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Understanding Root Causes and the Importance of Lab Work

We also understand, however, that it can be hard to change your mindset when there are underlying physical issues going on.

For example, Megan experienced crazy-intense anxiety when she was postpartum with her first child…and her neurotransmitter and hormone labs totally reflected WHY she was feeling so anxious in the first place.

It’s easy to feel like you’re crazy when your regular MD is telling you your labs are “fine” and that there’s no reason to have the symptoms you’re experiencing.

Let us tell you this now: you’re NOT crazy! It IS real. And in every single woman we’ve ever worked with, the functional lab work accurately reflects the symptoms each lady deals with on a daily basis.

Besides that “aha!” moment that lab work can bring, there are many other benefits to finding out exactly what is going on. To read our full explanation of why we do functional lab work for the women we work with, check out our philosophy on getting lab work.

To help women balance hormones within the structure of their feminine cycle, we use the DUTCH hormone test–DUTCH stands for Dried Urine Test for Comprehensive Hormones–and neurotransmitter tests.

We prefer the DUTCH test over other tests because we feel that it gives the most amount of detailed information and helps us not only understand what is happening with all of the important hormones of the body, but also how they are being produced, metabolized, processed, and eliminated. That’s whole lot of info that we can create personalized protocols from!

However, we don’t consider our testing complete unless we have also taken a detailed look at the signal that the hormonal system is getting from the central nervous system.  You could supplement with sex hormones for a lifetime with hormonal imbalances but the issue will never resolve if the endocrine system is constantly receiving distress signals from the brain and spinal cord. To learn about how this system is working, we get saliva neurotransmitter levels at the same time as the DUTCH test.

We do all of the above testing inside our Healthy Hormones Group Program.

This is our 3 month course where we teach each individual woman how to create the toolbox she needs to navigate our complex lives in a graceful and healthy manner. We run this group 2 times a year and spots are limited so make sure to contact us if you’re interested in getting this type of testing done.