Chemical imbalances in the body can lead to chronic diseases
A digital system that can be used to assess the risk of developing socially significant diseases has been created by scientists from the Russian Ministry of Health. In particular, it can see the probability of developing type II diabetes mellitus, autism in children, cardiovascular diseases and certain types of cancer. This will require analyzing the content of macro- and micronutrients in the blood, urine or hair.
Disturbances in the balance of macro- and micronutrients are noted in almost all diseases to a greater or lesser extent. For example, in cardiovascular disease, deficiencies of potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, zinc, copper and selenium are found, with elevated levels of sodium, lead, mercury, cadmium and arsenic. In type II diabetes, deficiencies of potassium, magnesium, zinc, manganese, chromium, and vanadium, often combined with excesses of mercury, selenium, and arsenic. In autism, iodine, cobalt, selenium, manganese, zinc, chromium and magnesium deficiencies are prevalent in children. And diseases of the musculoskeletal system are accompanied by a violation of phosphorus-calcium metabolism, deficiency of copper, manganese, boron and silicon with an increased content of aluminum, strontium, lead and cadmium.
Studies of scientists have shown that the deficiency of some vital chemical elements is also noted in some cancers: kidney, lung, colon and rectal cancer. First of all, the level of zinc and selenium, which protect the body from viruses, inflammation and oxidative stress, is reduced in these diseases. In addition, cancer patients often have an excess of such toxic elements as arsenic, cadmium, lead, thallium, aluminum and beryllium.
The data obtained by scientists formed the basis of the developed algorithm, which allows to assess the risk of disease development by the content of chemical elements in blood, urine or hair. The first confirmation of the prospects of this approach was obtained by analyzing blood serum samples from patients. For this purpose, the results of elemental profile analysis were entered into the developed computer program. The system, based on statistical models, calculates the risk of developing a pathological process and provides the result. The doctor can then decide on the need for further in-depth examination.