What is RBTI?
RBTI is the abbreviated term for Reams' Biological Theory of Ionization. RBTI is a working explanation of the fundamental ionic energy composition and function of biological life. This theory was discovered, developed and proven through the unique work of agronomist, biochemist and mathematician Dr. Carey A. Reams beginning in the 1930s.

What is RBTI testing?
RBTI testing is a non-invasive seven-part test completed on fresh samples of urine and saliva. There are six tests done on the urine sample: total carbohydrate, pH, conductivity, cell debris, nitrate nitrogen & ammonia nitrogen. There is one test done on the saliva sample, which is the pH.

The test results, when representing perfect health, would look like the numbers in the figure above. Note: To be valid and individualized, the test results must be accompanied by at least the gender, age, height and weight of the individual.

How long will it take to run the tests?
It will usually take between 10 to 15 minutes to run the seven tests. Running the tests is not what takes the time. What takes the time and expertise is interpreting the test data correctly, followed with establishing individualized recommendations and providing a detailed explanation to the client. Be sure to ask questions for clarity!

Why is the RBTI analysis so valuable?
It is a true real-time mathematical analysis of what is taking place within the electro-biochemical structure of  the human body's cells, tissues and organs. It reveals the intricate cause and effect of the physiological dysfunctional patterns demonstrated through the urine and saliva analysis. The individual, being analyzed, may or may not be aware of  the dysfunctions that the tests may demonstrate.

More importantly, the RBTI analysis will reveal a perfect life-style program each individual must follow to reverse the dysfunctional patterns that RBTI has disclosed. For example, the analysis reveals:

How much water to consume, when and why; What juices, teas and herbs to use and which to avoid, when and why; What foods to use along with how they are to be prepared, when and why; What foods to eliminate or avoid, when and why; What type of mineral supplements to use and which to avoid, when and why; What type of vitamins and enzymes to use and which to avoid, when and why; What type of ancillary therapy (colonics, exercise, rest, sunlight, chiropractics, etc.) to use and which to avoid, when and why.

Is RBTI used to treat illness?
RBTI is not for diagnosing or treating medical illness. If you are seeking diagnosis and treatment for a medical condition you need to seek the services of a licensed medical doctor for that.

The purpose of RBTI is to analyze and identify previously unrecognized electro-biochemical dysfunctions, taking place within the human body, thereby allowing the creation of a perfect set of personal life-style recommendations that will address and reverse those unrecognized dysfunctional patterns. RBTI, when correctly applied, offers the highest potential for perfect health.

How often should one be tested?
This depends on the analysis of the test results. If the analysis reveals severe dysfunctional patterns you may have to return for more frequent re-evaluations, even as much as once or twice per week. If the analysis reveals a need for a general tune-up only, indicating minor changes, then one may not be scheduled to return for several weeks after implementing their personal RBTI lifestyle program. The determination for how frequently one is analyzed depends totally on the information the test reveals — that being unique for each individual.

Can a person do some of the tests at home?
It is certainly possible that your RBTI analyst may have you do some tests at home in between the testing they do. For example, your RBTI analyst may have you keep a pH diary, at home, to help establish how much your pH is fluctuating during the day or night. Your analyst will supply you with the necessary pH test strips and instructions. It is also possible that your analyst may have you do some urine carbohydrate testing, at home, using a refractometer. Although this is less common than the home pH testing, nevertheless, it is a test that can be done by you to help the analyst determine the best set of recommendations.

Do RBTI analysts use other tests?
The RBTI test, as stated earlier, consists of seven noninvasive tests done on a fresh sample of urine and saliva. There are no other tests that are done on the urine and saliva samples. Blood testing is not a part of the RBTI tests. It is very common, however, to have all your vital signs, such as blood pressure, temperature, pulse and respiration, determined by the RBTI health professional.

Can one bring their urine and saliva sample from home?
Once a sample of urine is voided, there is only a small window of time during which the tests can be performed and still be accurate. Thus, it is not recommended that one bring their urine and saliva samples from home.

What type of program will the RBTI analyst recommend?
All programs are unique and individualized because no two people will have the same test results. All programs do contain recommendations that may touch all aspects of each person’s life-style. What is a life-style? A life-style involves every aspect of ones living habits, and can best be described as comprising:  all that you eat, breathe, drink, think and do. Remember, wellness involves more than food and drink, since true wellness involves wholeness, even one’s state of mind.

