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Right. The way I see it, if things like this worked they'd be common practice. My gastroenterologist has never used an 'arm bend' test to determine the nutritive value of my diet and rightly so; his practice is at stake. If he orders a blood test and tells me based on the result that I'm anemic and need an iron supplement in my diet, I'm inclined to trust him. If he could tell me the same thing just by trying to bend my arm, why would he bother sending a sample to the lab?
The medical establishment, including the AMA, hospitals and small practices across the world all have a vested interest in getting you well and keeping you that way. At the end of the day, doctors are running a business; the service they provide is maintenance of your health. Just as it behooves GM or Chrysler to include the latest and greatest in their new automobiles, doctors are best served by using the most effective diagnosis and treatment techniques available to them. If they don't, they'll lose business to someone who will.
So, that being said, why don't you see this being done by nutritionists across the country? That raises a red flag for me right there.
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