Testing for Oxidative Stress
There is not, currently, a simple and proven way to test your body for
oxidative stress and antioxidant capacity. Conventional medical
labs that bill insurance do not offer tests for antioxidant capacity
because there is not a clear link between any nutrient in the body and
any particular disease. Alternative labs have no direct tests for
many ways of testing for indirect markers of oxidative stress.
These include tests to check whether the fats in your body have been
oxidized, and whether your body is excreting products that indicate
inadequate antioxidants, and whether there is damage to your body’s DNA
from oxidative stress. These are routine parts of the
ION Profile