Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is Live Blood Microscopy?
Live Blood is a fascinating method for viewing your own blood cells using a video microscope. This is for educational and motivational purposes, and is mainly used by practitioners and doctors who focus on natural approaches to health.

2. Why is it useful for therapists and doctors?
Patient education Patient Compliance Word of Mouth Referral Additional Revenue Stream

3. How does it help my clients/patients?
It provides immediate visual feedback and stimulates the enthusiasm to participate in the process of recovery and maintenance of health. Through Live Blood Microscopy patients develop greater understanding of the functioning of the body, the importance of healthy diet and lifestyle choices, and the value of your treatment and supplements

4. What do you actually see?
Using live blood you see - red cells, white cells, platelets and crystals and other blood elements. Using dry blood – you see evidence of free radical damage, and patterns that are associated with colon toxicity issues, heavy metals, crystals, stress/sensitivities and other common imbalances. Using periodontal microscopy – you see all sorts of crawly things!

5. Can you see diseases in the blood?
In theory no and in practice no. But you can still tell a lot more from a complementary perspective that opens a holistic viewpoint unavailable to conventional medicine. This relates especially to bioterrain and specifically relates to hydration, toxicity, congestion and stress.

6. Is this a medical blood test?
Medically speaking LBA is not a recognised diagnostic blood test. It is however, an invaluable research and educational tool and offers patients a visual and kinaesthetic confirmation that changes they make in nutrition, hydration, stress and lifestyle are reflected in their blood.

Non heparinised Blood using Standardised Chaudhuri/Midgeley Protocol. Scored using MPA scorecards and advice given under MPA protocols and code of conduct

7. What is the legal status of LBM?
At the moment things are a little lax in the UK. However, we believe that the law will change with EU legislation. Consequently, we are preparing our practitioners to fall in line with MPA guidelines to pre-empt future problems.

8. What information does it give me as therapist?
Some LBA courses promise the earth – we want to stay grounded and talk about changes in the bioterrain as it relates to colloid physics, and the corresponding red cell and plasma elements and also the activity of white cells as it relates to patient health and wellbeing. We also look at periodontal issues.

9. Why is it different from an ordinary medical blood test?
Standard hospital blood microscopy involves drying the blood sample, then staining it. Although this technique has many uses, it kills the blood cells and modifies their appearance under the microscope. Viewing living human blood under a microscope at the moment is significant in terms of patient education and compliance and may in time be proven to be a useful clinical tool.

10. Why do you do both live blood and dry blood?
Live Blood is subject to the laws of colloid physics and therefore gives us as therapists an understanding of cell fragility and colloid status. Live Blood also gives us as therapists an understanding of white immune cell status. Significant disruptions in the

Dry Blood is a representation of clotting. If there is significant free radical activity, or toxicity this will interfere with the normal appearance

11. How much are microscopes and which one do you recommend?
Vary enormously in price and function – we cover this on the course.
Generally people spend anywhere from 1500 to 8000 on a scope depending on what they want to do.

12. What else can you use a microscope for?
Patient Education! Patient Education! And Patient Education! Also an excellent Door stop,

13. What is the MPA and can I join without doing the course?
Yes you can join the MPA if you submit a certificate from another course you have attended. This does not entitle you to any certification unless you pass an exam to MPA standards.

14. What about insurance?
Currently we notice that nutritionists and naturopaths have the most ease with insurance companies for LBM. Most doctors, chiros and osteos seems to not have any insurance worries. We are looking into MPA insurance for our members.

15. What scientific research has been done to substantiate LBM?
There is relatively little medical clinical research with the notable exception of articles by Dr Majid Ali et al. Most of the data is anecdotal in evidence, as this is an emerging field of study. That has its advantages and disadvantages. On the one hand it has led to some quite unwarranted claims. On the other, great and pioneering work in holistic medicine has been achieved and many patients attribute a shift in their attitudes and health as a result of the awareness of their inner terrain. In time we aim to conduct proper trials to validate theories. In the mean time we are clear to establish what theories are substantiated with scientific research, and which are not.

16. What is darkfield, phase contrast and brightfield used for?
These are different styles of light to view blood. Darkfield is better for viewing white cells, Phase is better for 3 dimensional views and for viewing plasma components and brightfield is best for dry blood microscopy.