Hormone Health Hub: Expert Insights on Testing, Balance & Better Living — clinical testing

Discover how certain foods rich in serotonin and dopamine — including bananas, walnuts, pineapples, avocados, and nut butters — can interfere with urinary neurotransmitter testing and lead to false-positive results. Learn why proper test preparation matters, how neurotransmitter urine analysis is interpreted, and how combined neurotransmitter and cortisol testing can provide deeper insight into mood, stress, brain chemistry, and hormonal balance. 

A heartfelt personal story of navigating menopause while raising young children, this article explores how hormone imbalance, hot flashes, night sweats, mood swings, fatigue, stress, and poor lifestyle habits can dramatically affect emotional wellbeing and family life during midlife. Learn how balanced nutrition, sleep, stress management, adrenal support, and hormone testing may help women regain hormonal balance and feel like themselves again through perimenopause and menopause. 

DHEA and DHEA-S are the most abundant steroid hormones in the body and play a critical role in brain health, mood regulation, and cognitive function. This article explains the biochemical distinction between the two, how they act as neurosteroids, and why measuring DHEA-S is the gold standard for assessing adrenocortical activity.