The last few emails that I sent out have generated a ton of feedback…
Today, I talk about what medical tests you should think about taking, why medical testing is valuable even if the ranges are based on a sample population of not-so-healthy-eaters, and I also address supplements in more detail.
You’re going to want to check this out. There’s a lot of mis-information out there and this video attempts to separate the good from the bad.
Take a look…
Your question of the day: What do you need to do to break out of your comfort-zone?
Click here, scroll down to the bottom of the page and leave your comments now!
Be sure to check out or new Newsletter here… http://www.renegadehealth.com/circular/100610/RH_Circular_June2010.pdf
Live Awesome!
Kev
6:45 pm on June 10th, 2010
Live and learn for sure … I don’t know what the “right” way is to go … finding a “good practitioner” seems to be key
6:53 pm on June 10th, 2010
Great show today! Thanks for mentioning the list of things I should get tested for in bloodwork – I have been meaning to ask this.
Getting out of my comfort zone- seeing a naturopath instead of an MD. Luckily I haven’t needed either for several years but I would like to find a holistic doctor now in the area. Any recommendations?
7:01 pm on June 10th, 2010
Well said Kevin .Your analytical fervent zeal is most admirable and greatly admired ,and is inspirational . I should get testing done like hair,saliva,iridology,blood work,urine,kinseology,chelation,etc.
7:15 pm on June 10th, 2010
On this topic of testing and supplementation, I have two questions.
1) Specifically, what type of health practitioner are you talking about who will give/order the most useful tests?
2) If we want to get testing done, do we stop taking our supplements (and for how long) before getting the tests done to see how our body is working without the supplements?
As far as getting out of my comfort zone, I’d say it takes overwhelming dissatisfaction with the status quo and a willingness to pay good money to go find answers.
7:22 pm on June 10th, 2010
I agree with the testing thing. Over the years I have spend thousands and thousands on supplements that I thought I might need based on symptoms, and/or muscle testing. Obviously these are good methods, but when I finally got tested for things I figured out what I really needed and this made a huge impact. There were things I never thought of, like a low thyroid, which my practitioner is now addressing with iodine and such things. Also tested for heavy metals and I was loaded with them. I think testing is a good addition to other ways of gleaning what you need, and a great way to stay on track, and eventually saves you money because you are not buying stuff on guessing.
7:32 pm on June 10th, 2010
Your arguments are quite sensible. I agree totally.
What’s the bright light in the background? Are you growing something?
8:12 pm on June 10th, 2010
Kevin, I totally agree. Blood test can’t hurt (well maybe a little) and it may help and even save your life. I had a friend who died of cancer. His cancer was discovered through a routine blood test. He wasn’t into our lifestyle, but certainly was a lovely person. He said if there is one thing different he would do if he survived, it would be to have a blood test every 3 months to catch any problem before it became too serious. Being in the lifestyle, I don’t feel I need to be as vigilant as that. But I do love the way I blow away the conventional doctors and nurses, etc. when I go for an annual physical and blood test at the local woman’s clinic because they can’t believe my age, my health and my looks. Yeah! And speaking of looks, you guys look wonderful since your Costa Rican retreat. There is no secret to how important detoxing is.
8:43 pm on June 10th, 2010
Great info Kevin. (I too love your passion and the challenges you pose.) Any chance you can post the recommended tests? (so I don’t have to keep playing it to write them all down) Also, any recommendations on where to get hair tested?
9:05 pm on June 10th, 2010
have any of ya’ll tried healthcheckusa or any places like it? i really don’t mind the labwork.. i do mind the docs who won’t test for what i ask.. who diagnose it as this or that when it fact this and that are merely symptoms of a much bigger aigghhh, who make me wait for 2 to 2&1/2 hrs to see me for five minutes, who read off to me what the labwork paper says like that makes seeing them worth my money and time, i can read too, who don’t know what to suggest that will actually be helpful once the proper lab work has come back because all they know is what their experience has been which seems to vary depending on way too many variables for me to wrap my head around… maybe if i get the test first i can find a doc to work with based on what my needs are according to my body’s readings..hmmm and sigh.. and really has anyone tried these before ?
