Sentences with phrase «functional lab range»

Not exact matches

In functional medicine we want to shoot for optimally healthy levels (not just within the lab's reference range).

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.

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.

This is an excellent starting point in functional medicine testing and includes the use of functional medicine ranges (versus lab ranges).

Beware however, functional / sub-clinical iron deficiency can still (and often does) exist because the reference ranges considered normal by blood labs are extremely wide — so you will be quite deficient if you fall below the lab's «normals».

I'd get a full thyroid panel, including an antibody panel and refer to the functional medicine lab ranges outlined in the book http://www.thyroidbook.com to interpret your results (or even better, start working with a functional medicine practitioner:)

The problem is most doctors use lab ranges on blood tests when functional ranges provide more clues that explain the symptoms of conditions such as Hashimoto's hypothyroidism.

The lab uses functional TSH normal range for evaluation of your thyroid function and you can get a free complimentary test results explanation to ensure your first steps towards the normal thyroid levels.

In other words, functional ranges define the parameters of good health while lab ranges define the parameters of disease.

For instance, the lab ranges for diabetes are quite high, but a functional range can let you know your blood sugar is in the danger zone well before you need pharmaceutical treatment and have caused considerable inflammatory damage to your body.

The lab ranges on a blood test look for diseases while functional medicine ranges look for patterns and markers that spot trends toward disease that can still be reversed or halted.

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.

Moreover, many doctors use the lab ranges (referred to as «pathological» or disease ranges) that come with the test results, instead of functional ranges, which have been carefully researched and formulated as parameters of good thyroid health.

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.