Perimenopause is a natural transition marked by fluctuating estrogen levels that can trigger hot flashes, mood changes, sleep disturbances, weight gain, and cognitive shifts. Understanding how estrogen supports the heart, bones, brain, and emotional well-being is essential for managing symptoms effectively. This article explores estrogen’s vital role, the science behind perimenopausal changes, treatment options including HRT and non-hormonal approaches, and the cultural history shaping how women experience menopause today. Convenient at-home hormone testing can also provide valuable insight and empower women to take control of their health during this transformative stage.
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Insulin Fasting Test: A Simple Way to Check Your Insulin Health
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A fasting insulin test helps identify early signs of insulin resistance, often before blood sugar levels become abnormal. By measuring insulin after an overnight fast, it provides valuable insight into metabolic health, energy balance, and long-term risks such as diabetes and heart disease. Easy at-home testing with a simple finger-prick sample allows you to understand your insulin levels clearly and take proactive steps to protect your health.
Understanding Neurotransmitter Testing: The Missing Link in Personalised Mental Health Care
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Neurotransmitters play a vital role in regulating mood, sleep, energy, focus, and overall mental wellbeing — yet imbalances often go undetected. This article explores how dried-urine neurotransmitter testing provides an objective, science-based way to identify chemical patterns behind symptoms such as anxiety, depression, fatigue, insomnia, ADHD, and chronic stress. By analysing key markers including serotonin, dopamine, GABA, glutamate, histamine, and the kynurenine pathway, clinicians can create highly personalised treatment plans that target each individual’s unique neurochemical profile. Discover how this innovative testing method offers a deeper understanding of mind-body chemistry and a more precise path to restoring balance and emotional health.
Essential and Toxic Elements: What Your Body Might Be Telling You
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Essential and Toxic Elements: What Your Body Might Be Telling You Our bodies rely on a careful balance of essential elements to function optimally, but we're also exposed to potentially toxic elements through everyday environmental and dietary sources. Identifying the right levels of these elements can have a profound impact on health. Let’s explore what each element reveals and how advanced testing methods like dried urine and dried blood spot (DBS) testing provide critical insights. Essential Elements Iodine Iodine is critical for thyroid hormone production (T4 and T3). Found in dairy, seafood, iodized salt, and grains, this nutrient must be...
The Hidden Impact of Essential and Toxic Elements on Our Health
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The Hidden Impact of Essential and Toxic Elements on Our Health Have you ever wondered how the environment around you affects your health on a molecular level? The truth is, every day, we are exposed to a complex mix of essential and toxic elements through the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, and even the supplements we take. These exposures, whether beneficial or harmful, vary greatly depending on where we live and the choices we make. The Delicate Balance of Essential Elements Essential elements like iodine, selenium, magnesium, zinc, and copper play critical roles in...