9:11 pm on June 10th, 2010
oooop and also does anyone know of a lyme literate doc in ga near the northwest side? because here is what i’ve come to realize in my own journeys..if the docs are not thinking beyond the symptom.. you can actually wind up worse off by addressing that one symptom and then another thinking they are not related… very few docs see the big picture.. that seems to be a common human trait no matter what your passion
9:17 pm on June 10th, 2010
Great Show! I have been making a list of what blood tests I want my doctor to run.
9:22 pm on June 10th, 2010
I agree with the testing and finding a really good practioner. But I have a challenge for you. It would be interesting to know if muscle testing is accurate and then shows up with the same results in the medical test — would you be willing to do that experiment for us?
Great shows – thanks
9:53 pm on June 10th, 2010
It’s very important to find someone who knows the difference between optimal levels versus average levels. You might be experiencing some symptoms even though none of your levels are flagged, or you may feel fine and have some things way out of normal range (AKA high cholesterol and homocysteine levels usually don’t produce symptoms until it’s too late). Don’t spend a dime on a supplement just because you read about it on the internet, in a magazine, or a salesperson told you that you need it. It’s often a big waste of money (and your health) to be taking the wrong supplements. I also find saliva, stool, and urine tests very valuable in determining imbalances in some of my patients. FYI, I’m doing free 30 minute consultations for a limited period of time in celebration of the summer solstice! Details here: http://www.superherohealthcare.com/index.html
9:56 pm on June 10th, 2010
FANTASTIC teaching today, Kevin.
Thank you. I will be sharing this with all my sisters,two of whom are Nurses. This informative video will hopefully help my sisters to think very differently. THANK YOU!
Another reason for us all to be tested for what Kevin spoke of in today’s video is this following bit of info…
Do we really want to be in a hospital these days. Please be aware of what is happening in the world…
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/06/10/national/main6567853.shtml
google this story… ( Update Minnesota Nurse Strike).
It is paramount that we all should pay attention to what Kevin and Annmarie share with us. If we don’t we might end up as unhappy campers in a rigid hospital with no nurses to care for us and our little butts stuck to an unattended bed pan.
10:08 pm on June 10th, 2010
P.S. If you go to a doctor who is run by the insurance companies, he/she will not run the appropriate test panels because insurance only reimburses for really outdated tests such as the TSH test, CBC without a differential, and cholesterol tests that don’t reveal how much of it is HDL, LDL, VLDL, etc. They won’t test for B12 deficiency with a urine test (which is most accurate when you have symptoms and normal blood serum levels), nor will they do a circadian rhythm testing of cortisol (they’ll only run one morning level in blood serum), or a series of stool tests for parasitic infections (they are often only present in the stool one day out of an entire week).
10:53 pm on June 10th, 2010
Hello Kevin and Annmarie,
Thank you for the information on types of testing that are important for a person that consumes a raw food diet.
Can you post a list of the important test to take and purpose of each test?
Thank you,
Debra
11:06 pm on June 10th, 2010
Does royal jelly have any side effects. I noticed that my hair has thinned out on the top of my head. Just wondering and also if you had some remedies for thinning hair
11:39 pm on June 10th, 2010
You mention “good practitioner” many times and that is exactly what we all need. I don’t know what I would do with test results because I don’t have a knowledgeable doctor/practitioner to tell me what to do if anything is awry.
I have considered going to the Gerson Health Restoration Center program (for people who are not sick) because they require lab work which they evaluate. They suggest Direct Labs at http://www.directlabs.com and getting the Comprehensive Wellness Profile which costs $97. It includes: Lipid Profile, Kidney panel, minerals and bones, CBC, Thyroid, Liver panel, Glucose, Fluid & Electrolytes. Besides D and B12 (I didn’t understand what you called that test, MMA?) does that cover it? Oh, guess one needs to test hormones too.
