Hi Margie,
The easy answer is yes....at a doc's office. However, he was not your "typical" doc. Many of the test are standard test but there are others out there used by docs who specialize in nutrition, metabolic diseases, autism, anti-aging, orthomolecular or funtional medicine.
Your GP can check many of your nutritional levels. I think its a good thing to find out and no one should object to it. They are either blood serum or urine test. Keep in mind most are screening tools for possible deficiencies and you need to assess the results with symptoms/life style/ eating habits in mind. Example....Someone who's a vegitarian, over 50 and is on acid reflux med is having some neurological symptoms get her B12 levels checked. The test comes back in the low normal range. However, this does not rule out a defeciency and needs to be explored further because this person is not getting adequate B12 in her diet and the absorbtion of nutients from gut is diminished due to age and her medication.
We started out looking for doc where we could do some one-stop-shopping. We wanted to get information on John's nutritional and endocrine status. We already knew he had some issues going so we were looking for confirmation and fresh eyes to look at his overall health. We got some good information from a urine test call an Organic Acid Profile from The Great Plains Laboratory
http://www.greatplainslaboratory.com...g/full_oat.asp. This test showed a dietary and/or an increased need for antioxidants, specifically vit C. Also the need for B5 and a need to increase glutathione levels. Increasing glutathione can be done by adding in Vit E, C, NAC, Lipoic acid (all antioxidants).
He also ran an analysis on is Red blood cell which looked at mineral status and toxic elements. Interesting thing is that this test and serum copper/zinc profile were contradicting each other.
Basically, this gave us some solid data from which we could start a more targeted program. We did not follow through with everything this doc wanted to do for many reasons but mostly because our agenda and his were not aligned.
Hope this helps.
Marlene