Serum Pyruvate and Lactate (blood sample):
All of your energy is produced inside your mitochondria, inside your cells. Serum Pyruvate and Lactate measures how much energy is being produced or blocked in aerobic and anaerobic respiration. Energy production blocks can be overcome with targeted supplement therapy. Chronic viral infection, oxidative stress, and heavy metal toxicity can all impair the mitochondria’s ability to produce adequate energy. (£55)
Dr. T. Michael Culp is the director of Integrative Health Solutions Ltd., an innovative multi-disciplinary medical clinic in London specializing in the treatment of chronic diseases.
Dr. Culp received his medical degree from Bastyr University in Seattle, Washington, where he was appointed to the faculty to teach courses in medical nutrition and nutritional biochemistry. He practiced as a family practice doctor for several years in Seattle before becoming the director of medical education for Great Smokies Diagnostic Laboratory, in Asheville, NC, where he developed a number of innovative functional laboratory tests, including preventive genomic testing.
He specializes in medical nutrition, botanical medicine, homeopathy, cranio-sacral therapy, and several forms of mind-body healing. About half of his time is spent working in family medicine and the other half is working with patients with long-term chronic illnesses like chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, IBS, Crohn’s and colitis, multiple sclerosis, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and HIV.
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