Nutrition Response Testing

Domain XII · Complementary, energy & biofield · Freddie Ulan · Clearwater, Florida

What it is

NRT is a muscle-testing assessment followed by a programme of whole-food supplements and diet change. Trade press credits its development to Freddie Ulan, D.C., C.C.N., a chiropractor and certified clinical nutritionist who reports about 25,000 hours of clinical practice in upstate New York. Ulan…

Format

• This is not a separate therapy. It is woven into ongoing psychotherapy, usually one focused session followed by brief check-ins at later reviews.

Who practises it, and how they are trained or regulated

• Follow-up. Retesting at each visit, with supplements adjusted. Visits are frequent early on. One practice says supplements are reduced as health improves. Typical total visit counts and costs are not published by the organisation. In the Washington case the regulator's allegations described about 36 visits and roughly $4,600 in services and supplements for one client.
• Practitioner training route. Introductory videos and workshops, then hands-on seminars. An eight-month "clinical mastery" series of eight seminars leads to the title "Clinical Master". An "Advanced Clinical Training" module is held in Clearwater, Florida, and one report says fewer than 600 US practitioners had completed it. No independent certifying body is described.
• What it is. NRT is a muscle-testing assessment followed by a programme of whole-food supplements and diet change. Trade press credits its development to Freddie Ulan, D.C., C.C.N., a chiropractor and certified clinical nutritionist who reports about 25,000 hours of clinical practice in upstate New York. Ulan Nutritional Systems trains practitioners, most visibly chiropractors, as well as nutritionists and other…

Evidence status, as the guide reports it

• Evidence status (one line). A 2007 review commentary concluded that evidence "does not support the use of MMT for the diagnosis of organic disease or pre/subclinical conditions", and that the few studies of applied-kinesiology procedures refute or fail to support their validity.

Questions to explore with your client

• What drew you to it, and what are you hoping it will change?
• Is there physical contact? Was it explained beforehand, and do you feel free to say no or stop at any point?
• Does it involve any substance, plant preparation, remedy or supplement? Has your doctor or prescriber been told, especially about any medication you take?
• Does it involve fasting, a special diet or 'detox'? Have you discussed this with your doctor?
• Is it a group, retreat or community? How do they respond if someone wants to leave or raises a concern?
• Who runs it, and what training or registration do they hold?
• What actually happens in a session or meeting, and how often?
• What does it cost, and is there pressure to commit to more?
• How do you feel afterwards, in the hours and days that follow?
• Does it fit with, or clash with, the work we do here?

What practitioners of it watch for

• Your own enthusiasm or scepticism shaping the client's choices. Signs it is working: your role stays clear and documented.
• Debt, secrecy from family, shame and sunk-cost thinking. Signs it is working: the client sets their own spending limit or review point.
• Drift, with the topic disappearing from sessions while costs or restrictions grow. Signs it is working: up-to-date notes and decisions the client owns.
• Faltering growth, restricted diets in children, stopped medicines, and family conflict over the programme. Signs it is working: the child's doctor is involved.
• The client's fear of conflict or of losing the relationship with the practitioner. Signs it is working: an informed choice about reporting is made and recorded.

When to involve someone else

• New or worsening physical symptoms, or advice to stop or change prescribed medication: involve the client's doctor or prescriber.
• Signs of coercion, isolation from family and friends, escalating costs or secrecy: discuss openly and consider safeguarding.
• A crisis or thoughts of suicide: follow your crisis protocol. In the US, call or text 988; in the UK and Ireland, Samaritans on 116 123.

Drawn automatically from the guide's own sections. Stay curious: neither endorse nor dismiss what the client values, and check anything that matters against the full guide and its sources. Not medical advice.