Comprehensive Blood Work-up (Does not include consultation)
Cost -- $385.00
Duration -- 15 minutes
Specifics -- This extensive non-fasting blood work-up has been personally designed by Deborah Arneson incorporating a CBC & Chem 22 test assessing liver, heart, and electrolyte function as well as allergy and enzyme-wasting profiles supported by a complete thyroid, adrenal and kidney function assessment. This analysis will reveal not only insulin and glucose regulation, but also your predisposition toward developing diabetes. More importantly stark nutrient deficiencies will be revealed which often promote the progression of a wide array of diseases.

Blood Interpretation Analysis
Cost -- $85.00
Duration -- 30 minutes
Specifics – This consultation shows you haw to move your health out of harms way while bolstering energy, libido and vitality.

Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (Does not include consultation)
Cost -- $149.00
Duration – 15 minutes
Specifics – Minerals, referred to as “elements” are found to be either beneficial (calcium, magnesium, potassium) or toxic (Mercury, lead, aluminum, arsenic) all are measured with this test. With a simple hair sample, you can discover the missing “essential to life” minerals as well as the harmful toxic elements that gradually degrade your body’s ability to fight illness or diseases such as MS and cancer. “Chelation” or pulling the toxic elements out plus incorporating the much needed mini-miracle minerals into one’s system, halts rapid aging and begins regenerating bones, organs and systems.

Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis Consultation
Cost -- $55.00
Duration – 20 minutes
Deborah Arneson, BS, MS, Licensed Clinical Nutritionist; Author of Fries, Thighs and Lies, is an accredited member of the International Association of Clinical Nutritionists, the American Preventive Medical Association, the National Association of Ayurvedic Medicine, and the American Academy of Environmental Medicine. In her more than two decades of experience Deborah has helped many people through counseling, consulting, speaking engagements, seminars, television appearances, and numerous magazine articles, all focused on the benefits of sound nutrition and healing.

SALIVA HORMONE TESTING

Complete Hormone analysis and Consultation
Cost-- $ 85.00
Duration – 30 minutes
Specifics - A total analysis of your adrenal function, testosterone, and DHEA production, as well as female and male hormone imbalances.

Saliva Adrenal Test
Cost -- $85.00
Duration -- Spit 4x in one day (6-7am, Non – 1pm, 5-6pm, before bed)
Specifics – Save Your Adrenals and Save your Life! Your adrenal glands are the backbone of a strong immune system. The wear and tear of life, late to bed, not enough sleep, too much caffeine, not enough water, way too much wine, a crazy boss, endless travel, compiled with a nutrient deficient diet increases your risk of adrenal exhaustion. Protect your health and reverse aging from the inside out!

Adrenal Analysis and Consultation
Cost -- $85.00
Duration – 30 minutes
Find out just how tired your immune system is and precisely why your thyroid is low functioning, making every day a grind. Once the adrenals are supported, energy and immunity will be amazing.

Female Hormone Test
Cost -- $192.00
Duration – Males and non-menstruating females may spit anytime of the month. Menstruating females: spit day 18, 19, 20 or 21 of their monthly cycle.

Specifics – Deborah will show you how to build your hormones naturally from the down streams hormones on up. Too frequently, women are given synthetic Estrogen and/or Progesterone, often ineffective and problematic. Estrogen tends to increase body fat and can cause excessive monthly bleeding. Build your precious Hormonal reserves; stave off premature aging from the inside out!

Female Hormone Consultation
Cost-- $ 85.00
Duration – 30 minutes
Specifics -The adrenal glands pick up the production of Estrogen and Progesterone when the ovaries go on permanent vacation. You will glide gently onto the path of recovery while bolstering energy, libido and vitality.

