As
conventional lab ranges are based on a bell curve analysis of all of the population that visited the lab over a certain period of time, many of whom are sick, this has lead to an ever - broadening reference range.
I do believe many of
the conventional lab ranges are not as specific as they should be.
Not exact matches
They may be using an outdated reference
range, using «normal» reference
ranges from their medical school days, and are unfamiliar with newer guidelines that in fact have a narrower optimal
range (see the
conventional versus optimal
lab ranges below).
So uh — some people may not be familiar with fructosamine and A1C so maybe comment on those and then we'll will put the panel together on the website people can just go do it themselves, Quest or
Lab Corp and we'll put the functional
ranges in the show notes because the
conventional ranges are misleading sometimes.
Thus,
conventional medicine practitioners will likely follow the standard reference
range for TSH to determine if a person has hypothyroidism — in some cases, they may even follow a more lax
range if the
lab they are using hasn't updated their levels or if the practitioner is old school.
Our training incorporates years of experience of business practices with details that
range from managing an in - office dispensary and online dietary supplement formulary, robust
conventional and functional diagnostic
lab testing, and a culinary nutrition, «food as medicine» immersion all in one.
The
conventional model is based on lowering TSH into
lab ranges with T4 medication.
Watch my YouTube video to find out the optimal, functional medicine
ranges of
conventional lab tests that can provide insight into underlying inflammation or autoimmunity.
Also, TSH
ranges on
conventional lab tests may fail to pick up some cases of subclinical hypothyroidism or impending cases of autoimmune thyroid conditions, otherwise termed Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, which is the most common cause of hypothyroidism.
Conventional medicine sees the goal of thyroid replacement therapy in bringing your
lab test results into the normal reference
range and after that the treatment is considered successful.
We talked about chicory, quinoa and CRP (what to do if it's elevated) and sussed out the differences between functional and
conventional thyroid
lab ranges so you can know if you're really low or normal thyroid.