Live blood analysis – also known as live blood cell analysis, nutritional microscopy or sometimes darkfield microscopy biological terrain assessment – is fundamentally the analysis of living blood under an extremely powerful microscope connected to a camera.

The condition and quality of your red blood cells have a direct impact on your present and future health, with stress and disease appearing in the blood years before they manifest in the body. So what do your blood cells look like?

Live blood testing enables us to see your blood exactly as it behaves inside your body, giving a clear picture of your health at a cellular level. We are not looking for patterns that lead to a ‘diagnosis’ in any shape or form, but are merely looking for imbalances in the pH levels in your blood. 

What is involved?

A few drops of capillary blood are obtained from your fingertip using a sterile lancet. This is then placed on a slide covered with a cover slip to protect it from the outside elements. Your blood is then examined immediately under a very high powered microscope (magnified 20,000 times) and the results captured on camera, enabling you to view your live blood – still interacting and moving around – on a video screen alongside a qualified nutritional microscopist.

By analysing how your blood picture relates to the level of health challenges experienced by you, any needs and/or deficiencies relating to your nutrition can be easily identified. A specific tailor-made healthy eating plan is then prescribed using food as the medicine to restore your blood to a healthy condition by removing the excess acidity and toxins.

Live blood analysis is a unique health check which gives a clear picture of your true health and is the only way to detect certain conditions. It evaluates the internal environment known as the biological terrain and addresses areas of imbalance suggested by your blood pictures, but it is not considered diagnostic, i.e. it is not able to diagnose specific illnesses or other health problems. No medical test by itself is usually considered diagnostic without corroborating lab tests, imaging studies or a physical examination

What do you get to see?

Live blood analysis is the only way to see how your blood actually behaves inside your veins.

Healthy blood should show cells which are uniform in shape, size and colour. They should reside freely in their own space, not overlapping or sticking together but gently repelling each other because of their negative charge.

Unhealthy blood cells look broken or squashed together.  The first sign of this happening is a formation that looks like stacks of coins.  These are the disk-shaped red blood cells stacking up on top of each other as the blood becomes more acidic.  In this form they move more sluggishly through the small arteries and capilliaries and are less efficient at transporting oxygen to the cells.  This is the first sign that action must be taken which can take the form of dietary changes and/or supplementation to make the blood cells less 'sticky'.

The white blood cells (neutrophils) are approximately twice as large as the red blood cells. There is approximately one white blood cell for every 700 to 900 red. They can occur in any shape, but have a crisp, clean border and extensive movement.

Live blood analysis is a qualitative test that reveals:

• Relative level of acidity in the body fluids and the effects of these acids on the body
• Relative activity of the immune system
• Condition of the red blood cells and changes in form and function
• General organ ‘stress’
• Presence of parasites, bacteria, yeast, fungus and mould
• Blood sugar and hormonal imbalances
• Malabsorption of fats, proteins and other nutrients
• Crystalline forms of morbid matter, acids, cholesterol and mycotoxins
• Degenerative stress and gastrointestinal tract dysfunction.
• Presence of heavy metal
• Nutritional deficiencies 

None of these phenomena can be observed from a conventional blood test.

Other benefits of live blood analysis include:

§  Giving early warning of potential upcoming health challenges

§  Alerting to the advisability of medical referral

§  Monitoring a specific condition before and after any health regimes

§  Determining the effectiveness of various therapies.