Have you ever gone to the doctor with a list of symptoms as long as your arm, hoping for answers, but your lab results came back normal? It's a common experience that can leave you feeling confused.
For the life of the flesh is in the blood: … Leviticus 17:11
Your body is not lying to you; your symptoms are much like the oil light in your car, warning you it’s time to take care of yourself, preventing bigger issues down the road.
Blood testing is a helpful tool if read correctly. Unfortunately, what is known as “standard labs” used by the AMA and insurance companies set their biomarker ranges on a bell curve.
These ranges are determined by taking blood samples from “normal” adult patients (normal meaning they have symptoms like you) and combining ages and genders. The ranges are based on the group's averages and set the normal ranges to the point of disease.
This broad range does not truly reflect your unique health needs and disregards the warning lights that should be addressed.
Another problem with Western medicine is that it focuses on individual organs, ie, heart, pancreas, thyroid, rather than the body systems, which work together like the gears of a clock.
But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. ...
But now are they many members, yet but one body. ... Nay, much more those members of the body,
which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
and those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, ...
1 Corinthians 12:18, 20, 22-23
But here's the good news: functional health providers have developed Functional Lab Ranges designed to show our optimal levels where the body functions best.
These ranges are determined by healthy individuals, categorized by age and gender, as God has designed them. We all know there are physiological differences between men and women, and there are three distinct seasons of an adult woman’s life that affect our ranges.
Functional lab ranges look for the weaknesses (or warning lights) to determine imbalances.
A client rarely sends a comprehensive lab panel. Most doctors overlook critical biomarkers, failing to gather all the necessary pieces of the labwork puzzle that can be the key to better health. It's crucial to examine supporting systems, such as the pituitary, liver, and adrenals, when considering thyroid function.
Once I enter a client's standard lab results into my functional lab software, the report then shows a list of missing biomarkers.
The truth is, we don’t wake up one morning with diabetes or Hashimoto’s. They often build over years due to lifestyle habits we might not even realize are harmful. Using God-given wisdom and natural methods, we can seek wellness and strength before disease takes hold.
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