The body of any individual always has something to ‘say’ concerning the healing process.  And I have found, in working with many patients since becoming certified in Nutrition Response Testing, that each patient’s body is different. Healing in the body is best described as being comparable to peeling an onion in layers.  This principle is illustrated very well with Nutrition Response Testing, in that very often the innate intelligence of the body indicates one health issue at a time … and very often the issue that needs addressed first is a surprise to the practitioner.  This principle demonstrates the overwhelming superiority of innate intelligence over educated intelligence.

This line of thinking is in direct correlation with the principle of quantum theory as opposed to the orthodox theory of mechanism.  Mechanistic thinking suggests that A causes B which causes C, etc.  On the other hand, vitalism, or quantum theory suggests that A can cause anything, which can cause anything, etc. This principle that anything can cause anything is the principle upon which Nutrition Response Testing operates and is why it is so successful in identifying and correcting root causes of disease.  Only through the process of communicating with the body using Nutrition Response Testing can this be accomplished.

To illustrate this principle I present the following case.  A 63 year-old woman came to the clinic with a complaint of severe difficulty breathing. She had suffered this unexplained problem from around the age of ten to the present, with virtually no relief in all that time. She wanted to know if there was anything I could do for her, so I asked if I could test her using Nutrition Response Testing. I told her I would be able to advise her more accurately after the test.

I began the body scan and was interested to note that it did not show her lungs to be the primary problem. Instead, I found she had a thyroid issue—something the patient had been aware of, by the way, but hadn’t thought to mention until after I’d detected it during the testing. I have been working in my field long enough to recognize the importance of the thyroid as a controlling element in many, many conditions, so I was not as surprised as I might have been that this was my finding. I set her up with a simple thyroid program of supplements and we both waited to see the results.

Now, bear in mind that this patient had been on thyroid medication for six years! Most people with thyroid issues such as hers are told by their medical doctors that they will be on their medication for the rest of their lives. But the supplements I put her on worked so well that when she ran out of her medication about a month or so later she decided not to renew her drug prescription. Instead, she simply continued to take her supplements. At that point, some marvelous things began to happen. Her hands and feet, which had previously almost always been cold began to warm up, and her energy levels, so easily taxed before, began to rise to the challenge of her daily activities. But the benefits this patient experienced didn’t stop there.

About three months into the program, which normally heralds a turning point in many of my patients’ health profiles, the re-testing revealed that the thyroid was no longer the primary concern; now the lungs were the priority. The patient was elated that her original complaint could now be addressed. In setting her new program, I found that there were several products that she needed to deal with her lungs, so I sent her home with them, expecting to see great changes in her breathing problem.

Two weeks after initiating the new program the patient was happy to report that her breathing was better than it had been in years. Two days prior to her appointment she had decided to test herself a bit, so she ran up the stairs and was elated to find that she did not become short of breath at all!

Interestingly enough, on top of all the other good things that this patient was seeing in her recovery, she also lost 10 pounds and went down 3 dress sizes during the six months we saw her. How does one lose only ten pounds, but go down three dress sizes? The answer is really very simple. Because of her thyroid condition, her body had localized much of her weight around the hips and buttocks area. When the thyroid began working properly there was a weight distribution change. Her hips and waist became smaller, and she became more proportional. Needless to say, the patient was very excited about this added bonus to her recovery!

In actuality, this was a relatively simple case, but only because I had at my disposal the one tool that can read the body more effectively than any other. When I use Nutrition Response Testing with a patient, the body tells me what needs to be addressed to bring it back to health. I do not have to guess, or rely on my educated intelligence, which can be quite fallible. And I do not have to use expensive and invasive tests that may or may not find the true cause of a patient’s illness. With this highly accurate testing I can help my patients regain their health naturally and affordably.

This case demonstrates that had the thyroid not been addressed first, the lung problem would probably never have been successfully treated, because the thyroid issue was a root cause of the lung problem.  That was true for this case.  The mistake that is made from the mechanistic model of thought would be to then believe that all lung problems are caused by thyroid malfunction.  The quantum model understands that each individual is different, (that anything can cause anything), and, while in this case the thyroid did cause lung malfunction, in another case lung malfunction may be caused from a completely different cause.  Only Nutrition Response Testing is capable of handling this model through its ability to communicate with the innate intelligence of the body which is suffering from suboptimal health.

So, let us now take a look at this whole process of layers.  An onion is made up of one layer over another, which is over another, and so on.  Nutrition Response Testing addresses the skin of the onion first (the first layer) which is obtaining a good lock on a muscle.  Only after a lock can be produced and calibrated, which means to be able to produce a locked and a weak muscle on the tested individual that both can feel, can the second layer be addressed.

