What is Lingual-Neuro Testing?
Lingual-Neuro Testing (LNT) is a biofeedback tool used to determine inflammation. It allows the body's innate ability to help the Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner (FNTP) understand what it needs to rebalance a deficiency or weak area of the body. The LNT process enables the FNTP to offer a personalized nutrition and lifestyle plan, targeted to these specific areas of dysfunction.
Anatomy and Physiology of LNT
Impulses are received via receptor cells in the taste buds. These signals travel through a series of pathways in the Autonomic Nervous System and Endocrine System, proceeding to descending fibers connecting directly to the organs, reflexively allowing the Central Nervous System to relay messages of the body's needs.
Nutritional Therapy
- Discovers physiologic indicators of functional deficiencies.
- Decides which specific foods and/or nutrients are needed to correct these deficiencies.
- Re-evaluation to detect if the deficiency has been brought back into balance.
A Whole Body approach
Nutritional Therapy incorporates a Whole Body approach to wellness. There is no "magic pill", nor can a body be completely in balance if only one area of life is maintained. There are fundamental foundations (Digestion, Blood Sugar, Fatty Acids, Vitamins/Minerals, Hydration), that, when balanced, allow the body's innate ability to bring us into Homeostasis, a stable optimally functioning internal environment. Along with Movement, Fun, Relaxation, and Sunshine, our lives can be happier and healthier.