So, YOUR practitioner, Dr, James Williams…does he have a website? Does he do any consultations by phone/email?
Again, thanks for all the info that you give us. I watch your videos every evening.
11:48 pm on June 10th, 2010
I just got a new blood and urine test done to compare my results to last year’s, but still want to get a hair mineral test done like you mentioned. I have looked on Direct Labs.com but can’t find the correct test yet; I’ll keep looking.
To break out of my comfort zone I have to ask myself why this new info/habit/etc. is bothering me. Being unreasonably attached to a belief or “worked up” over contradictory info is a sign that I’m afraid of something…probably that I know what I’m doing isn’t working, or that I’ll never get better. After that I just need to let go on dogma and remind myself I am searching for health, not a belief system or a club or a label.
12:00 am on June 11th, 2010
This is a little lengthy, sorry.
Thanks for your love and care. Sure, get tested but research your options for solutions. I’m sure I’m preaching to the choir when I say this but western medicine’s symptom suppression solution never gets to the bottom of the real problem. Deficiency or excess.
Also, if you can eliminate all stressors, be them from the air, the food you’re eating or not eating, relationships, cell phones, medicines or whatever you should be disease free. I also think exercise is necessary to the point to get your lymph moving which may invole a simple walk and moving all your joints.
Exercise is so promoted because we are all exposed to endless toxins and our elimination channels have to work overtime just to obtain a level of satisfactory health.
I had always given er when it came to exercise and ate what I thought was a healthy diet but since moving to Taiwan I have given up exercise except for dodging along on my ‘granny’ bike and changed my diet. My health, personality, outlook and even my thinking has improved dramatically.
Visiting sites like this one also helps a lot too. Thanks for all the advice.
12:35 am on June 11th, 2010
The blood tests you mentioned are fine and I do them in my office. A heavy metal and mineral analysis does a much better job at looking at minerals as well as heavy metals which can really play havoc with the body. The company I use provides and extensive and amazing report.
Hormones should NOT be tested by blood. Blood measures bound and unbound hormones. Bound hormones have been used and are on their way OUT of the body. In a blood test bound and unbound cannot be separated – so you don’t know what you are looking at. A Saliva Hormone test that also looks at the adrenals is the best way to go.
1:53 am on June 11th, 2010
Can I test my D levels during the summer when there’s plenty of the sun?
Great show, thx.
2:19 am on June 11th, 2010
Getting out of my comfort zone: Believe in my ability to heal. Challenge myself to be healthier then I think I am by walking further, drinking my full daily of water, fighting fatigue, and keep myself away from focusing on the sorrowful points in my life that just aren’t my darn fault! It’s breaking away from one thing and moving to that other thing I was sure I couldn’t be. Believe. It’s hard enough to do.
Marin homeopathic medicine: Yellow Emperor in San Anselmo is excellent in making teas and traditional eastern medicine and acupuncture. I don’t know about hair testing. Try going to the Elephant Pharmacy in San Rafael where they have a holistic health professional who works in the pharmacy and they should have more resources. There are excellent practitioners all over, just get to one if you are curious. Walk into the office and say hello, the rest will happen if it’s right for you.
Ah, Katie, your eyes deceive you or imagination precedes you, the bright light at the end of the tunnel was just a loading door, it is clear to me, bright sunlight is all.
feel secure about your health, not striving for ultimate purity, just reach for balance and physical fitness!
2:33 am on June 11th, 2010
Awesome Kev, you tell um!
8:06 am on June 11th, 2010
Thank you for finally breaking down what has been your mantra for the past 6 months: “get tested!”
Well, yea, but what tests???
I really appreciate you listing them as you did. Would’ve been nice to list them underneath the video like you do recipes. haha.
also, thank you for answering my question on tv workout machines.
