A positive responder is a patient whose energy starts to lift and whose symptoms dissipate in layers. Positive responders have symptoms that can improve quickly or incrementally depending on how ingrained the biochemical profile is and how compliant the patient is.

Responses vary depending on biochemical severity and compliance.

Please see the peer reviewed case study series Orthomolecular Treatment Response published in The Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine in 2010. Advanced functional medicine continues to evolve in its ability to address advanced health conditions.

Primary orthomolecular protocols focus on the normalization of various lab trends with a focus on the optimal reference range. A toolbox of treatment options include balancing copper 2+ toxicity, copper 1+ deficiency, zinc deficiency, heavy metal overload, niacin dependency, food intolerance, and more.

Everyone has a unique biological pattern and the right lab tests can help us greatly in determining how best to ‘target’ nutritional treatment. Targeted blood testing and unwashed hair mineral-metal analysis can be used to determine a meaningful treatment approach on well over 100 fundamental metabolic trends.

The metabolic trends that are the important include mineral imbalance, zinc-B6-manganese deficiency (pyroluria), niacin deficiency, heavy metal toxicity (copper, mercury, lead), inadequate food intake, food intolerance, poor cell function (fast/slow, mitochondrial compromise), sugar imbalance, iron imbalance, inflammation, & thyroid-adrenal imbalance.

Core minerals and vitamins given at the right dose are essential and can normalize multiple layers of imbalance simultaneously and safely. Zinc for example, is a component of over 200 metabolic pathways involved in healthy brain, heart, and digestive tract function.

If you are looking for a provider, here are some helpful links: Classic Orthomolecular Directory, Psychiatry Redefined, and Orthomolecular.org Practitioner Directory.