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by Lyle Hurd, totalhealth editor
  or a number of years we have been aware that establishing and monitoring personal biological baselines are critical to optimal
health. So when noted radio health talk show host Frankie Boyer recently sent me a copy of a book titled Normal Blood Test Scans Aren’t Good Enough! by Ellie Cullen, R.N., founder
and CEO of Your Future Health (YFH), I was
immediately interested. Frankie pointed out
that Ann Louise Gittleman, N.D., M.S., C.N.S.,
totalhealth editor and author of the best-selling
Fat Flush Plan, had written the forward and
respected medical nutrition reporter Betty
Kamen, Ph.D., had written the introduction to
the book.
After reading the book, speaking at length
with Ellie Cullen and reviewing numerous
patient histories, I am convinced the YFH
HealthPrint program can be of significant value to individuals committed to nutrition
and nutritional supplementation as the key to
self-managed, natural health, possibly an
imperative to those of us over 55, as well as an
important tool in our relationship with our
health care providers and the health food store.
In her forward Ann Louise Gittleman
states: “In over twenty years of counseling and
researching, I’ve come to one conclusion. We
are not created equal . . . biochemically, that is.
One diet does not work for everybody nor do
‘one-size-fits-all’ dosages of vitamins, minerals
and amino acids. Everyone, because of their
unique genetic makeup, has distinct nutritional
requirements that must be fulfilled in order
to achieve and maintain optimal health and
well-being.
“As you read her groundbreaking book,
Ellie Cullen and the staff of YFH have perfected
the interpretation of both standardized and
specialized blood tests (the ones that access
cardiovascular and cancer risk) to reveal each
individual’s unique pattern of health. In
essence, your future health is contained within
these pages. Their system can determine the
current state of your health, track these patterns
and provide practical solutions through
diet and lifestyle changes along with supplementation.
And because they are meticulous
about using the same reference laboratory for
subsequent blood testing, YFH can pinpoint
exactly how efficiently the solutions are
working.
“Simply put, the blood doesn’t lie. YFH has
learned by tracking thousands of clients how
to read blood tests by being aware of the optimal,
not simply ‘normal’ ranges for health, as
well as your own ‘personal normal.’ For example,
when I received my YFH results and nutritional
interpretation, Ellie told me that my
blood sugar reading of 81 was way too
low . . . for me. In light of my other values and
the history of diabetes that runs in the family,
I needed to raise my fasting blood sugar—significantly.
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Shedding light on
your blood type is
only the beginning
of what blood
analysis can offer you |
“The YFH HealthPrint is not only extremely
valuable in evaluating the current state of your
health but is invaluable in uncovering the specific
areas you need to work on as an individual,
such as raising blood sugar (like me), lowering
LDL (the bad cholesterol) and managing homocysteine
(the newest risk factor for heart disease).
“After my own positive personal experiences
using YFH’s revolutionary system, I can only
suggest that you share this book with your family,
your friends and your physician. The YFH
system will enable you and your enlightened
practitioner to analyze and track blood tests
from a scientifically documented nutritional
perspective. At the very least you will be able to
ensure quality health for you and those you care
about. You may even save a life someday.”
In her introduction to the book, Betty
Kamen, Ph.D., comments: “This is a story of discovery—a finding so important, I believe it
should be shouted from every rooftop. To say
that it is about blood testing is not only an
understatement, but hardly depicts the significance
of what is chronicled in these pages.
“Most of us have had our blood drawn and
analyzed at one time or another. Few people go
to the doctor for the purpose of prevention, so
the familiar blood test is usually administered to
confirm or deny your doctor’s suspicions about
your specific symptoms. If you are overweight or
appear to have heart-related problems, the doctor
will surely suggest a cholesterol check. If you
complain of fatigue, then your iron levels, and
perhaps your thyroid hormones are looked at.
Using the results to graphically demonstrate your
need for medical treatment, your doctor will
point to test scores that are outside the ‘normal’
range and act according to standard protocol.
“But he or she is unlikely to explain that the
traditional parameters for health and disease,
as established by these tests, are somewhat
arbitrary—that they hardly reveal the entire
story. Nor do most doctors explain terms like
bilirubin, blood urea nitrogen or alkaline phosphatase.
They may not even offer a copy of the
chart that pinpoints where you are on the grand
scale of general results—unless you ask for it.