8:26 am on June 11th, 2010
Hi Kevin,
I have a lab I can go to where I live to get blood tests, but I’m having a lot of trouble finding a knowledgeable practitioner. I live in Jackson, Mississippi. Hence the problem. Help?
Robin
8:39 am on June 11th, 2010
Awesome info Kev.
I was wondering if you could talk about FAT. I notice a lot of your recipes you say are low fat and healthy but I’ve been reading about WEston A Price and others who advocate that we not be afraid to use fat…ie: butter, and such in recipes… what’s YOUR take? =)
THanks!
9:30 am on June 11th, 2010
Great show Kevin! Your curls looked extra cute today, you must be getting some time in the sun. For future shows, I really enjoy when you have Anne Marie on too. I did get some blood work done with Direct Labs and it was very enlightening. I worked with Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo, Austin, TX, who is brilliant. You can check out her website at http://www.drritamarie.com
9:33 am on June 11th, 2010
Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo can check your blookwork results. I have worked with her and she is great. She can look at your results online.
9:36 am on June 11th, 2010
Breaking out of my comfort zone: Saying no to people who ask me to do things that will compromise my health. That is my biggest health challenge! Almost everyday I am presented with pressure to eat foods I know my body doesn’t like, to stay up later than what is good for my body, and to conform to a culture that is immersing itself in technology that isn’t well understood or tested (EMF technology)!
Do you have any thoughts on that Kev? I find it to be the most difficult… saying no without drawing negative attention to yourself. And without having people think your a little nutty. It seems so clear to me- but to so many others, I’m just a hippie-quack (and I swear, you wouldn’t know that by looking at me). Any insight is appreciated!
10:41 am on June 11th, 2010
How can I find a good practitioner? My doctor most likely would not know how to read the test properly.
What broke me out of my comfort zone was a serious car accident. When it comes to family & friends I try to live my life as if today is my last day to live. When it comes to financial things I try to plan my life as if I will live to be 100 years old.
12:14 pm on June 11th, 2010
Great show. I want to do all kinds of tests and I’m gathering information on witch tests I shoul do. Like others asked you it should be good to have a list, what tests should a normal healthy person (that feels healthy, after test will know if he/she really is) do.
Keep up the good work!
12:28 pm on June 11th, 2010
So what I am going to do is to start or stop spending money on supplements until I get tested.I work at a supplement store.
3:36 pm on June 11th, 2010
Ok, I agree with you 100 percent and have had blood tests – but maybe the wrong ones? Everything was good/normal. Just one question – please, please just tell me WHERE on Earth I can find such a thing as a “good practitioner”?
With a rash for a year on almost my entire body, and after seeing 3 Georgia doctors I still have no answers. I saw one naturopath (skeptical) who I drove 4 hrs to see in ATL. I saw one “integrated” specialist who’s ideas conflicted with the naturopath’s. And I saw one chiropractor/holistic nutritionist in Savannah who did muscle testing, treated me for “maybe” leaky gut with a few supplements, but nothing ever came of it and here I am back in Bulgaria where heaven knows I’m not getting any help, and wondering what in the world I can do!? I’m willing to visit other parts of Europe, any State, I just want an authentically GOOD PRACTITIONER.
5:06 pm on June 11th, 2010
It seems many others have the same question as me. Where do I find a “knowledgable practitioner?” Do you use an MD or a holistic/naturopathic doctor? I only recently discovered Direct Labs and realized that I can omit my general practitioner, who will not order lab work based on my requests, and simply have them done myself. However, I do need someone to decipher the results and help me chart a course of action. I’m sure many people are like myself and have had no success with standard western medicine practioners.
5:31 pm on June 11th, 2010
Kevin,
what are the names of those tests you mentioned? I’m actually going in for blood work next week with a referral from a doctor from True North. Some of those tests you mentioned he did not request, and I’d like to talk with him about them. Can you list them for us?
Thanks!
