Nutrition Response Testing

Find Out What’s Going On With Your Health

Nutrition is the foundation of your health.

Even people who eat healthy can have nutrient deficiencies.

There’s a lot of misinformation out there on fad diets and new, miraculous supplements.  It seems like there’s a new one every week.

Our philosophy on supplements is “take it or eat it!”  A truly healthy diet includes a variety of vegetables, healthy proteins and fats, and very few processed foods and sugars.


We use only use food-based supplements chosen because of their quality. Through nutrition alone, we can help people overcome all sorts of illnesses.

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NRT is based on Applied Kinesiology or muscle response testing. It’s a way to assess which, if any, organs are under stress. Those stresses could be from foods, chemicals, heavy metals, scar tissue, or pathogens. We use NRT to help people with digestive issues, hormone imbalances, auto-immune problems, and other symptoms that leave medical professionals scratching their heads.

NRT is a way to see if there’s anything in your current diet or lifestyle that may interfere with your health. 

We’ll figure out what nutritional foods and herbs will be helpful for your recovery and good health.

We can use NRT to assess the correct dosage of any supplements. If you’re currently on supplements or herbs, we can test to see if those are the right ones for you.

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Common Food Sensitivities, Allergies, and Intolerances 

We see many people have undiagnosed food sensitivities. Common foods like grains, dairy products, oils, caffeine, sweeteners, and proteins are things people have difficulty digesting frequently.

Some of these mild sensitivities go away after a short period (about 4-6 weeks) of avoidance.

In cases of food intolerance, people feel better if they continually avoid a specific type of food. This is something we can help you figure out. 

Frequently Asked Questions About Nutrition Testing

Societies that follow a  “traditional diet” (NOT to be confused with a “paleo” diet) have straight teeth with almost no cavities.  There’s more resistance to common illnesses.  Their bone structure is strong.  

These “primative” foods include: 

* healthy fats, including fish, eggs, lard, fatty meats, butter, beans, nuts, and vegetables

* a wide variety of vegetables, including cruciferous veggies, root veggies, leafy greens, spices, herbs, and seaweed

* organs, for their trace mineral content and ability to heal that part of your own body

* fermented foods

* bone, including bone broth (“stock”) 

* sprouted and soaked whole grains 

* raw (unfermented) dairy

* salt (in some form)

They don’t contain:

* refined grains

* added sugars

* food chemicals like artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives

* excess alcohol

For more details on how to set up your kitchen for healthy eating, download our free cookbook here.    

Food allergies, or more commonly found, sensitivities, can be figured out rather simply.  

1. NRT (Nutrition Response Testing) in our office.  This test measures your muscle resistance in response to specific foods.  Lowered resistance indicates some level of sensitivity.  

2. Elimination Diet.  This 21-day test checks if a specific food is causing any of your symptoms.  The symptoms DO NOT have to be digestive.  Many cases of skin rashes, mental fog, fatigue, and even joint pain could be from food sensitivities or allergies.  

3.  Skin prick or blood allergy tests.  We don’t do these in our office.  If you have these test results and want to bring them in for us to analyze, or for a list of items to treat, please do so.  

We use only all-natural, food-based supplements.  99% of store-bought vitamins are synthetic.  Ours are ALL REAL FOOD.  

Food-based vitamins rarely cause side-effects.  They’re made from real things that your body knows how to digest and use. For example, we use calcium sourced from beets; the zinc we use is made from animal liver. 

Most food-based supplements are incredibly safe, even (and especially!) for pregnancy, especially when prescribed by a licensed practitioner. There are rarely any side effects or complications, but please let us know if you have any known allergies. 

Just about anything!

Nutrition is considered “internal medicine,” whereas acupuncture is “external medicine.”

For most conditions, combining both will give you a better and faster result from your treatment. 

Your digestive system, in TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) is part of the Earth element.  It’s the foundation.  Often it’s the first thing we treat, regardless of what your reason is for coming in. 

Healthy nutrition supports your entire body and the healing process. 

There is no “standard formula” for everybody.

Each recommendation is custom-made for you, your treatment goals, and your symptoms. 

Most people benefit from taking one item from each of these 3 categories:  

Some people also need something for digestive support.  

I think so. 

Even if you’re eating healthy, it’s difficult to get everything your body needs from food alone these days. 

Our soil is depleted of minerals.  We have stressful lives that further deplete our vitamin and mineral stores.  And, let’s be honest, we don’t always eat the healthiest. 

Unless you’re growing your own food with extremely fertile soil, and raising your own livestock, and that’s all you eat, you probably need to take something to fill in the nutritional gaps.