DS Haven In Light Of Things
Functional medicine often uses organic acids testing to look beyond nutrient levels in the blood and assess how metabolism is actually functioning. This clip explains how markers such as lactate, pyruvate, and alpha-ketoglutarate can point to problems with thiamine-dependent enzymes, giving a clearer picture of what may be happening inside the cells in real time.
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