Have you been diagnosed with an ‘incurable’ disease like depression? Were you told that your only hope is to manage your symptoms by taking lifelong medications? What if you could eliminate this diagnosis by simply fixing nutrient deficiencies or correcting physiologic imbalances? As such, proper blood tests can highlight these vulnerabilities and guide healing protocols.
Some recommend running as many tests as possible, which can get expensive and confusing. Years of clinical practice and a deeper understanding of common symptoms have led me away from running dozens of lab tests. For example, I no longer order salivary cortisol testing, as the results confirm what we already know: we’re enduring unprecedented levels of stress. I’m happy to share with you the five most common and helpful blood tests that I still use with my patients....<<<Read More>>>....