Are there any special instructions one needs before they submit a urine and saliva sample for testing?
Yes, there are some important instructions that need to be followed to assure that the tests are as accurate as possible.

Make sure that you have had nothing to eat 90 minutes before obtaining your urine and saliva samples. Avoid all gum, candy or breath mints in your mouth 90 minutes before obtaining your saliva sample. Avoid driving long distances to the destination where you are being tested. If you need to travel any extensive (more than nearby) distance before being tested, go the day before and stay in a motel so that you are rested. Holding urine in the bladder for too long can affect the tests accuracy, as well. Do not change your life-style routine before being tested. For example, if you take food supplements, continue to take them. If you take medications, continue to take them. In other words, adhere to your regular patterns of lifestyle, including all eating, drinking and exercising etc. before being tested. Do not fast before being tested. Eat your regular meals at the regular times, as you are accustomed. The purpose of these instructions is to make sure that your body is under its typical daily lifestyle load and routine, reflecting all causes and their effects, for better or worse, to be revealed through the test analysis.

How long will one be on the RBTI program?
The RBTI program addresses a “whole” life-style. It is not just a quick fix. The cause of all the dysfunctional and degenerative patterns, that the RBTI analysis reveals, is a result of life-style habits causing the body to miss receiving vital food mineral energy and thus depleting its reserve-mineral energy too fast. In other words, the body is aging too rapidly. However, the body is able, with proper care and feeding, to reverse these health-destroying dysfunctions that may be taking place, through the proper application of RBTI principles and techniques. However, if one does not continue to follow their RBTI recommendations on an ongoing basis, the probability of the dysfunctional chemistry, continuing or reoccurring, is very real. It is up to the individual to determine how important it is to live and be well.

What if one does not return for follow-up tests?
It is vital that one follow their analyst’s recommendations for retesting. The analysis reveals how closely the chemistry must be monitored for the best results. One set of recommendations from one test will not reverse a lifetime of dysfunction. Getting one analysis and program recommendation, without the proper follow-up, is absolutely not recommended. The only way RBTI will accomplish health and wellness is with commitment, cooperation and follow-through of the individual with the health professional.

Is there an RBTI tester in my area?
Advanced Ideals Institute has been in the process of conducting training seminars, since 2005, in order to create a network of skilled and experienced RBTI tester/practitioners. The training process can be lengthy depending on how much time each student is able to spend in the required seminars, outside study/homework, live study groups and actual practice of the technology. Because our students come from many backgrounds and most are already occupied in a fulltime skill or profession, their RBTI training has to be part time. This fact has served to lengthen the training process for most students and slowed the development of Advanced Ideals’ desired certified tester/practitioner network.

Having experienced this challenge, in developing a certified RBTI tester/practitioner network, Advanced Ideals Institute has decided to create a new referral program that provides additional RBTI educational and training opportunities for its students, as well as offering RBTI testing services for those who are seeking help through RBTI health and diet technology. We are calling this additional program, the “Enrolled Student Tester Referral Program.” While Advanced Ideals Institute will continue to maintain its Registry and Certification Program, the enrolled student tester program is designed to fill an interim gap in the process towards full registration/ certification. Once an RBTI student tester is fully certified they will be listed as completed in Advanced Ideals Institute's Registry.  **(There has never before been a certification program for RBTI testers/counselors prior to this one being offered through Advanced Ideals Institute.) However, the Enrolled Student Tester Referral Program is an interim program to provide greater RBTI training experience, while meeting the increasing demand for applied RBTI health technology from the more informed public.

Here is how the program will work. Advanced Ideals Institute has established a minimum training level that its students must have achieved in order to participate in this referral program. In addition, the student must submit an ENROLLED STUDENT TESTER’S RELEASE OF LIABILITY form to Advanced Ideals Institute. Once the student has become “enrolled” in the referral program, their name and contact information will be entered into a referral database. When Advanced Ideals Institute receives an AGREEMENT FOR RELEASE OF LIABILITY from someone seeking to be referred to one of Advanced Ideals’ enrolled student testers, Advanced Ideals Institute will process the form and then e-mail (information will be snail-mailed if no e-mail address given) the contact information of an enrolled student tester closest to them. It will then be up to the individual, seeking to be tested, to make contact with the enrolled student tester and set-up the appropriate arrangements for an appointment. It will be up to the enrolled student tester to determine how they want to conduct their testing and counseling services.

