Many of us take a multivitamin every morning, but one local doctor says that may not be enough for optimal nutrition. News 13's Medical Reporter Nancy Gay tells us how vitamin analysis changed one woman's life.
For more than 16-years Jenna Wright could not figure out what was making her ill.
"I had been on antibiotics and steroids for years," Wright said,
Wright suffered chronic bronchitis and sinusitis. After seeing more than a dozen doctors, Wright was diagnosed with a gallbladder infection.
"I had no good bacteria living because of all the antibiotics I'd been on," Wright said.
This is when she turned to Dr. Jeffery Mueller with the Mueller Institute. Mueller uses metabolic analysis, blood tests, and urine tests to determine what nutrients patients are lacking.
It turns out Wright has a glutathione deficiency, which means her body does not detoxify as it should.
Dr. Mueller put her on probiotics, fiber and dozens of other supplements.
"I take more of some things, some things I avoid," Wright said.
"If everyone just took the RDA of a vitamin or mineral there'd be a huge amount of vitamin deficiencies in this country," Dr. Mueller said.
Even though everyone has different vitamin deficiencies Dr. Mueller says 70 to 75 percent of Americans are vitamin D deficient during the winter.
Vitamin D deficiencies can lead to colitis, autoimmune disorders, the flu, and even cancer.
"Our immune systems, in order to provide optimal protection need to have adequate levels of vitamin D," Dr. Mueller said.
Wright says that even though she takes a multivitamin shake and a large handful of vitamins a day, it is worth it.
"I can live. I can really live," Wright said.
Dr. Mueller says it is best to talk to a doctor and have a vitamin analysis done before starting a vitamin program.
That's Your Health and Fitness,
Nancy Gay Central Florida News 13.