.
• Avoiding unnecessary spending on costly supplements.
• Providing a short-term nutritional status of the last few days.

Extracellular micronutrients have been well studied and deficiencies have correlated to multiple chronic diseases including cancer, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. ^1,2,3,4. Testing extracellular micronutrients also play a role in patient management for such chronic diseases.