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First we should say that Flow Systems Analysis or what some are calling Biochemic Biofeedback incorporates many of the tools used in other "systems". The difference is the extent of the incorporation and the methods we use to obtain the utmost utility out of the various technologies. As this page could be extremely long, we'll hit on just a few highlights based on typical questions we might receive when people are looking at this work.
Second, some individuals have preconceived ideas of what they "think" this is. "Oh, that's just biological terrain analysis, I know all about that." Perhaps this is true, but BTA is just a sub-set of this work and when combined with the other tools which we have it completely changes the picture.
How does this compare to EAV / EDS / MSA ?
It is totally different and totally complimentary. As way of illustration, let's say you have a lead acid battery. It is the combination of the lead and the acid which generates the electricity. With EAV type systems you are looking at the electricity. With Flow Systems Analysis you are looking at the lead and the acid. It is about getting down to the core building blocks which drive physiology.
I do muscle testing, why do I need biochemic biofeedback ?
Because you are dealing with reflections of electricity/energy and that reflection gets its impetus from biophysical building blocks. Understanding more about the blocks accelerates the utility of muscle testing.
In an interesting side note, it just seems to be that many muscle testers we run through Flow Systems Analysis are biochemically challenged as is their children. Some just don't seem to be locking down the chemistry at the refined level required for optimum health. The reason goes back to our battery illustration and in a manner of speaking - being from the dust of the earth - you have to intimately know and deal with the dirt.
Other companies have attempted to merge various methodologies into a coherent structure, what's special about your system ?
In this field individuals are too often swayed by the next great thing to come along, like thyroid this, adrenal that, test for this, test for that, etc. In reality a lot of practitioners are trying to expand their knowledge base so the next big thing to come along often sounds great. Sometimes it is, sometimes it's not. The primary reason for practitioner flux is a lack of foundational training in biophysics, basic sciences and adaptations of science yet accepted as applied to human health. When practitioners finally get this information in an understandable format, it overlays on everything they already know, it massively accelerates their clinical skill, and they have a strong foundation to critically analyze anything that comes along and know what it is really all about. That is what Flow Systems understanding does.
How about the programs that offer computer assistance and print outs ?
We think some companies have over-complicated things a bit with their systems. It seems that in the excitement to sell a product some system purveyors turn to computers or internet tie-ins which grind out fancy reports that might look good to a client, but in reality is often just a lot of boiler-plate discussion which adds up to a hill of useless beans or is just too generic to be of any real substance for the clinician.
These are great money makers for the company providing the service, but are they useful to the practitioner? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. In reviewing the conceptual underpinnings of one such program it is our opinion that it had important missing links and was convoluted in approach. Practitioners can become mesmerized by the "computer" and the "print-out" and the "system" because they really don't have the foundational base to counter-challenge the assumptions made by the proponent of the tool.
Our approach is to get practitioners to get what these companies are doing - along with the missing links - into their head in a particular fashion, and then no computer will be required nor will a computer be able to match their skill.
With all of this said, please understand that we like what many companies are doing and we encourage folks to go to many of the classes offered by different individuals and companies. We have no lock on knowledge and are constantly learning and unfolding new things almost everyday ourselves. As good as we have gotten our educational program to date, we are still humbled by what we don't know.
But what we do know is the power of Flow Systems Analysis to bring a method of thinking to the practitioner which will allow him or her to see exactly how health unfolds, how to troubleshoot, and how to effectively assimilate and sort through new data and new ideas from whatever source derived. And that is very powerful.
What about Reams testing ?
The work of Carey Reams is baseline and fundamental to Flow Systems Analysis. The downfall of Reams is that the Reams nomenclature and terminology clashes with current perspectives in some of the basic sciences. It does not mean that it is wrong, its just that how Reams explained things needs its own explanation. To further this end and expand on Reams work, Biomedx Flow Systems Analysis incorporates the work of other practitioners as well as incorporating cutting edge conceptual ideas in physics and biophysics regarding electrical/magnetic gyroscopic particle behavior and other such things. This is where Reams lived but few could go and we believe this expanded work will start to take people there.
How do you compare to the BTA / QFATM and BCATM units on the market?
