Episode 395: Testing Women’s Hormones: Saliva, Urine and Blood

Naturally Nourished

Ali Miller RD

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Health & Fitness:nutrition

4.8 • 655 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Confused on how to test your hormones or what type of test is most accurate? Want to know the difference between blood, salivary and urine hormone testing? In this episode we are talking about estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, and beyond, digging into what each hormone does and how to best assess your status. We discuss HRT (hormone replacement therapy) and its wins as well as where there can be wrong turns and clients can get thrown off balance. Your hormones play such a role in quality of life including mood, metabolism, libido, fertility, bone health, metabolic health and so much more…it is essential for wellness to ensure you know your hormone status and understand how to get back into optimal range. Tune in to learn more and get a special code to save on our top hormone labs with pricing that includes a customized email review from Becki or Ali with feedback and suggestions. Also in this episode: Beat the Heat Campaign - starts June 1st The Role of HormonesEpisode 374 How to Naturally Increase Your ProgesteroneBio-C Plus Episode 139 The Pregnenolone Steal Symptoms of Hormone Deficiency and ImbalanceHow to Hack Your Menstrual Cycle - YouTube Concerns with Hormone PelletsNaturally Nourished Episode 391 Microplastics Blood Testing LH, FSH Free Testosterone, Total Testosterone, SHBG Salivary TestingLabrix Neurohormone Panel Urine TestingDutch Plus or Dutch Sex Hormones Only Methyl Complete – Naturally Nourished - Ali Miller RD Comparing Dutch vs. Labrix Use code HORMONES50 for $50 off the Dutch or Labrix Panels! Sponsors for this episode: This episode is sponsored by Air Doctor. The indoor air that we breathe can be up to 100 times MORE polluted than outdoor air, according to the EPA. Indoor air pollutants can cause respiratory symptoms like sneezing, congestion, scratchy throat, and even more serious health problems like lung and heart disease. Introducing AirDoctor, the air purifier that filters out 99.99% of dangerous contaminants so your lungs don’t have to. This includes allergens, pollen, pet dander, dust mites, mold spores and even bacteria and viruses.AirDoctor comes with a 30-day money back guarantee so if you don’t love it, just send it back for a refund, minus shipping!Head to airdoctorpro.com and use promo code ALIMILLERRD and you’ll receive UP TO $300 off air purifiers! Exclusive to podcast customers, you will also receive a free 3 year warranty on any unit, which is an additional $84 value!

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Naturally Nourished Podcast that delivers cutting-edge food is medicine solutions for optimal health.
0:12.7	Ali Miller is a nutrition expert sought up by the media in America's top medical institutes for her revolutionary functional medicine interventions.
0:22.6	From disease treatment to prevention, every episode will empower you with ways to put yourself
0:28.3	back in control of your health. Please know, the topics discussed are for educational purposes
0:35.1	only. Now welcome, Integrative Dietitians, Ali Miller, and her co-host, Becky
0:41.1	You. Welcome to episode 395 of the Naturally Nourished Podcast, Testing Women's Hormones,
0:49.2	Sliva, Urine, and Blood. Today we are talking about the importance of test don't guess when it comes to hormones.
0:58.1	And we're going to break down the pros and cons of salivary testing, urine testing, like the
1:03.7	dried urine that we see with the Dutch, and blood testing. In this episode, we'll also talk
1:08.8	about the important markers to assess and how most standard
1:13.2	physician hormone panels don't tell us the whole story.
1:16.6	Yes, I cannot tell you guys how often a new client comes to me on HRT or some form of hormone
1:23.8	replacement therapy that was prescribed off of a blood test and maybe even three,
1:29.4	four years ago without being monitored or managed. And they come to me with crazy off values.
1:36.6	Or on the other hand, people that have significant hormone deficiency symptoms and their practitioner
1:42.5	won't order these more advanced functional labs
1:45.6	and they continue to tell them that everything is normal. So in today's episode, we are going to
1:51.7	break down the difference of free versus bound hormone, why that matters, how to best assess
1:58.3	the various forms of hormones. And that's the nuance of this.
2:01.7	You can't just go on team urine.
2:03.7	You can't just go on team saliva.
2:05.6	I don't know who wants to be on either of those teams anyway.
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