A principle vital to the success of  Nutrition Response Testing is that of not moving on to the next layer until the layer being tested has been properly addressed and handled.  Another principle is not to skip any layer by assuming that it is functioning normally.  By obeying each of these principles one can move through each layer to the next layer by handling each one until it resolves.  If either of these two rules is violated the case will eventually stall or break down, which means that the patient will either reach a plateau, or will begin to get worse.  When either of these happens, it is a sure sign to check the patient and verify that the patient is either blocked or switched or both.  Even if everything has been done correctly, often times either of these two conditions, or both of them, may suddenly appear which must be corrected before moving on.  Once they are corrected the tester begins again.  The patient has not gone back to the beginning but a ‘pothole in the path’ has occurred, which when corrected, will allow the case to once again move forward.

A simple case would proceed as follows:
1.  a lock is obtained
2.  the patient is calibrated
3.  regulation is open
4.  the patient is not switched
5.  reflex exam reveals thyroid, adrenals, and kidneys
6.  thyroid is the priority
7.  sugars and viruses are the stressors
8.  support is provided to handle these stressors
9.  the thyroid pulses to a 10
10. the adrenals and kidneys pulse to a 10
11. the digestive points, PAP, and ANS check OK.
12.  the patient is dosed
13.  end of session

In a simple case such as this all of the above steps are able to be done in one visit because no roadblock (pothole) appears which will stop the procedure and require correcting.  This can all be considered as two to four layers depending on how you wish to count each step.  The point is that in a simple case one proceeds through each step and is able to complete the entire cycle without having to stop and fix one or more steps along the way.

Now, let us look at a slightly more complicated case.
1.  a lock is obtained
2.  the patient is calibrated
3.  regulation is blocked
4.  the blocked circuit is identified
5. the stressors indicate mercury
6. the supplements to handle mercury are tested
7.  the block is corrected and the circuit is open
8.  the patient is dosed
9.  end of session

On the second session
1.  a lock is obtained
2.  the patient is calibrated
3.  regulation is open
4. the patient is switched
5.  the switched circuit is identified
6. the stressors indicate sugars
7. the supplements to handle sugars are tested
8.  the switched circuit is corrected
9.  the patient is dosed
10.  end of session

On the third session
1.  a lock is obtained
2.  the patient is calibrated
3.  regulation is open
4.  the patient is not switched
5.  reflex exam reveals thyroid, adrenals, and kidneys
6.  thyroid is the priority
7.  sugars and viruses are the stressors
8.  support is provided to handle these stressors
9.  the thyroid pulses to a 10
10. the adrenals and kidneys pulse to a 10
11. the digestive points, PAP, and ANS check OK.
12.  the patient is dosed
13.  end of session

Note that this third session of a series of three visits is identical to the first or simpler case.  The difference is that in this slightly more complicated scenario blocking and switching had to both be corrected before proceeding to the next layer of the case.  In this example, each of these two conditions was corrected in one visit.  It may well happen that someone is blocked.  The block is corrected.  They are blocked the next visit.  The block is corrected.  They may be blocked and/or switched the next visit, and they may be blocked and/or switched the next visit after that.  This series may go on several times until the case finally cracks.

Once a roadblock is reached in any visit, it is corrected, and once done so, the session is ended until the next visit.  It is possible that four or five, up to eight or even ten visits are necessary before cracking a case.  This is a term for getting to the point of doing a reflex exam on the patient.  I have occasionally seen this occur, but you may suspect it when treating a very long term condition that has been left to run its course.  By that time lots of potholes are present so the drive is a rough one, so to speak, until these potholes are fixed.  Once they are fixed one can proceed with the case.

Another point in this un-layering of the onion is that once the case is cracked it does not mean that everything is going to go smoothly from that time forward.  One does not know what lies beyond the next bend in the road.  One may be proceeding quite comfortably when suddenly the patient comes in feeling worse.  He may have a flu bug which is easily found.  If not that, the patient may be blocked or switched.  In either of these cases a new layer has been revealed and must be addressed before moving on.

The point is simple.  No matter what difficulty presents to the Nutrition Response Testing advanced clinical training graduate, there is a procedure to handle that temporary crisis and return the patient back to his program.  One must always remember the two rules.  Rule number one is that of not moving on to the next layer until the layer being tested has been properly addressed and handled.  The second rule is not to skip any layer by assuming that it is functioning normally.  When these two rules are applied correctly without exception, the case is bound to improve.  The key to proper healing requires time.  After all, the patient wasn’t well yesterday and suddenly sick today.  The sickness process has been going on and finally the symptoms have caught up.  That must constantly be reinforced to the patient because of the incorrect idea associated with the traditional medical/sickness model so prevalent today.

Any patient may pass through several layers requiring the attention of the practitioner to clear them during the healing process.  These may involve blocking, or switching, or a two-point hang-up, which is taught in the advanced clinical training.  It may be a need for drainage.  Whatever the case may be, if handled correctly using the correct procedures as taught in Nutrition Response Testing, the patient will ultimately improve.  The system does not fail.  Only the practitioner who does not correctly follow the procedures fails.