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First, we should say that Flow Systems Auditing incorporates aspects of many of the tools used in what might be called "other systems". But there are differences, primarily in the approach and methodology used to obtain the utmost utility out of the various technologies that are available as they may be adapted to wellness. 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 biological terrain analysis, also referred to as BTA is just a sub-set of this work and when combined with the other tools which we have it completely changes the picture.
Third, you may see reference of what we do to registered and trademarked words or modalities or equipment. People might say, how do you compare to Metabolic TypingTM ® (registered trademark of Healthexcel, Inc.) or Nutri-Spec Testing, (the company and process of Dr. Guy Schenker) or your equipment to the QFATM (the Quantitative Fluid AnalyzerTM, trademark and system of Health Science Company, LLC) or the BCATM (BioCellular AnalyzerTM trademark and system of Baltimore Laboratories, Inc., new system now referred to as SolarisTM), etc. To these questions we can only say, this is not that. But in so saying, we also strongly encourage people to go to classes given by others, to buy the books, take the certification programs, engage as deeply as you can in understanding other fine modalities of ascertaining what this thing called "wellness" is all about. You can never go wrong with knowledge. The caveat to this is it's not what you know that will hurt you, it's what you know that isn't so or what you're missing - for your specific client - that is a potential problem.
You could look at learning Flow Systems Auditing like the power of taking a master hacker course in computer science, but related to wellness. A computer hacker may not have taken all the college courses in computer science and learned all of the nuance required to get the degree and go through the graduation, but when it comes to getting into a computer and getting a desired result, bam they just do it. Flow Systems Auditing is like that, its about getting results, in wellness, positively and effectively. Not missing the forest because you're staring at the Fraxinus americana in front of you.
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 Flow Systems Auditing?
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 Auditing 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 grinding out pages and pages of reports that might look good to a client, but overwhelm them as well. Many times these pages are a lot of boiler-plate discussion that are just too generic to be of any real substance for the clinician.
Are these reports 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. Some practitioners can become mesmerized by the "computer" and the "print-out" and the "system" because they don't have the foundational base to counter-challenge the assumptions made by the proponent of the tool.
We resisted developing a computerized approach for a long time but there was a consistent plea by practitioners to help them streamline their approach as a lot of time was being spent "thinking" through the numbers. We finally put in the development time to build a system of the likes that has never been done in the industry. Over 4 years in the making and hundreds of thousands of lines of code later, the Biomedx Studio Software was produced.
What about Reams testing ?
The work of Carey Reams and his "formula" for health, where appropriate, is integrated into Flow Systems Auditing. 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 Auditing 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 Auditing.
Regarding the Biomedx BEV set which are simple meters to obtain Vincent's parameters vs. the computer run devices, there are quite a few differences. First, the Biomedx BEV set are manual devices, very fast, no computer is required, and they use fairly low cost simple probes. The other devices are just the opposite of this.
Understand however that we are talking very different tools. The BTA computer 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 sets are just basic meters. 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 many individuals doing private research or simply 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 set measures basic ph, ORP, and conductivity from which rH2 and Reams C values can be easily calculated.
The Biomedx BEV set 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 the BTA computer run medical type devices. If this is the case, Flow Systems Analysis can be overlaid on that equipment by obtaining our module for that purpose.
Biomedx had briefly sold the BTA S-1000TM (the latest editions are the QFA 300TM, QFA 1500TM, QFA 3500TM) several years ago and more recently the Baltimore Labs BL5000TM BCA - BioCellular AnalyzersTM (the later edition the BL9000 BioanalyzerTM and now SolarisTM). Because the Biomedx BEV set is a fraction of the cost of these much more expensive devices, and these devices really only give a part of the picture, many find it hard to justify the extra investment, but that's not to say that when required these tools are not good, but as we said earlier about Flow Systems Auditing in general, this is not that.
How does this compare to Nutri-spec testing ?
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. What Dr. Schenker has done with his Nutrispec program in terms of prioritization of process and protocol is what every doctor in the health business should be doing. It's common sense once you've had the exposure. Having had that exposure, the idea of measuring, managing, and prioritization has been incorporated into Flow Systems Auditing, with inclusion of aspects of Vincent and Reams as well. If there's any problem with Nutri-spec, we've found it's the practitioners exposed to it that are not working in this fashion likely because they haven't spent the time to get their head around it. The whole Flow Systems approach helps them learn the concepts of Riddick, Watson, Revici and others and to really do it.
What about fast and slow oxidizer testing?
As this may be related to the work of George Watson as expressed in his text "Nutrition and Your Mind", this has been assimilated into Flow Systems Auditing but with a difference over some other processes using this metabolic approach. First, we get to defining the fast/slow paradigm much quicker (no dietary fast and 90 minute glucose challenge). Second, where some of this form of testing is designed to identify an individuals metabolic speed of processing sugar and then changing the diet to meet their condition, we are more interested in targeting the errors in the fundamental metabolism in beta oxidation and tricarboxylic acid metabolic pathways 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 Auditing 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 that have gone before us.
Our hope is we can share this work and information in a way that practitioners especially, will start to use, profit from, and open new ways of thinking. In the end who will benefit the most is the clients.
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