How Does Mainstream Medicine Treat Nutrient Deficiencies?
Mainstream medicine's approach to nutrient deficiencies is a CBC and a multivitamin shrug.
Tired, cracked corners of the mouth, restless legs, hair in the drain, tingling, a brain that won't start. "Eat a balanced diet." If they test at all, it's a serum level that calls ferritin 18 "fine" and B12 320 "in range." You leave with a gummy and the same symptoms you walked in with.
Sound like your last doctor's appointment?
What Does Mainstream Medicine Miss About Nutrient Deficiencies?
Commonly missed root causes of nutrient deficiencies include blood loss, low stomach acid, a damaged gut, medications, and high demand.
A reference range is a crowd average, not your requirement. Serum is what's circulating this morning — it's not what's stored in marrow, what your cells can actually use, or why you can't absorb a pill.
Deficiencies are usually a leak, a block, or a demand — blood loss, low stomach acid, a wrecked gut, a medication, a pregnancy, an endurance calendar. A random multivitamin does not fix the leak.
The Atma Approach looks at you as a unique person. Why is your body running short on the thing it's asking for?
Has your doctor ever talked to you about these commonly missed root causes?
Commonly Missed Root Causes
How Can Atma Clinic Help With Nutrient Deficiencies?
Atma's doctors and nurse practitioners, certified in Advanced Functional and Integrative Medicine, work to find and treat the root cause of your nutrient deficiencies rather than only managing symptoms.
We've helped hundreds of patients precisely measure their intracellular nutrients, and whether they're getting what they need. Once you have hard numbers, you can make a real choice about how best to fix the issue.
At Atma, our Medical Doctors (MDs) and Nurse Practitioners (NPs) go through intensive training to become certified in Advanced Functional and Integrative Medicine. They're certified and ready to get to the root of your issue.