Author Archives: Dr. Lowell Keppel

A Keppel Demo Minutes of MRA Reflex Testing:
2 Point Muscle Testing

Dr. Keppel demonstrates various 1-3 minute tests you can do in your office to assess nutrition and adjustment needs. Dr. Keppel demonstrates the 2 point muscle testing method in the video demo below. This video should be watched after Static 2 Pointing. The Static 2 Pointing video should be viewed before the Supplement Muscle Testing […]

A Keppel Demo Minutes of MRA Reflex Testing:
Indicator Muscle Test

Dr. Keppel demonstrates various 1-3 minute tests you can do in your office to assess nutrition and adjustment needs. The “Indicator muscle” is the basis for MRA muscle testing. When you have an “intact” and you contact a reflex, now the muscle response changes. That change indicates that there is disruption of the neuro-physiology, which […]

A Keppel Demo Minutes of MRA Reflex Testing:
Hidden Reflex

Dr. Keppel demonstrates various 1-3 minute tests you can do in your office to assess nutrition and adjustment needs. Dr. Keppel demonstrates the hidden reflex test to try when other tests are not providing answers. See the quick two minute demonstration video below.

A Keppel Demo Minutes of MRA Reflex Testing:
Hiatal Hernia & Rib Torque

Dr. Keppel demonstrates various 1-3 minute tests you can do in your office to assess nutrition and adjustment needs. This is the hiatal hernia or GERD area. It’s a very common problem! Always check for this on when the patient presents with any stomach issues. The nutritional support for the hiatal hernia is Zypan for […]

A Keppel Demo Minutes of MRA Reflex Testing:
Zinc Taste Test

Dr. Keppel demonstrates various 1-3 minute tests you can do in your office to assess nutrition and adjustment needs. This is a very simple and quick test that should be done on a regular basis in the office, about every month or two. The test shows what nutritional needs your patient has based on diet […]

A Keppel Demo Minutes of MRA Reflex Testing:
Static 2 Pointing & Supplement Muscle Testing

Dr. Keppel demonstrates various 1-3 minute tests you can do in your office to assess nutrition and adjustment needs. Dr. Keppel demonstrates two important testing methods below. The Static 2 Pointing video should be viewed before the Supplement Muscle Testing video as it lays the foundation and rational for the supplement muscle testing video. Static […]

A Keppel Demo Minutes of MRA Reflex Testing:
Iodine Test

Dr. Keppel demonstrates various 1-3 minute tests you can do in your office to assess nutrition and adjustment needs. Iodine Test Iodine is essential for many functions in the body. It makes the thyroid hormone and is essential for the body’s immune alliance. Many people are iodine deficient. If you have a Standard Process Clinical […]

A Keppel Demo Minutes of MRA Reflex Testing:
Leg Checking

Dr. Keppel demonstrates various 1-3 minute tests you can do in your office to assess nutrition and adjustment needs. Leg Check In this demo video Dr. Keppel promotes leg checking to figure out what patients need for supplements if you, as the practitioner, already have an idea of what you want to do with them. […]

A Keppel Demo Minutes of MRA Reflex Testing:
Calcium Cuff Test

Dr. Keppel demonstrates various 1-3 minute tests you can do in your office to assess nutrition and adjustment needs. Calcium Cuff Test The calcium cuff test is so important and easy to perform. Why is it important you ask? Because there is more calcium in the body than all the other minerals combined! Calcium is […]

Good to Know:
Who Wants Success More—You, or the Patient?

We practitioners, in our enthusiasm, too often lose our focus on the mission. This mission, of course, is to guide our patients to a better life. But to do so, we must first guide them through the process. If we fail at this, we fail to meet them where they are. We all understand why […]

Good to Know:
Treating the Whole Person

Are you treating the whole person? Or is your focus on just the spine (if you are a chiropractor), the mind (if you are a psychotherapist), or the biochemical body (if you are a nutritionist)? You may not be getting the results that you and your patients are looking for if you only look at […]

Good to Know:
Synthetic Vitamins vs. Whole Food Concentrates

“Most vitamins on the market are synthetic.” —Dr. Royal Lee, circa 1954, in an article Synthetic Versus Natural Vitamins That statement is just as true today as it was back in 1954! Article after article on your news feeds will debate the benefits or lack thereof in man-made synthetic chemicals. What is a synthetic vitamin? It […]

Small Intestine:
Where Absorption Happens

The small intestine is the longest part of the digestive system. In this brief overview, let’s start with the duodenum, which is about ten inches long. This is where bile and pancreatic enzymes are released to digest food. Next is the jejunum, where absorption of important nutrients such as sugars, fatty acids, and amino acids […]

Good to Know:
Reasons for High Blood Pressure and What to Do for It!

In a previous edition of  Good to Know, I discussed blood pressure fluctuations and information people may not have considered when addressing their blood pressure. In this edition, let’s look at the physiology involved with blood pressure. When I was in chiropractic college, I was taught the normal blood pressure was 120/80 mmHg (with a […]

Good to Know:
Product Review Starring GI Adsorb

In 2021 Standard Process replaced one of their popular and much-loved products, Cholacol II, with something new: GI Adsorb. I have been using Standard Process exclusively in my office since 1989. It was a sad day when I found out that Cholacol II was no longer going to be available due to sourcing problems with […]

Good to Know:
How to Make Your New Year’s Resolutions Stick

Enjoy the latest installment of Dr. Lowell Keppel’s “Good to Know” series for practitioners. Here we are, New Years! Saying goodbye (some would say good riddance) to 2022 and moving on to 2023. Lord, it’s got to be better! Along with this time of endings and beginnings, we humans look forward to change. A change of […]

Good to Know:
How to Continue Learning the Dr. Royal Lee Formulas

Enjoy the latest installment of Dr. Lowell Keppel’s “Good to Know” series for practitioners. As you know by now, changes to the Standard Process sales force will have a trickledown effect on the educational process. Why? The sales force, your Standard Process representatives, were independent of Standard Process corporate, and as such, could use educational methods, […]

Good to Know:
Autoimmunity

Enjoy the latest installment of Dr. Lowell Keppel’s “Good to Know” series for practitioners. Why Would the Body Attack Itself? Stupid Body! Dr. Michael Dobbins was a chiropractor who taught for Standard Process for many years. He was smart and witty. Dr. Dobbins made learning fun. You can get the Dobbins CD set, The Legendary Formulas of Dr. […]

Good to Know:
Understanding Standard Process Combination Products

Enjoy the latest installment of Dr. Lowell Keppel’s “Good to Know” series for practitioners. Standard Process whole food supplements are the best available. I say this for a few important reasons: Organically grown whole foods from SP’s own organic farms make up 80 percent of the ingredients. Lee was a genius when it came to understanding […]

Dr. Lowell Keppel on His Favorite Video Presentation from SRP

Dr. Keppel recently sat down to discuss some of the high points of his seminar “Integrating Nutrition in the Musculoskeletal Practice,” available as an on-demand video from Selene River Press. Don’t miss the opportunity to learn how Dr. Keppel’s demonstration and lecture can help you achieve results for your patients—and boost your referrals. Hi, I’m […]