BMP Nutritional Plans
Home Care |
Re-test Interval |
Functional Medicine
Gland Therapy |
Supplements
Home Care
With the BioMedical Profile, the client receives copies of all the test results, our interpretation of the imbalances, and a plan for nutritional therapy. In most cases, the therapy is administered by the client, at home. We also encourage owners to work closely with their primary veterinarian for follow-up and hands-on medical care. The goal is to have everyone better informed about the nature and treatment of your pet's disease.
If you are a long distance client, we recommend scheduling a phone consultation with Dr. Kruesi to discuss other supportive home care options, e.g. diet options and education regarding vaccination and pesticide use.
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Re-Test interval
Dr. Kruesi recommends shorter or longer BioMedical Profile treatment periods depending on the severity of the case.Critical care patients are re-tested soon after they start nutritional therapy, e.g. in one month or six weeks. Most of our patients that have chronic, degenerative diseases are re-tested three months after starting their first BMP nutritional program. Once the patient is stable or has recovered we stretch the re-test interval to 6 - 12 months; shorter intervals for geriatric patients. Patients who have returned to good health (normal balance) do not need to be re-tested.
As with any diagnostic practice, these blood test results should be interpreted in context with the history, current medication(s), physical examination, and other aspects of the patient's health. We take time to understand each patient's special needs.
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Functional medicine
The BioMedical Profile system includes certain organ functional relationships that are not apparent from reading individual test values. For example, one of the most common metabolic nutritional imbalances we see in dogs and cats is relatively high serum sodium (>150 mEq/L). The conventional practice of regulating sodium is to feed a sodium-restricted diet, add salt to food, or select appropriate fluid therapy.
Sodium balance is regulated at several points: in the salivary glands and gastrointestinal tract, heart, chemoreceptors, adrenal glands, and kidneys. In addition, competing minerals such as calcium, potassium, and magnesium play a role; thyroid hormone acts on a sodium-potassium-ATPase enzyme (a transmembrane sodium "pump"), and so on. Simply feeding a high- or low-sodium diet will not address all the inter-related factors that control sodium levels in the body.
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Gland therapy
In prescribing nutritional therapy to a patient we commonly make use of gland extracts or "glandulars". These are freeze-dried animal tissues derived from livestock raised without hormones or antibiotics. Glandulars are available in a number of formulations including vanilla-flavored extracts, tablets, and capsules. All are food-grade nutritional supplements, though we find the quality differs among manufacturers. Since these products are virtually identical to the organ meats a wild carnivore would eat, their inclusion into a nutritional program couldn't be more natural. Freeze-drying the raw product helps to ensure freshness, stability in storage, potency, and therapeutic effect. Glandulars are inexpensive, safe, and effective therapy for supporting normal organ function in cats and dogs. Many patients in our practice with a BioMedical Profile are prescribed some form of glandular therapy. We exercise caution in prescribing gland supplements to patients with a known sensitivity to beef, pork, or lamb (the food source of glandular pharmaceuticals).
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Supplements
We find that the most effective way to correct metabolic imbalances is through the prescribed use of natural therapies that support the body's normal repair mechanisms. The success of a nutritional program depends on the owner providing a healthy diet to their pet, administering supplements, modifying the pet's environment or lifestyle when necessary, and properly addressing the underlying factors that contributed to disease. The beauty of a BioMedical Profile is the consistent way that it interprets a broad range of blood tests and guides the clinician towards proper nutritional therapy. In order to achieve normal physiologic function one has to correct all the imbalances simultaneously. A good holistic practitioner will consider all therapeutic modalities that may help the patient.
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