I am sorry that even took place the other day. LIke you I was on the one group with FB. And I was kidded off do to not working with Dr wilson anymore. So I sort of protect what we do not have to much info about bad results or concerns with Rick Malter and TEI. I am sure we will have concerns and more ???'s want answered as we go. BUt this is why we have forums for decusion..to learn.

TEI Hair analysis can tell if you have a bacterial infection or a virual infection / When ARL can'r/ uses a diffent ratio for the oxidation rate then ARL dose/ Does not believe the use of to much calcium do to calcification can occur/ ARl uses it for most everyone including high calcium/ No suana for TEI/ no coffee enemas TEI do to the 4 lows can go much lower?, No vitamin D TEI, ARl 5ooo mg daily/ TEI starts with a low dose of supplements (wow did that work for me..I was shocked..I thought for sure nothing would change..got me out of the 4 lows). cost for me for supplements with TEI so far for 6 months (inclusing my son ) $300 for 6 months (approx),
Arl cost me 220-240 monthly. TO recieve report back from TEI 1-2 weeks (my son was only 1 week shocked)/ ARl 3-4 weeks. TEI sends the info over the computer and gives you a consultation over the phone (atleast the one I am working with /ARL mail when I was working with DR WIlson Practioner I use to recieve the hair analyis and a CD (45 min. approx.) that explained my test, diet and supplements ( I do not know if all of WIlson;s practioners do this.) Email monthly .
unless you need some ??? answered sooner..
I am sure others can add more.
Marie :)

I can't say much at this stage as i'm only just going to embark on TEI. But i've been on ARL for nearly 6 months. ARL's supplementation regime is definitely alot more intense (some of us on low 4s just can't handle that many supplements every day, some can with good results) and I'm one of those who seems to have issues with calcium - though not yet confirmed. Seems the calcium and D3 (in the Paramin)and lack of potassium in some of our ARL regimes might be an issue for some of us with a hypoglycemia/glucose issue. Though some of us still need calcium and with the added potassium seem to do fine.

Agree with Marie- TEI don't advocate enemas for those on four lows, though Dr Malter (TEI) doesn't say he doesn't believe in them, just too risky on the adrenals for those on low 4s - especially coffee enemas.

And from what Dr Malter has explained anyway, TEI definitely believe in copper toxicity - think it's one of the founding ideologies and discoveries of NB. It's just that TEI don't believe everyone is necessarily copper toxic, some are actually deficient. As such TEI don't advocate taking copper for those copper toxic, like ARL usually does (Limcomin). And from what I gather, TEI also likes to see those on 4 lows and/or with hypoglycemia issues take more magnesium than is available in the Paramin - especially if people are experiencing issues with the calcium and D3 content in Paramin.

Now for diet, well i haven't got into researching it that much, maybe someone in this forum who has been on it for a while can better elaborate, same with differences in hair analysis. For me, reason for trying TEI is the hypoglycemia issue - i haven't seen any improvements with this on ARL and it's a major healing issue for me. But ARL definitely helps detox metals. Just a matter of what your body needs next, in my case, a different approach to the hypoglycemia issue.

Most importantly, I think both ARL and TEI require a good practitioner anyway, sometimes it might not even be an ARL or TEI issue but the practitioner who might have different take on the hair analysis results. As a pathologist friend of mine once said - it's not the lab results that are important, but the doctor who interprets the results. Think this is valid also for ARL and TEI.

CaptainPlanet- You have been given lots of good information. I just want to add that ARL and TEI both give diet recommendations on their full reports based on oxidation rate.

The problem with this is that ARL considered me a slow oxidizer and I sent the same test over to TEI and they classified me as a fast oxidizer. When I was with ARL for the first year I ate a fast oxidizer diet anyway. I just felt better eating more fat, protein and lower carb(Paleo diet). I still eat basically the same way today.

We also have to be careful about lumping ARL in with Wilson. I worked directly with them and they did not recommend coffee enemas or sauna. I was told not to do the saunas while in the 4 lows as I asked them about this. They said it might be too much to handle at that time so that is why I never did them and started doing the plain water enemas.

Much of your success or failure with NB will be tied to the quality of your diet and eliminating stressors. NB has been a great adjunctive therapy for me but I also attribute my success to treating chronic infections outside of NB.

Good Luck!