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| Safe and Effective Hormone Balancing |
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| Understanding Hormones |
April 2009 |
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Greetings!
In keeping with our promise to provide cutting-edge technology for health and wellness, we are now excited to provide Saliva Hormone Testing. This diagnostic procedure has recently been cleared for testing by Chiropractors. Saliva testing for hormones has a number of advantages over blood testing that you will read below. We have had extreme success thus far helping patients with symptoms related to hormone imbalance naturally. Labrix is a reputable company that makes specimen collection extremely easy and convenient. After reviewing your medical history and performing a thorough Nutritional Scan, you will be sent home with a collection kit that already has the postage and mailing address attached. Inside, is everything that you need. Saliva is collected at 4 different times within a 24 hour period so that varying hormone levels throughout the day can be studied. When a blood test is performed, you only get a single snapshot of hormone levels, which can be misleading because hormones cycle monthly as well as daily. Saliva is collected in 4 color coded tubes through matching straws. When the collections is complete, you place everything back in the box, use the enclosed sticker to seal and drop off with UPS. Within 10 days of receiving your sample at Labrix, your results will be faxed to One Life Chiropractic. After reviewing them, you will receive a call to schedule a consultation with myself to review strategies for hormone balancing. Labrix works very closely with Nutri-West and we carry many of the products that Labrix recommends. By aligning ourselves with companies with the most forward thinking doctors who do rigorous research, we have access to unlimited resources. Working together, we continue to make it our utmost priority to provide true wholistic care.
In good health naturally,
Dr. Kristy Allen
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| Saliva Testing: It's easy!
New York State has finally made saliva testing by Chiropractors legal. Saliva testing for hormones has been successfully used in numerous other states for years.
Some of the advantages over blood tests:
* measures active hormone levels
* easy and convenient collection
* no needles (you collect your own spit)
* exceptional specimen stability
* less expensive than blood testing
* four samples collected throughout the day demonstrate cortisol
fluctuations within a 24 hour period
The hormones that can be tested are testosterone, estradiol, progesterone, DHEA, cortisol, and estrogen. Hormones work together to keep your body working at it's peak. Sometimes a small imbalance can prevent you from sleeping, make you feel anxious, or slowly gain weight over time.
Everyone over the age of 40 should be tested to have a baseline hormone reading on record. Regardless of age, if you experience headaches, changes in weight or appetite, changes in mood, disrupted sleep, uncomfortable menstrual cycles, PMS, headaches or signs of Metabolic Syndrome, you should be tested.
Information from Labrix Clinical Services, Inc. |
| Men: Low Testosterone and Metabolic Syndrome
Men hear about menopause and symptoms that women experience as they get older, but most men don't realize that they also undergo a similar time called andropause. It is actually a decline in testosterone production that commonly occurs in a male's forties.
Some of the symptoms are:
* concentration problems
* erectile dysfunction
* loss of muscle tone
* thinning hair
* abdominal weight gain
* depression/anxiety
* low libido
* decreased urinary flow
* fatigue
A decline in testosterone can lead to Metabolic Syndrome. Metabolic Syndrome can be the result of a poor diet, overwork, lack of exercise or stress reduction techniques. Metabolic syndrome leads to high blood sugar and diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, clotting disorders, and elevated C-reactive protein.
So, if you are a man over 40, or experiencing the above symptoms prematurely, it is important to keep your hormones in check. Have a saliva test to get a baseline reading today.
Information from Labrix Clinical Services, Inc.
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 Women: Too much estrogen?
As women age, their bodies change. You hear the phrases perimenopause, menopause, HRT or Hormone Replacement Therapy in the news all the time. While testing is commonplace, doctors commonly recommend a blood test to measure thyroid levels, bone density, vitamin D, anemia, B-12, and some hormones, the traditional therapies are controversial. A growing number of women have become concerned with overwhelming data linking artificial hormone exposure (including prescriptions) to certain female cancers.
Results have been showing many women to be ESTROGEN DOMINANT which means you have too little progesterone relative to your estrogen level. If your estrogen levels look normal, it is still important to know how your progesterone levels are being affected. With saliva testing you can look at the ratio between progesterone & estrogen or Pg/E2.
If your progesterone to estrogen ratio is out of balance, you may experience the following:
* fibrocystic breasts
* heavy/irregular menses
* migraines
* bone/mineral loss
* ovarian cysts
* water retention
* low thyroid symptoms
* water retention
* foggy thinking
* belly weight gain
* mood swings (ranging from extremely happy to crying in the same day)
After your saliva testing, borrow our office copy of Slim, Sane & Sexy to read about how common your symptoms are and how you can make small lifestyle changes to literally change your life!
Information from Labrix Clinical Services, Inc.
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| Natural Hormone Balancing Supplements
Like many others, do you find yourself searching for natural alternatives to controversial Hormone Replacement Therapy?
During a routine nutrition testing appointment with Dr. Allen, it is possible to check whether or not you need products that help to balance hormone levels. Remember, that our office recommends supplements that are herbal and organic nutrient blends. They are not hormone replacements.
The Nutriwest line carries a variety of products: Total Female, Total Male, Total DHEA, Total Progesterone, Total Cort. Feel free to visit the Nutriwest website www.nutriwest.com to read more about the products.
Metagenics has products that help balance hormones as well. Estrofactors and Estrium help with irregular periods, mood swings, and low energy. They also have Testralin that helps increase testosterone levels by helping the body produce & keep testosterone from being expelled from the body. We also carry a wide array of medical foods that help reverse Metabolic Syndrome: UltraMeal 360, UltraInflammx, or UltraClear. Read more about these products at www.metagenics.com. |
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Save $20 off Saliva Testing
when you purchase a copy of Slim, Sane, & Sexy a pocket guide to bioidentical hormone balancing, by Jay H. Mead, M.D. and Erin Lommen, N.D.
This book explains why it is important to have your hormone levels tested. It answers the questions you may have about sleeping problems, mood swings, depression, fibroids, infertility problems, aches and pains, and a host of additional hormone related symptoms. |
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| This is an on-going offer from the publishers of Slim, Sane, & Sexy. | |
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