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What Is A CDSA? Why Would My Doctor Want Me To Have One? CDSA stands for "Complete Stool and Digestive Analysis." Here's why your doctor might want you to have one: • To find out if you have an overgrowth of yeast that is causing fatigue, anxiety, or depression. • To see if a "leaky gut" is the reason for your allergies, brain fog, arthritis, fibromyalgia, or lupus. • To find out if bacteria in your colon are producing an enzyme that could cause you to get breast cancer. Good nutrition and digestion are necessary for optimum health. It is estimated that 70 percent of people suffer from various digestive problems at some time in their lives. For this reason, over-the-counter remedies for acid reflux, heartburn, gas, constipation, and abdominal pain are leading sellers at the pharmacy. Often people will seek medical attention only when these solutions fail. Very commonly, the doctor will do some routine tests, and finding all "normal," will prescribe stronger versions of the same medicines or others to mask whatever symptoms the patient is complaining of. We take a different approach. We want to know: • Do you have adequate stomach acid to digest dietary proteins? • Do you have enough pancreatic enzymes? • Are you infested with parasites, yeasts, or "bad" bacteria? • Do you have sufficient numbers of "good" bacteria? • Do you have "bad" bacteria in your intestines causing toxins to be reabsorbed in your body? • Do you have blood in your stool from a polyp or infection or cancer? • Are you absorbing nutrients as you should? The CDSA test tells us about each of these factors and more. By knowing where the digestive tract is not functioning properly, we can design a supplement and nutritional program to correct the problem. This is the essential test in the evaluation of any patient. Many times "surprises" are found which the doctor never suspected. For example, a 30-year-old female who appeared healthy came into my office with fatigue. She had an excellent diet and exercise program, but was unable to build lean muscle. She was on a complete supplement program from a good nutritionist. Interestingly, none of her symptoms pointed directly to her intestines. She ate well, had no stomach pain, and had daily bowel movements. But the rule is, All health begins in the gut. So with non-optimum health, always look to the digestive tract first. So we did the CDSA. To our amazement, she had two parasites! Guess who was getting all the supplements and a lot of the protein? No wonder she was fatigued and couldn't build muscle. All was corrected when the parasites were taken care of, and the deficiencies (caused by the parasites) were replaced. That's good medicine: patient had a complaint, cause of complaint was discovered through correct diagnostic test (CDSA), exact treatment to cure the problem was given, and patient was healed. I recommend this test highly, especially if you have any intestinal-related symptoms (or as in the above case, you don't). Depending on what is found, it may really improve your health. — D.I. Minkoff, MD For more information, or to schedule a CDSA test at Lifeworks Wellness Center, please call 727-466-6789.
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