Saliva test readings may be unreliable.
Not exact matches
If you have an extra moment in the morning, get out your litmus paper and to
test your pH. Use either
saliva or urine (the second pee of the day will give you a more accurate
reading).
To learn why we recommend
saliva hormone
testing,
read the article by John R. Lee, M.D. about this matter.
Then you get all of the metabolites that you would get from 24 - hour urine
testing, including the total amount of cortisol, et cetera, but you also get the benefit of the four different time
readings of
saliva testing.
I have a
saliva cortisol
test in my home, but haven't taken it because I
read here: http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/supplements-and-meds-which-affect-adrenals/
You can learn more about
saliva testing by
reading an article by Dr. Lee on our site.
If you've
read what Dr. Lee says about
saliva hormone
testing, you know that
saliva tests measure your sex and adrenal hormones in ways that are superior to other
tests.
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Test FAQs Saliva hormone testing questions and answers about the process of ordering your saliva test, what to do when you receive it, how to return it, and how to read the saliva test resu
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Saliva hormone testing questions and answers about the process of ordering your saliva test, what to do when you receive it, how to return it, and how to read the saliva test re
Saliva hormone
testing questions and answers about the process of ordering your
saliva test, what to do when you receive it, how to return it, and how to read the saliva test re
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test results.
Often I will order a
saliva test for cortisol that gives us multiple
readings throughout the day, DHEA - S is included in this
test as well.
A lot of these
saliva tests will also measure other hormone levels as well in order to get a better
read of how far along you are in the adrenal fatigue decline.
So what this amounts to is that tens of thousands of people who have had cortisol
testing for «adrenal fatigue» took their first
saliva samples an hour or two hours into the morning, which misses the entire cortisol awakening response and gives a completely inaccurate cortisol
reading.