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Across North America, health care professionals are using Live Cell microscopy as a tool to educate clients and motivate awareness of nutritional and lifestyle deficiencies and excesses. Live cell microscopy (also known as Dark field Microscopy) allows patients to see first hand evidence of their nutritional status and needs. Its uses a single drop of blood, taken from the fingertip and magnifying it to 1500X or more under the microscope. The cells remain alive in the sample for at least 20 minutes, during which time they are observed. With the aid of a video camera, the patient can view the sample right along with the doctor on a video monitor.

Live cell microscopy can reveal distortions in red blood cells, reflecting nutritional status related to iron, protein, vitamin B12, folic acid and essential fatty acids. Incomplete or slow digestion of fats and proteins can also be observed as a sign of poor digestion, liver stress and bowel toxicity. Live cell microscopy is an educational “feedback mechanism” motivating people to improve their diet and lifestyles through the use of sound nutritional advice. Positive changes in the blood can be viewed over time, usually within months.

It is important to note that although live cell microscopy does not actually allow you to see specific diseases under the microscope, it does allow for altered blood ecology patterns to be observed. These biological terrain patterns can allow ill health to develop over time, so the idea is to modify and improve these suboptimal patterns  before serious trouble arises.