VITAMINTESTING.COM: Test Your Vitamin Levels

      

ENSURE THE VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS YOU TAKE WORK FOR YOU, NOT AGAINST YOU

                

 

    

Our Mission

VitaminTesting.com, a consumer health advocacy group, is funded solely by its founder, Craig Arnoff.  In short, we don’t make money from vitamin testing, vitamin supplements or any corporate sponsors, thus allowing us to provide high-quality, unbiased information to promote the safe and healthful use of vitamin supplements.  More specifically, we advocate the following:

1 – That consumers use vitamin supplements in a safe and effective manner by ensuring that the supplements they take contain the actual ingredients listed on the label.  Over 50% of the supplements recently tested by ConsumerLab, an independent vitamin testing laboratory, either did not contain what was actually listed on the label or contained unsafe materials such as lead (see Potency Tests Page).  Moreover, a substantial amount of vitamin supplements (or the ingredients used in the domestic manufacture of vitamins) are produced in China, a country known to have little regulatory oversight and to have produced some unsafe, and occasionally lethal, products such as pet foods, toothpaste, children’s toys and prescription drugs.

    
2 – That people taking supplements or those in risk categories for vitamin deficiencies, excesses or drug-vitamin interactions (see information below) get their vitamin levels tested by a qualified healthcare provider (see Get Tested Page).

    
3 – That providers of conventional healthcare (e.g. primary care physicians, specialists and pharmacists) ascertain what vitamin supplements their patients take and advise them of vitamin-drug interactions, drug-induced vitamin deficiencies and the potential for ingesting unsafe amounts of vitamins.

      

Are You Vitamin Deficient, In Proper Balance or Have Potentially Harmful Excesses?

According to a Mayo Clinic report, your health may be at risk from vitamin deficiencies (termed “avitaminosis”) or unsafe excesses (called “hypervitaminosis”) if you:

• Take prescription drugs (a number of them interact with vitamins or cause vitamin depletions – check out the drugs and vitamin supplements you take at the Healthnotes website)
• Take specific vitamin supplements that have been deemed dangerous by the FDA (see current FDA supplement safety alerts)
• Take vitamin supplements that have not been certified by one of the four independent testing labs (since the manufacture of supplements is unregulated - see Potency Tests Page)
• Use tobacco or drink alcohol excessively
• Have an imbalanced, weight-loss, calorie-restricted or vegetarian diet
• Have health conditions such as: gastrointestinal problems (food allergies, lactose intolerance), surgery on your digestive tract, excessive menstrual bleeding, are post-menopausal or have a disease involving your liver, gallbladder, intestines or pancreas (e.g. diabetes)
• Are pregnant or trying to become pregnant

    

Could Vitamin Imbalances Be Causing or Contributing to Your Health Conditions?

According to a review of the research studies published by the National Institutes for Health (see their Medline Plus website) and the American Academy of Family Physicians, the following health conditions can be linked to vitamin or mineral deficiencies or excesses:   

Alcohol/substance abuse, anxiety, arthritis, birth defects, breathing problems (e.g. asthma), blurred vision, calcium deposits, cancers (specifically prostate, esophageal and lung cancers), cardiac arrhythmias, chronic and/or recurring infections, confusion,  constipation, depression, diarrhea, difficulty in healing wounds (including leg ulcers and oral lesions), fatigue or anemia, hair loss and/or brittle nails, headaches or migraines, high blood pressure, immune system disorders, inability to concentrate, insulin resistance, insomnia, irritability, kidney stones, leg cramps, liver problems, low endurance, macular degeneration, muscle pain, nausea/vomiting, numbness or tingling, pain in the extremities, osteoporosis, Parkinson’s disease, poor appetite, poor blood clotting, poor hearing, poor taste and smell acuity, reproductive problems, skin problems such as eczema, acne, scurvy and/or psoriasis, stomach upset, stroke, weakness, weight loss or weight gain

If the government and doctors acknowledge the importance of vitamins to one’s health and if doctors often recommend patients take a multivitamin or other vitamin supplements, why don’t they test the vitamin levels in our bodies?  There are a number of reasons including:

• Healthcare insurance companies won’t usually cover these types of tests
• Many vitamin/mineral tests are not performed at the local medical laboratories that conventional physicians typically use
• Medical schools and post-graduate courses rarely educate doctors about vitamin supplements and how to use them in combination with prescription drugs
• Physicians perceive there to be a lack of conclusive research since respected medical journals don’t publish many supplement-related studies (relatively few supplement studies are deemed credible because they’re not large in scale or well funded like those done by pharmaceutical companies).   

So, if you have any of the conditions mentioned above and they cannot be explained or effectively treated with conventional medicine, or you’d like to explore alternatives to current medical therapies and the use of prescription drugs, vitamin testing may provide you with some additional insight, alternatives and possible solutions.   

    

Ensure You’re in Balance: Make the Commitment to Get Tested

This website is dedicated to providing you with information and resources to help you improve your health and take advantage of a little known fact: that you can test and then balance your vitamin levels.  While we do eventually intend to sell some advertising on this site to cover our costs, we don’t sell testing services or make money when you see a specialized healthcare professional.  Our information is intended to be unbiased and is from the most credible sources we can find. 

If you’re interested in achieving proper vitamin and nutrient balance and avoiding the dangers associated with vitamin supplement excesses, deficiencies and interactions with prescription drugs, you’ll want to have your vitamin and mineral levels checked.  To get started, visit our Get Tested Page.  Congratulations on making a commitment to your health! 

      

Disclaimer: The site publisher is not a medical professional, just someone whose health has been negatively affected by vitamin deficiencies and imbalances.  While every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided by VitaminTesting.com is accurate, up-to-date and from high-quality sources, no guarantee is made to that effect.  None of the information on these pages should be construed as medical advice.  We assume no responsibility for any aspect of healthcare administered with the aid of information provided on this site and recommend that any changes to your medical regimen or to your intake of any drugs, substances or supplements be done under the supervision of a licensed healthcare professional.