PLEASE NOTE: Advanced Ideals Institute does not take responsibility for what takes place between the enrolled student tester and the person seeking RBTI testing services as demonstrated in the release of liability forms that both the student tester and the person seeking testing services submitted to Advanced Ideals Institute in order to participate. Advanced Ideals Institute will maintain a database of those who have sought referral through our tester referral program, and that database will be the private property of Advanced Ideals Institute and will not be used, sold or released for any commercial purposes.

For those seeking to be tested where there is no student tester available in your area, you can take a significant personal step for your health with RBTI through purchase of The Calcium Kit.  We would highly recommend to you the very helpful, “at-home” do-it-yourself information contained therein. The Calcium Kit addresses the pH, which is the key first step in addressing the most important major mineral in body chemistry — calcium.

What is the best way to learn the science and application of RBTI ?
The best way to begin your study of RBTI, as applied to human health, is to obtain a copy of Dr. Beddoe's new 2008 RBTI e-Textbook edition on RBTI as it is applied to human body chemistry (Biologic Ionization as Applied to Human Nutrition, 2008 e-Text). The study of the first 10 chapters prepares you to attend an RBTI Level I seminar. Since the laws of the science of RBTI are universal, and thus apply to the electrochemistry of soil, plants, animals, as well as humans, Dr. Beddoe also recommends the reading and study of the first five to six chapters of Dr. Beddoe's backyard garden book on RBTI, Nourishment Home Grown in preparation for attending the series of human seminars as well. The companion RBTI ag text Biologic Ionization as Applied to Farm and Soil Management is replete in covering a more in-depth study of RBTI soil and plant science. RBTI soil and plant laws and principles are often experienced as versions, of these same laws and principles RBTI, in a simpler format. Many students have expressed how an understanding of the basic RBTI soil and plant concepts greatly enhanced, and made easier, their understanding of the human application..

After the completion of a Level I seminar, Dr. Beddoe recommends a reading and study of the rest of the human text to prepare for RBTI Level II. To finish learning your basic hows and whys of RBTI you must prepare and attend RBTI Level III and IV. Once you have accomplished Levels I through IV, you will have only completed the RBTI basics.

To go beyond the basics and help yourself in gaining real-time RBTI experience, Advanced Ideals Institute offers participation in its Online Student Forum as well as its Live Study Groups.

Can I learn RBTI without attending RBTI Seminars?
We believe that if one is serious about learning RBTI for any reason, there is no substitute for attending Advanced Ideals Institute's RBTI Basic Seminars and Live Study Groups. RBTI is not a science to be taken lightly. It is complex and takes serious study, but is very learnable for the individual dedicated to that end. Be aware of the blind leading the blind when it comes to learning RBTI. Since there never has been a formal instructor certification procedure, anyone can claim to be an RBTI instructor as well as claim association with Dr. Reams as though that makes them a qualified RBTI mentor. RBTI is a science and is not opinion-driven. No amount of discussion among untrained individuals can arrive at correct and factual answers. For example, 2 + 2 is 4 --- no amount of discussion and opinion can change that fact --- so it is with learning the science of RBTI. In addition, please see additional response below.

Is there a correspondence course to learn RBTI?
Advanced Ideals Institute believes that the in-depth and exacting science of RBTI must be and can only be taught correctly in a live seminar environment.

Why is Advanced Ideals Institute the best place to study and learn RBTI?
Dr. Beddoe studied directly with Dr. Carey Reams over a 10 year period until Reams' death in 1985. Dr. Beddoe completed both manuscripts of his textbooks on RBTI applications in agriculture soil-plant chemistry and human chemistry, which Dr. Reams reviewed and approved between 1984 and his death. Dr. Reams personally acknowledged and approved these textbooks written by Dr. Beddoe and referred to them as "a stroke of genius."

Reams also considered Dr. Beddoe as the only one of his students capable of properly carrying on his work. This is substantiated in a letter Dr. Reams wrote to Dr. Beddoe before his passing. In that 1985 letter Reams stated: "I feel like you are the only one who has the ability to do the job well. Christ had eleven dependable disciples. I have only one. Please take up the mantle where I lay it down. I am not laying it down willingly… Your letter was a blessing to me. May God bless you until we meet again."

When you choose to be trained in RBTI through Advanced Ideals Institute, you are choosing to participate in the best RBTI training possible — theoretical and clinical — Dr. Beddoe incorporates his detailed training with Dr. Reams along with his over 25 years of RBTI clinical experience.