“It is now common knowledge that the tiny
constituents of your blood can only meet the
intricate demands of your tissues and organs
when nutrient makeup is optimum. The good
news is that these minuscule blood cells contain
coded messages that ‘file’ this information.
Better news is that the use of a high-tech microscope
and a specifically developed computer can expose these inner secrets—the ones that let us
know whether or not nutrient needs are being
met. But the effectiveness of the interpretations
of these once elusive facts also depends on the
skill of the scientists looking through the lens or
examining the computer screen and most especially
of those who evaluate the very specific data
that is as individual as your fingerprint.
“And there’s the important part: In addition
to defining blood test terms and using the most
highly professional analytical modalities, what
YFH offers is information about blood test scores
that can give you feedback before a problem or
its symptoms are noticed—well in advance of a
time when interference with life quality, or even
with life itself, becomes palpable.
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| Because they are meticulous about using the same reference laboratory for subsequent blood testing, YFH can pinpoint
exactly how efficiently the solutions are working. |
“Ellie Cullen tells a story that was twenty-five
years in the making. What she discovered while analyzing endless blood tests is that there is
almost always an avoidable cause for all disease.
Such expert analysis is part of the innovative
HealthPrint, now available to everyone.
HealthPrint offers analysis that can ‘finger’ a
cells-out-of-order situation long before the usual
blood test can. An then, following the gospel of
tried-and-true measures, plus the very latest
research, Ellie Cullen’s scientific laboratory provides
sound advice for helping to turn things
around.
“Normal Blood Test Scans Aren’t Good Enough!
is a fantastic resource—an invaluable tool for
helping you take control of your health with unrivaled precision. Keep in mind that your delicate
blood cells are highly vulnerable and subject
to ongoing change. And again—remember
that the sleuthing detective work of the
HealthPrint can discern malfunction at its earliest
stages.”
We asked Ellie Cullen to describe what she
terms as the coming age of personalized health.
“We’re in the beginning stages of possibly the
most revolutionary transformation of medical
understanding of human biology in history.
“It’s an exciting time, because over the next
few years, this transformation will make health,
well-being and life without disease available to a
much greater number of people than those who
currently enjoy these greatest of gifts.
“Most health and medical breakthroughs in
the past have been predicted on the ‘sameness’ of people. Antibiotics and the vast majority of
drugs have been designed for, and given to,
everyone. The FDA recommends one, and only
one, universal nutrition plan. In neither case
are differences such as age, gender, weight,
height, genetics or biochemistry ever collectively
considered.
“A ‘one-size-fits-all’ health care is simply the
wrong approach for optimizing individual
health and wellness. However, the process of
effectively optimizing personal health is becoming
easier, thanks to recent scientific breakthroughs
in molecular biology. This innovative
science makes it very clear that each of us is as unique as our individual fingerprints.
“Shedding light on your blood type is only
the beginning of what blood analysis can offer
you. If you want to optimize your health,
longevity, weight control and illness prevention,
blood analysis can do this by customizing diet
and lifestyle choices to your own individual biochemistry.
“Where blood testing holds even greater
promise, where it can serve as a truly extraordinary
tool for optimizing your health, is when the
results are nutritionally analyzed and interpreted
to develop a diet and wellness plan customized
to your individual and unique genes and biochemistry.
This happens when blood testing is
used preventively rather than as a diagnostic tool
after symptoms of illness or disease are already
apparent. To come up with the ideal program
uniquely suited to you, it’s truly as simple as
working by the numbers.
“In our clinical work we have found there are
sixty specific tests which are essential for general
illness prevention and early identification of the
onset of disease; and/or are useful for addressing
specific problems including male and female
cancers.
“These essential tests fall into thirteen categories:
- Electrolytes
- Minerals
- Bones
- Kidneys
- Protein
- Liver
- Complete blood count
- Manual RBC morphology
- Cholesterol/lipid profile
- WBC details/manual differential
- Cancer screens
- Thyroid
- Special tests
“Each of these tests and its benefits are explained
thoroughly in my book.
“When blood parameters are in the optimum
ranges, the body is able to heal itself much more
effectively than it could with the use of drugs
and other artificial treatments. Optimum health
is the result.
“YFH isn’t a specialist in any one symptom
area but because balancing the blood helps the
body to heal itself very effectively, we’ve been
able to help our clients and their doctors prevent
or solve various problems ranging from cancer
to heart disease to digestive problems and have
even been able to alleviate symptoms of infertility,
diabetes and a dozen other disease states.
