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A Case Study:
Persistent Heart Palpitations
Food plays a critical role in our overall my client sought my expertise. One
health and well-being, serving as both powerful diagnostic tool we utilize is
fuel and medicine for our bodies. From a comprehensive stool test. Allow me
physical health to mental wellness, to share just a glimpse of the results
the impact of what we eat cannot be and what they reveal about my client’s
overstated. By making mindful food condition:
choices and understanding the profound
effect nutrition has on our bodies, we can Key Markers from the Stool Test
unlock our potential for optimal health,
disease prevention, and enhanced quality Steatocrit: This marker helps detect
of life. increased levels of fat in stool, which
can indicate issues with fat absorption
In November 2023, a client came to or digestion. It’s a valuable tool for
me with a troubling issue: persistent identifying potential problems in the
heart palpitations. Despite undergoing digestive system. Elevated levels indicate
a series of tests—including an EKG, poor fat absorption. This often points
echocardiogram, and heart monitor— to issues within the pancreas or small
Western medicine offered no definitive intestine. Imagine your body missing
answers. Every result showed normal, out on essential nutrients; it’s no wonder
leaving my client frustrated and without palpitations can persist.
a clear path forward.
Elastase-1: This pancreatic enzyme
The Turn to Nutrition is measured to evaluate the quantity of
By late January, in a bid to find relief, my pancreatic enzymes present. Testing
client consulted a nutritionist. Dietary elastase-1 levels can be useful when
changes brought some improvement, determining if supplemental pancreatic
but the palpitations continued to plague enzymes could benefit a patient,
them. It was clear that something deeper particularly in cases where the pancreas
was at play. may not be producing sufficient enzymes
for proper digestion. Low levels suggest
Seeking Real Answers pancreatic insufficiency, leading to
Determined to uncover the root cause, improper digestion and nutrient
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