6:02 pm on June 11th, 2010
cool peeps… thanks for the direct labs info.. and the dr ritamarie… also.. i haven’t used them yet cause i haven’t had the money.. bowen labs … think they are based in fla.. they are supposed to have the most accurate tests for invasive microbes.. lyme, babesia,, and such… i plan to use them when i feel that i am closer to beating the lyme off… they measure the bacterial load… i have had many rashes in my life… some were do to lyme and co infections.. some were due to my enviroment.. one i had for almost an entire year was due to cashews and pistachios.. try eliminating stuff right down to soap you’re currently using and then add back in .. bless each and everyone who has responded here.. and kevin and annmarie .. you two are awesome
7:08 pm on June 11th, 2010
I am interested in becoming a Radiation Therapist in order to make a living along with the hopes of being able to save some lives by education the patients on alternative health options.
My question is, is Radiation Therapist a dangerous job in your opinion?
What are the top careers to steer away from if you want to maintain vibrant health?
10:22 pm on June 12th, 2010
To break out of your comfort sone, from my experience, you have to think of something you have always wanted to do, but were afraid to do, and do it! Try something new, and say to yourself, that whether or not you succeed is unimportant. Do what you have wanted to do anyway. You will find it a tremendous learning experience, and you will learn more about your hidden talents.
12:12 am on June 14th, 2010
I broke out of my comfort zone tonight – changed lightbulbs standing on a small step ladder – I know it is not a problem for most people, but I was sweating – even my hands were sweating I was so nervous.
I just finished listening to Dr. Charles Partito who is the creator of the Ejuva Cleanse all weekend (tho I was late both days), and he talks about urine testing being better than blood testing cause your blood will borrow/rob from other parts to get what it needs, so deficiencies/toxicities may not show (I’m sure I’ve over-simplified that, but that’s what I got out of what he said). He mentioned someone who was 2 months from death whose blood test came back with no problems. He also said he’s got a urine test for $165 which will include a very long questionnaire, an interpretation of the results, and recommendations on supplements. He sells various supplements and has tested them. He recommends Holistic Solutions, Synergy, the ones that Fred Bisci sells (3 letters – cannot remember the name), and the ones that Dr. Brian Clement sells.
I did urine testing through Watershed Wellness Center (.net) in Michigan 2 years ago, received a report showing my VMA levels, but had nobody to interpret it to make recommendations. I’ve done live blood cell analysis with a homeopath and muscle testing with someone trained in that field. This year, I found an integrative medicine doctor who gave me the Genova Diagnostics blood and urine test. He pushed it through insurance by stying my symptom was “fatigue.” I received a 30-page colored report full of fancy graphs and comparisons to the norm, and it even had an analysis section. But again, I dind’t have sufficient guidance from my doctor. So I’m deficient in D, zinc, magnesium, copper, various amino acids – I’ve got all sorts of digestive/malapsorption issues – so now what? So I’m planning to get on ejuva.com (did their cleanse in March) & give Dr. Partito a shot cause he can test, analyze, & make recommendations all in one shot.
8:15 pm on June 15th, 2010
I think people are resistant to the blood tests because they are afraid of being hustled.
It seems like there is always one more thing to buy, one more test, one more website, book, subscription. I try to resist the raw food “market place”. If I bought everything recommended, I’d be broke.
Yes, I am enjoying better health, but no better than my 85 year old parents who think I am nuts.
I did get my blood work done in January @ $500. Is there a cheaper way?
Today is day 9 of my 30 day raw so I am giving it a good try. Does this mean I will never die?
5:34 pm on June 27th, 2010
Hey Kevin,
You said to test for pregnenelone. I was not aware there was a test for that. I know there is an Adrenal Stress Index test that tests your saliva. It measures your cortisol and DHEA. I know pregnenelone is often recommended for low cortisol levels. Is this what you are referring too? Are you taking pregnenelone for low cortisol levels? This would be helpful for me to know since I have been working on rebuilding my own exhausted adrenals. Thank you!
Warmly, Melina