Description

SpectraCell Micronutrient Test – Comprehensive Cellular Nutrition Analysis

The SpectraCell Micronutrient Test measures the functional status of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, amino acids, and other key nutrients within white blood cells, providing an accurate picture of intracellular nutrient sufficiency versus traditional serum testing.

Key Benefits

• Identifies functional deficiencies in 35+ essential micronutrients to guide targeted supplementation

• Assesses antioxidant capacity (glutathione, CoQ10, alpha-lipoic acid) for oxidative stress support

• Evaluates metabolic cofactors (B-complex vitamins, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin K) critical for energy, immune, and bone health

• Measures minerals (magnesium, zinc, selenium, copper, chromium) to optimize enzymatic and hormone function

• Analyzes amino acids and fatty acids to support neurotransmitter balance, detoxification, and cellular integrity

Highlights:

• Intracellular (lymphocyte) assessment of micronutrient function rather than serum levels

• Coverage of 35+ nutrients across vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, amino acids, and fatty acids

• Clinically validated assay with actionable, personalized treatment recommendations

• Facilitates monitoring of therapeutic interventions and patient progress

Spectra Cell’s flagship diagnostic test is the Micronutrient Test (MNT), which measures 31 specific micronutrients—vitamins, minerals, amino acids, antioxidants, and metabolites—and how they affect cellular function in a person.

Vitamins

• Vitamin A
• Vitamin B1
• Vitamin B2
• Vitamin B3
• Vitamin B6
• Vitamin B12
• Biotin
• Folate
• Pantothenate
• Vitamin C
• Vitamin D
• Vitamin K

Minerals

• Calcium
• Magnesium
• Manganese
• Zinc
• Copper

Amino Acids

• Asparagine
• Glutamine
• Serine

Antioxidants

• Alpha Lipoic Acid
• Coenzyme Q10
• Cysteine
• Glutathione
• Selenium
• Vitamin E

Carbohydrate Metabolism

• Chromium
• Fructose Sensitivity
• Glucose-Insulin
• Metabolism

Metabolites

• Choline
• Inositol
• Carnitine

SPECTROX™

for Total Antioxidant Function

IMMUNIDEX™

Immune Response Score

If someone is deficient in a particular nutrient, the MNT will uncover this deficiency and treat it, thus effectively facilitating real prevention. Correcting intracellular deficiencies will not only slow aging and degenerative disease progression but also prevent and repair cellular dysfunction and, by extension, disease.

The MNT is particularly relevant because it considers a person’s biochemical individuality when assessing nutritional status. The MNT is performed intracellularly—it is not a static serum measurement—thus, it considers cellular absorption, metabolism, and utilization in its nutritional evaluation of cell function, which correlates with tissue health and systemic health. Serum (extracellular) nutrients fluctuate wildly, are only a snapshot, and tell you nothing about the functional health of cells. The MNT measures nutrient status, in the context of cellular function, over 4-6 months. No other nutritional test compares.

There are two key principles on which the SpectraCell^® Micronutrient Test (MNT) is based:

1. Micronutrient deficiencies cause disease.
2. Targeted repletion is the solution.

Micronutrients are the vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and chemicals our bodies use to perform every biological function necessary to survive and thrive.  If we become deficient, we get sick. But the manifestations of nutrient deficiency are incredibly diverse.

Case in point: magnesium deficiency. This mineral is a cofactor for over 300 metabolic reactions in the body. A deficiency could manifest in any number of ways:

• No clinical symptom: Mg deficiency can lower bone density, which is often asymptomatic.
• Subtle clinical symptom: Mg deficiency can increase bone pain and cause fatigue.
• Acute clinical symptom: Mg deficiency can result in a bone fracture.

The point here is that nutrient deficiencies manifest very differently. If there is no obvious or acute issue, it would be referred to as a subclinical micronutrient deficiency.  When untreated, subclinical deficiencies usually progress to overt, sometimes critical ones. Spectracell’s MNT allows you to determine nutrient deficiencies regardless of how they manifest clinically. This is important because in many cases, the clinical symptoms are subtle (fatigue, pain, immune dysfunction) but often become more pronounced over time.

What about other causes of disease?

Actually, many of the commonly accepted causes of disease—inflammation, gut health, genetics—are actually manifestations of micronutrient deficiency.

Micronutrient deficiencies exacerbate inflammation. If antioxidants are present in adequate amounts, they quell inflammation. Deficiencies cause inflammatory processes to run amok.

Poor gut health contributes to micronutrient deficiency. Bacteria in our gut make B vitamins and facilitate the absorption of nutrients, so poor gut health will certainly cause micronutrient deficiencies.

Low immunity is often caused by micronutrient deficiencies. Several micronutrients are needed to regulate the complicated immune network that protects us against pathogens and endogenous cancer cells.

Environmental Toxins—Our body's detoxification systems run on micronutrients, and not having enough means we can't detoxify. Toxins in our environment are unavoidable; we just need to arm our cellular detoxification pathways with the micronutrients needed to deal with them.

Hormones – micronutrient deficiencies compromise hormone synthesis. If you have the micronutrients you need, hormones are more likely to be balanced and functioning well.

Genetics – micronutrients regulate genetic expression. Some genes may dictate that you need more (or less) of a micronutrient to perform the same cellular functions as someone with a different gene. However, the ultimate effect of genetically linked micronutrient deficiencies can be overcome with targeted supplementation.

All of the above contributors to disease are a reflection of micronutrient deficiencies. Correcting micronutrient deficiency via targeted supplementation improves health.

Warnings:
For professional use only. Not intended for self-diagnosis. Follow specimen collection and shipping instructions exactly. Interpret results in the context of a complete clinical evaluation.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:

Nutrition 101: Understanding Macronutrients and Micronutrients