These device are essentially the tool of "classical" biological terrain analysis vis a vis Professor Vincent and his work is just one of many components to Flow Systems Analysis.
Regarding the Biomedx BEV device which is the multi-parameter analyzer that obtains Vincent's parameters vs. the computer run devices, there are quite a few differences. First, the Biomedx BEV is a manual device, very fast, no computer is required, and they have low cost probes. The other devices are just the opposite of this.
Understand however that we are talking very different machines. The BTA style devices are sometimes designed to measure blood as well as crank out computer reports, and they are often classified as medical devices. The Biomedx BEV is just a simple meter. Though blood (or any fluid) could be measured if you really wanted to, we have developed other methods to ascertain usable data for the blood compartment. Many natural health docs do not want to or can't do blood draws in their clinics, nor can individuals doing private research or helping their families. As that is often the case, then the BTA medical type devices are like owing a Ferrari that you can't drive over 65 on the highway.
The Biomedx BEV will measure ph, ORP, rH2, Resistance, Conductance, Salinity, PPM concentration, and Reams C. (For Reams testers, this is the only machine in current production in the world to make measurements on the original Reams C scale.)
The Biomedx BEV stands up very nicely to the other BTA devices for obtaining raw data. However, it is not the same thing. If somebody wants to do blood regularly, wants computer reporting capability, wants a high level of technical sophistication in a machine, then they may want to acquire a BTA medical device. If this is the case, Flow Systems Analysis can be overlaid on their equipment by obtaining our module for that purpose.
Biomedx had briefly sold the BTA S-1000 (the latest edition is the QFA 300) several years ago and more recently the Baltimore Labs BL5000 BCA - BioCellular Analyzers. Because the Biomedx BEV unit is a fraction of the cost of these much more expensive devices, and these devices really only give a part of the picture, we find it hard to justify the extra investment for most practitioners and individuals.
How does this compare to Nutrispec testing ?
We have assimilated Nutrispec testing into Flow Systems education and have streamlined the whole process of sorting through protocols. The monumental work and contribution of Dr. Guy Schenker and his text on clinical nutrition is way up there in our eyes and we have the utmost respect for his work in this field. The problem we found when talking with docs that had been exposed to the work but were not using it, was that they tried it briefly but turned it away as "not working" or "difficult". We have come to learn that many just did not spend enough time reading the book and were too quick to dismiss it because it takes a bit of wrestling with the material to really "get it". The whole Flow Systems approach gives it to them in a highly structured and digestible manner.
What about metabolic typing ?
Metabolic typing has likewise been assimilated into the Flow Systems approach, however there is a difference. First, we get to defining the fast/slow paradigm much quicker (no dietary fast and 90 minute glucose challenge). Second, where much of metabolic typing is designed to identify an individuals metabolic type and then change the diet to meet their condition, we are more interested in targeting the errors in the fundamental metabolism so we can correct the underlying imbalance. If they are fast or slow oxidizers, push them in the other direction through effective protocols and make them balanced. With this approach we want to get to the point where an individual can eat whatever they want and are not subservient to food.
I see other systems that look something like yours, they use the same type of terminology and "buzz" words, what is that about ?
It was interesting that when we were developing this program we had one particular doctor who is very well known as a trainer for a particular product company call us over a period of time asking all sorts of questions. He was trying to figure out certain things related to Reams work and how things went together. There was a lot of time spent on the phone with this man to which we are not opposed as we will share information freely with colleagues, but when things are only going one way we start to wonder. It got to the point in the relationship where our contact person with this individual told him that though in our neighborhood (the midwest) you can milk the cow, sometimes you also have to feed it. Well, this guy never called back. Three months later we saw this company release the next "big thing" in metabolic/biological/testing.
With that said, know that the Biomedx Flow Systems Analysis /Biochemic Biofeedback is original material only in the way that it has been compiled, assimilated, and presented. Yes there are many original ideas within the material that you won't find anywhere else, but that material would not be here if it were not for the dedication of a number of much smarter folks who made tremendous contributions to the field of health care, but for whom their toils in the mainstream are yet unrecognized.
We owe them much and our hope is we can share their work and this information in a way that practitioners especially, will start to use it, profit from it, and open new ways of thinking because of it. In the end who will benefit the most is the clients.
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