Mycotoxic Oxidative Stress Test or (MOST) is a reliable and inexpensive way of looking at the quality of a person's health and possible disease states through bright field microscopy. The test is performed using a tiny lancet to obtain a drop of blood from the fingertip. This blood is then placed on a slide and allowed to clot for thirty seconds. According to Robert O Young the blood in a normal healthy person will clot showing a red area with black interconnected lines of fibrin throughout the entire sample.

Abnormal conditions in the can be easily identified in the way the blood clots due to abnormal fibrin monomers and sialic acid. Sialic acid is known to terminate the carbohydrate chains that make up fibrinogen. The detection of sialic acid in the MOST is important because several disease conditions or symptoms such as diabetes, arthritis, heart attack, stroke, atherosclerosis and cancer appear in the form of beads in clear areas of polymerized proteins as can be seen below:

According to the U.S Food and Drug administration sialic acid liberation from carbohydrate is an acceptable and approved indicator for cancer.

Therefore this makes the MOST an invaluable tool in the early detection and prevention of these disease conditions. The MOST is not simply an early warning system current conditions can also be detected such as: hormonal and sugar imbalances, heavy metals, abdominal challenges, digestive dysfunction, organ stress, parasitic inclusions etc.

The MOST is an essential tool in the prevention of disease and has been around since mid 19th and early 20th century. Nutritional Microscopy incorporating MOST is a very important alternative examination used by holistic medical, osteopathic, chiropractic, and naturopathic physicians. Some powerful testimonials as to the efficacy of live blood analysis and the MOST can be seen here

Possibly the most important factor is that one is able to use food as a medicine as quoted by Dr Hippocrates 460 AD.

By: Errol Denton (Cert Nutritional Microscopist) February 23rd 2007

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