Better Health combines the science of saliva analysis with the bodies inherent electrical nature, to create personalized nutritional programs unique to you. The body is not only chemical in nature, but electrical; hence, western medicine has been able to capture electrical frequencies monitoring a patients heart by means of an EKG. In our field of alternative medicine, we have found electro-magnetic medicine to be one of the most comprehensive and progressive testing tools available today. Due to the existence of numerous electrical systems within our bodies which interact via our sympathetic and para-sympathetic nervous systems, we are able to decipher imbalances that can be corrected through proper nutrition.

Why is saliva used in our testing? While mostly water, saliva contains electrolytes, buffers, antibodies, hormones, enzymes, sugar-coated molecules known as mucin, proteins, and a host of minerals. The elements found in blood that can be tested can also be tested on saliva. It, too, is like a blue-print of the body on a cellular level. These facts were referred to in an article that appeared in the Health/Science section of the Boston Globe on March 04, 2003. Stated in part in her article: “Saliva Offers a Mouthful of Promising Science”, Vivien Marx notes:

...biomedical researchers are finding that this bodily secretion offers a mouthful of promising science. Last month, some of these scientists presented their newest work at the Gordon Research Conference and Symposium on Salivary Glands and Saliva in Ventura, Calif.

Lawrence Tabak is the director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, part of the National Institute of Health. He is also a diabetic and has pricked his finger more often than he would like to count. He envisions a device so small that it could be integrated into a tooth and would use saliva to monitor his blood sugar level. What sounds perhaps like science fiction is actually a research program involving several universities around the country to develop lab-on-a-chip technology for salival diagnostic tests.

“Anything you can measure in blood” Tabak explained, “you can figure out how to measure in saliva.” Collecting saliva samples is much less invasive and it might lower people’s fears about going to the doctor, he said ”These methods hold tremendous promise.”

For example, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Charles F. Streckfus and his colleagues are working on various ways to compare saliva in healthy and cancer patients. One saliva test he is working on measures levels of HER2/neu protein, which is important in normal cell growth, but is overproduced in aggressive breast cancer cells. These elevated HER2/neu levels can be detected in saliva, and research shows this test can potentially reduce the number of false positives and negatives in breast cancer detection. The test also offers a noninvasive way to see how a treatment regiment is working.

Saliva can deliver insights into the body’s immune response, Joe A. Bosch of Ohio state University stated in the International Review of Neurology. Intrigued by the connection between stress, periodontal diseases, and impaired wound healing, he looked at variations in the level of an antibody called Immunoglobin A, or IgA in saliva.

With all it has to offer biomedical research, saliva is currently garnering more respect than ridicule.

Testing your saliva enables imbalances to be brought back into balance. Your personal program is specific for you and addresses your needs on a cellular level. This information is not a replacement fro medical diagnosis and treatment.

Testing entails:

• Herbal Evaluation – Testing on over 200 herbal blend/extracts specifically designed to support, enhance, and build your bodies defenses. These encourage proper detoxification and elimination while providing necessary phytonutrients essential to your body’s needs. Herbal blends were developed based on scientific testing. These blends are powerful, yet gentle to the body. There are no fillers and no animals were tested or harmed in the process. Herbal blends are easily assimilated as they are entirely food based and rich in enzymes. Usually one or more of these form the foundation of your program.

• Supplement Assessment - On over 800 supplements and homeopathics. Your saliva determines scientifically which professional grade formulas will build and support your body systems. These provide the exact nutrition your saliva shows that you are lacking. There are no filers. These work synergistically with the Herbal blends and extracts in order to meet your specific needs. A program is designed around this specific set of nutritionals. Your individual system usually requests several specified vitamins and/or combinations out of the 800 plus products utilized. This process is very selective and does not encourage over-abundance or over-use, as more is not better

• Food Sensitivity and Personalized Diet – Over 400 foods are analyzed based on your individual needs and sensitivities. Your saliva allows us to decipher which foods would bring you increased energy, health, and nutritional advantages, as well as, foods that can be causing, contributing, or creating imbalances, sensitivities, and even allergies. Many improper foods contribute to illness, as well. This intricate testing method highlights and points out problematic substances, which in turn allows you, individually, to avoid such trigger foods. Through dietary recommendations you are given a list of beneficial foods and foods to avoid. There is no replacement for proper nutrition. The advantage of having an individualized list of whole foods beneficial to you bodies specific needs is invaluable.

• Toxicity Evaluation – Chemical Sensitivities are highlighted under this segment of testing. Often the toxins we are exposed to cause severe imbalances in our delicate body systems. Mineral imbalances can be the key to unlocking the door to regaining health and restoring balances. These are noted, information is provided, and recommendations are made in order to help the body easily eliminate the toxins that are hindering healthy progress. Personal care items are also tested at this time. Several organic and/or chemical free product lines can be identified in order to assist with personal hygiene and household cleaning. Many of these items are available at your local health food store. This testing and necessary toxic elimination is an extremely beneficial way of addressing environmental imbalances.

• 17-System Evaluation – Neuro-Muscular statistical evaluations help you to understand the relative energy being utilized by the cells of any specific organ or body system. Negative energy can be a sign of imbalance, illness, and/or stagnation which leads to a decline in energy, well-being, and homeostasis, or overall internal health. Energy constrictions can be opened up in order to increase proper energy utilization on a cellular level. This information allows you to graph or chart your personal progress as you work with your nutritional program. Other avenues such as emotion, illness, stress, and exercise can play a critical role in the decline and/or progress of these numbers, accordingly. The goal is to bring all the numbers up to over +1000 proper energetic flow on an electrical level. These statistics can increase steadily if the nutritional program is adhered to.

Better Health is committed to assisting you in attaining your individualized health related goals. Good health takes time and effort. It is our desire to equip you with the tools you need to achieve “better health” and well-being.