Potential Symptoms

Symptoms attributed to the need for better weight management include:

• Easy weight gain or difficulty losing weight

• Decreases in lean muscle mass

• Increases in abdominal fat

• Fatigue

• Food or sugar cravings

• Poor tolerance for exercise

• Difficulty sleeping or anxiety in the evening (which can contribute to weight gain)

What we measure

Reproductive Hormones • Saliva

When your reproductive hormones are out of balance, they can interfere with metabolism and thyroid function, cause bloating and food cravings, increase abdominal fat, decrease lean muscle mass, and contribute to insulin resistance.

EstradiolProgesteroneTestosterone

Adrenal Hormones • Saliva

Maintaining an optimal balance of the two adrenal hormones, cortisol and DHEA, is essential for healthy weight management, particularly as a person ages. An imbalance in these two hormones also affects the levels of downstream reproductive hormones.

CortisolDHEA

Blood Sugar Metabolism • Blood Spot

Less than optimal blood sugar metabolism can result from being overweight, but it also contributes to additional weight gain by causing the body to store more fat and increasing food cravings, particularly for sugar. Abnormal blood sugar levels are an indicator of insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, pre-diabetes, or even diabetes.

InsulinHbA1c

Vitamin D • Blood Spot

A healthy vitamin D level is important to maintain normal metabolic processes. In addition to bone, muscle, and immune support, a low level of vitamin D is linked to overweight, obesity, and poor metabolic health.

Vitamin D

Thyroid Hormones • Blood Spot

Thyroid hormones regulate the speed at which the cells in your body work – everything from how fast your heart beats to how quickly your intestines process food. An abnormal level of the hormone TSH is often the first sign of thyroid dysfunction and, left unchecked, it can contribute to problems with body weight and metabolism.

Thyroid Hormones