Can I send my urine and saliva samples through the mail to be tested?
The urine and saliva samples must be no more than 90 minutes old, i.e. fresh samples. Typical medical laboratory methods of preserving urine samples for medical lab testing do not work for urine that is going to be used for RBTI testing.

Can you tell me what the following symptoms mean?
If you are seeking to have symptoms evaluated, i.e. diagnosed, or treated, please make an appointment with your licensed medical doctor. RBTI counselors address the individual's body chemistry. RBTI counselors do not diagnose (evaluate) or treat symptoms or named diseases. RBTI is an exact mathematical science for understanding ideal dietary and lifestyle requirements in order for each unique individual to obtain the most perfect health possible through following an individualized program, designed by the RBTI counselor, based on the RBTI test results.

Where are your seminars taught?
Beginning in 2007 all new Human RBTI Level I, II, III & IV seminars will be held in Santa Barbara, California. There is only one exception to this. The current ongoing Human series of seminars, begun in Cleveland, Ohio, in 2006, will be completed in Cleveland in 2007.

Can you come to our town to teach your seminars?
Beginning in 2007 all new RBTI seminars will be held in Santa Barbara, California (our home base) except for the Cleveland, Ohio series already explained above. The amount of traveling and time required to conduct series of seminars in other locations of the U.S. is now prohibitive for Advanced Ideals Institute to offer due to the increasing numbers of participants in our programs and requests of our services.

Does The Calcium Kit give me the ability to do the whole RBTI evaluation myself?
The Calcium Kit is designed to test the urine and saliva pH only. It is only designed to show how to use the urine and saliva pH to determine which types of calciums are best for each individual's chemistry. The Calcium Kit does not allow for a complete RBTI evaluation. It is a very significant first step in addressing perfect health and we highly recommend taking this step.

What should I look for in an RBTI tester?
To be assured that a tester thoroughly understands RBTI principles and techniques, Advanced Ideals Institute implemented its Registry and Certification Program. The only way Advanced Ideals Institute can assure that RBTI testers are of the highest quality is for those testers to complete this Registry and Certification Program.

However, Advanced Ideals Institute does now offer a interim Enrolled Student Tester Referral Program in order to help meet the needs of those who are seeking RBTI testing services, and, at the same time provide more experiencial opportunities for students working toward their certification.

I had a urine and saliva test done, can you tell me what the numbers mean?
This web site does not provide individual consultation services. If you want to learn the What, How and Why of RBTI we invite you to become a student of Advanced Ideals Institute. As a student you would have the opportunity to subscribe to the Online Forum and thereby have access to ask questions of Dr. Beddoe about your unique RBTI chemistry needs.

Can RBTI be combined with other modalities?
It can, providing that RBTI is the basis for determining whether the other modality is to be of value. Here is what we mean. To understand RBTI properly, is to know that it is the only science that has mathematically defined what perfect health means in plants, animals and humans. It is the only science that actually addresses the real cause of dis-ease through defining what perfect health is. RBTI goes way beyond the "normal" health that has been assumed to be healthy. The mathematical and frequency parameters of RBTI reveal many "normal" health standards as dis-ease standards. Thus, any modality of health evaluation or therapy, no matter how natural, if it does not reference the perfect health standards of cause and effect established by RBTI, that modality is only addressing effects and not causes. To address only the effect means that the therapist is not going beyond "normal" health standards --- dis-ease. Unless, a health therapist truly understands and applies RBTI correctly, that therapist will ever only address the symptom of dis-ease and and not the cause no matter how "natural" the modality.

I am an RBTI tester. Can I get help from Dr. Beddoe with some test numbers of a client?
Because of time constraints, Dr. Beddoe is dedicated to working only with individuals who have chosen to take advantage of Advanced Ideals Institute's seminar training. If you would like to have the privilege of having Dr. Beddoe assist you with your RBTI tests, it is necessary that you become a student of Advanced Ideals Institute which then enables you to become a member of the On-Line Forum to receive Dr. Beddoe's assistance.

Is there software available for analyzing RBTI numbers? WARNING! Do not be fooled by websites and persons who claim there are computer programs available to interpret the RBTI test numbers. There are none!

Is there any software for analyzing RBTI numbers?
No! (please see NOTE below) However, there is a recently released "data" software program simply for assisting testers with RBTI data management. Go to Software Page to get an idea of what this software is for.