“For over two decades YFH has been designing
customized diet and wellness plans, based on
comprehensive blood analysis, for a very wide
range of clients—those seeking to overcome as
well as prevent illness and disease. Our clients’
results have completely exceeded those which
would have been possible on even the best general
purpose diet and wellness plans.”
While in the process of compiling this article
YFH announced a groundbreaking new test
called the VAP for determining the risk value of
HDL, LDL and VDL cholesterol. We also asked
Ellie Cullen to share this important new development
with our readers.
Why VAP (the revolutionary blood test)?
Twenty years ago heart disease was the number
one killer in the U.S. Why is it still number one?
Half of those suffering a heart attack have cholesterol
levels considered “normal.” Only 25 percent
having coronary artery disease have
“abnormal” LDL levels. What’s missing?
Incredible discoveries shed light on this
problem. A new, expanded cholesterol test is
now available via YFH. VAP—the revolutionary
blood test—differs from routinely run cholesterol
tests in critical ways that might just save
your life.
Scores measuring standard cholesterol tests
are total cholesterol level, HDL (high-density
lipoprotein), LDL (low-density lipoprotein) and
VLDL (very low-density lipoprotein). Adding
these lipoprotein scores creates the cholesterol
total. Example: HDL = 80, LDL = 65, VLDL = 5
total = 150. Total cholesterol under 200 and LDL
and VLDL totaling under 100 are considered low
risk. It’s not that simple. Research shows many
different types of lipoproteins. HDLs (considered
good) are not always. LDLs and VLDLs (considered
bad) are not always. People who test perfect
by existing systems are still dying of cardiovascular
disease. Expanded VAP tests provide all scores
that the basic test supplies but is more detailed
and indicates if the problem is genetic, poor
diet, exercise-related or a combination. HDL is
separated into HDL2 (buoyant/protective) and
HDL3 (dense/non-protective).
LDL has three parts: (1) LDL-R-C patterns
indicate “A” (buoyant/protective), “B” (dense/
non-protective), “AB” (combination). Patterns
are determined by diet and exercise. If not an
“A,” lifestyle changes are indicated. (2) IDL (LDL)
score confirm the pattern analysis is correct.
(3) Lp(a)-C (LDL) reflects the effect of genes.
Belief was that genetic scores could not be changed, NOT TRUE. The right amount of EPA
fish oil can improve scores. Medications are
available for resistant cases.
VLDL is separated into VLDL1 and 2 (buoyant/
protective) and VLDL3 (dense/non-protective).
The goal? Have as many HDLS as possible.
As few LDLS and VLDLS, many type 1 and 2s
totaling less than 100, plus total cholesterol
under 200 and a solid pattern “A” LDL with low
IDL and Lp(a) scores.
Conclusion: Today’s standard cholesterol panels
are incomplete and misleading. Total cholesterol
may be low but could be deadly. This explains
why healthy people drop dead of a heart attack.
Medications given with best intentions sometimes
enhance the formation of the worst
lipoproteins. Proper diet/supplementation and
exercise enhance the best types of lipoproteins.
Low or high, the number is only part of the
answer.
Learning your true scores is empowering.
Diet, exercise and supplementation (in some
cases, medication) can change your predisposition
to cardiovascular disease, even if it is “in the
genes.” Dying of heart disease is no longer your
fate just because it was your parents’. The earlier
you receive information, the sooner you can correct
the hand nature dealt you.
YFH’S easy-to-read explanation of your VAP
scores helps you be knowledgeable when sharing
VAP with your doctor. Typically, physicians not
familiar with VAP are delighted to receive scores.
Cost? Heart profile tests (similar but not as
extensive) cost $700 to $800, while the VAP cost
is about two-thirds less.
Heart attack or stroke’s first symptom can
occur when your blood vessels are already 90
percent blocked. YFH’s mission is to make heart
disease a thing of the past.
Join us. Make a positive difference in your
future health.
For more information on the YFH HealthPrint programs contact Your Future Health toll-free at
1-877-468-6934 or visit their Web site: www.yourfuturehealth.com. To acquire a copy of Normal Blood Test Scans Aren’t Good Enough! ask for it at your local health food store, visit Amazon.com or contact YFH directly.
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