NOTE: This test is ONLY AVAILABLE TO AUSTRALIAN RESIDENTS.
Pfeiffer Testing
The Pfeiffer Profile is a combination of core nutritional elements that make up a comprehensive biochemical assessment to monitor and evaluate disorders such as ADD, ADHD, Autism, learning disorder, mental disorders, and general well being.
Using the combination of nutritional analytes such as:
• Plasma Zinc
• Serum Copper
• Ceruloplasmin
• Whole blood Histamine
• Homocysteine
• Vitamin D3
• Zn:Cu ratio
This unique profile offers a complete evaluation of one’s overall biochemical function that can impact a patient’s mental and physical well-being.
Zinc: is an essential mineral that adequate levels are needed for the body to function. Zinc stimulates cell division in the body and also supports your immune system, growth and manufacture of DNA. A zinc deficiency may be associated to symptoms such as depression, ADHD, ADD, learning difficulties and more.
Copper: is an essential trace mineral which works with iron to help the body form red blood cells. Copper is also essential as it assists in producing energy, forming connective tissue, and helping the central nervous system function properly. Excessive copper can lead to anxiety, mood disorders, depression and other mental health conditions.
Ceruloplasmin: is the major copper-carrying protein in the blood, and in addition plays a role in iron metabolism.
Histamine: is a Neurotransmitter produced and stored within the body. Abnormal histamine levels may directly influence brain function and behaviour such as depression, anxiety or schizophrenia.
Vitamin D: Vitamin D “the sunshine vitamin”, is necessary for maintaining good health. Low Vitamin D has been associated with a number of health concerns.
Homocysteine: is a naturally occurring amino acid produced by the body which if imbalanced can be associated to a number of health conditions that may affect our day to day lives.
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Analytes
- % free Copper
- Ceruloplasmin
- Homocysteine
- Plasma Zinc
- serum Copper
- Vitamin D3
- whole blood Histamine
- Zn:Cu ratio
Test Method
Automated chemistry, EIA, RIA, LCMS
Common Conditions:
- Mental and Emotional Health
- Anxiety
- Nutritional and Dietary Symptoms
- Chronic Fatigue
- Over Methylation
- Other Health Conditions
- Genetic Predisposition
- Under Methylation
About The Test
All tests come with full instructions, including a pre-authorised practitioner script.
Home test kits come with everything you need to complete the test, including free express post return postage to the laboratory.
All pathology test kits come with a preauthorised script (including test kit/s if required) to take to your local pathology test centre.
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Turn-around time: 5 days
About Pfeiffer
Dr Carl Pfeiffer is a well recognized scientist who made may discoveries about the influence of certain nutrients on each individuals. His main work help discover that many mental illnesses could be traced back to nutritional imbalances and that each person was unique in their need for certain nutrients in order to prevent mental disorders. Dr Pheiffer found that while some peoples mental problems improved greatly through certain nutritional intervention other patients actually got worse from the same treatment for the same conditions, this meant that each person was unique and so treating each patient using the pheiffer test would provide a much better insight into the cause and treatment for a patient.
Dr Pfeiffer was also responsible for his findings in the disorders such as Kryptopyrrole, Mauve Factor, Pyroluria and or Pyrrole. Dr Pfeiffer also studied the influence of homocystenine and histamine in relation to mental health disorders that resulted in good outcomes for patients.
Mental health Disorders
Using the pfeiffer test can greatly improve mental health disorders such as ADD (attention deficit disorder), ADHD (Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), schizophrenia, Autism, learning disorders and mental disorders, this is because many of the nutritional pathways tested in the pfeiffer test have a major effect on neurotransmitters that control how we think, how we feel and how we behave. Just one imbalance has the potential to cause a major mental health disorder that could otherwise be treated, the pfeiffer test is a test that offers a complete evaluation of one’s overall biochemical function that can impact a patient’s mental and physical well-being.
Also see additional nutritional tests here.
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