Without exception, every one of my female AND male clients test results have shown several underlying areas of hormone imbalance. As a practitioner, I was then able to see the links between their symptoms and their test results. For the first time in most of these peoples lives, their health complaints were given a coherent explanation, and as a team, we were able to tailor nutritional/ bioidentical hormone/detox therapies to the biological needs of that individual! It's important to realize that in our stressed-out, polluted world, most people have significant areas of imbalance. Because Western medicine does not view the body/mind/ spirit as an integrated whole, but as a mechanistic entity with separate areas of specialization, it "treats" the symptom with a drug, while never discovering the underlying imbalances which created the symptoms! With this approach, it's no wonder that we end up on multiple drugs over time, since the real issues continue to escalate.
Saliva Testing offers...
Economy- They cost less than serum tests.
Convenience- No needles, no bio-hazard, and specimen is stable
Scientific Superiority- Blood tests normally assess the protein-bound portion of hormones, but our bodies circulate and use the unbound or "free" portion, which is found in saliva, not blood! Since 1983, more than 2500 research papers and articles have been published on salivary diagnostic testing.
Practicality- Quick results and turn-around, 5-7 working days from when specimen is received.
One researcher (Mandel) "has likened saliva to a mirror reflecting the emotional, hormonal, immunological as well as nutritional and metabolic status of the body. The broad spectrum of interactions and relationships among these factors opens a whole field of diagnostic possibilities worth exploring and evaluating."
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