My dr. recently gave me a Spectracell test which supposedly measures the intercellular levels of many nutrients. The test came back showing many nutrients were less than optimal. The interesting thing is that serum levels of many of the same nutrients we're drawn at the same time and serum levels were more than sufficient. Some of the less than optimal nutrients were important things like magnesium, CoQ10 and B12. This is a good thing because if the test is accurate it may help my afib. However, when I questioned him regarding what could be causing this, his response was gut issues which doesn't make sense. If the nutrients made it to the serum level they had already passed thru the gut just fine. So what could be causing a number of nutrients to be low at the cellular level when some are excessive at the serum level?
For example B12 is over 1300 at the serum level, but boarder line at the cellular level. I use a number of converted forms of B12 all sublingually. I take metoprolol which I know depletes B vitamins, does it do this at the cellular level, but not the serum level?
I'd be less concerned if this was only one or two nutrients, but this is going on with most of the nutrients so it is a pattern, in spite if using good quality supplementation. Any ideas? Would Eliquis cause this? A parasite, systemic candida? Has anyone else had this test done?