WHY SALIVA vs BLOOD? HOW HORMONE TESTING WORKS

In the past 20-30 years a number of research studies have validated saliva as a diagnostic medium to measure the unbound, biologically active fraction of steroid hormones in the bloodstream. Saliva is a natural ultra-filtrate of blood and steroids not bound by carrier proteins in the blood freely diffuse into saliva.   The majority (90-99%) of steroid hormones in the blood are bound tightly to carrier proteins (cortisol-binding globulin, sex-hormone binding globulin, albumin) rendering them unavailable to target tissues.  Steroids are very small lipophillic (fat-loving) molecules that, when released from the binding proteins and red blood cells in the blood, freely diffuse into tissues, which include the salivary gland and saliva.  The steroid hormones most extensively studied in saliva are Estrogens (Estradiol, Estrone & Estriol), Progesterone, Androgens (DHEAs, Testosterone) & Cortisol for assessment of adrenal function. 

Saliva measures the free, “bio-available” fraction of steroid hormones that have moved out of the bloodstream (blood and urine measure total levels) into the tissue.  These Lipids are no longer bound to proteins, therefore, reflect Not Only what you’ve made, carried, but also what has been broken down, utilized & left-over. 

• Saliva is the most reliable measurement of tissue uptake with topical hormone supplementation.
• Painless, noninvasive and needle-free (stress of conventional blood taking alters test results).
• Private (home collection) convenient for both patient and doctor allows for optimal collection time.
• Hormones are stable in saliva at room temperature for weeks allowing for worldwide shipment.
• Transport of saliva samples to laboratory requires no special handling.
• Less expensive than conventional blood testing.
• Ease of collection allows for routine monitoring and adjustment of hormone supplementation as needed.

• Identify hidden hormonal imbalances (deficiency or excelle) associated with patient symptoms
  of menopause and andropause as well as reproductive disorders, chronic illnesses and diseases of aging.
• Link clinical symptoms to specific hormone imbalances.
• Restore hormonal balance and patient quality of life using test results as a rational basis for treatment.
• Monitor patient hormone levels for "individualized (natural, not synthetic)" hormone replacement.
• Track patient progress with comparative history reports provided with follow up testing.

NOTE:  A comprehensive test report and evaluation, which relates symptoms and hormone usage with
hormone lab levels, is mailed, faxed or emailed to The Nutrition Advantage, Inc., within 2-3 weeks of laboratory testing.

You may schedule an appointment as a fee for service to discuss your results or call 1-312-664-2288. 

For more information, you can email us at need email
Attention:  Deborah Arneson
Licensed Clinical Nutritionist

ESTROGENS (Estradiol, estrone, estriol) are predominately female hormones. In adults, they are important for maintaining the health of the reproductive tissues, breasts, bone, skin and brain.  Excessive estrogens or “estrogen dominance” can cause unwanted symptoms such as fluid retention, weight gain, and migraines as well as over-stimulation of the breast, ovaries and uterus, which can lead to cancer. 

Insufficient estrogen levels can lead to hot flashes, vaginal dryness, rapid skin aging, urinary problems, excessive bone loss and possible acceleration of dementia. 

In men an excess of estrogen, relative to testosterone, is thought to play a role in the development of prostate problems.  Most scientists now agree that by-products of estrogen metabolism are a causative factor of both breast and prostate cancers.

PROGESTERONE can be thought of as a hormonal balancer, particularly of estrogens.  It enhances the beneficial effects of estrogens while preventing the problems associated with estrogen excess.  Progesterone also helps to create a balance of all other steroids.  It also has intrinsic calming and diuretic properties.   It is important in women, but its importance in men for the maintenance of prostate health is only now being appreciated.  

Androgens (Testosterone & DHEA, androstenedione) play an important role for men and women in tissue regeneration, especially in maintaining the structural integrity of skin, bones and muscles.  These anabolic hormones are also important to generate energy for all dynamic processes in the body from brain to muscle function.

• DHEA is the principal androgen in both men and women.  DHEA levels decline with age and in some cases, supplemented DHEA can restore energy, improve immune function, life depression and mental function.

• Testosterone is involved in maintenance of lean body mass, bone density, skin elasticity, sex drive and cardiovascular health in both sexes. Men make more of this hormone, accounting for their greater bone and muscle mass.  However, testosterone is vital to optimal health and wellbeing in both men and women.

• Androstenedione is a precursor for both estrogens and testosterone, especially in females.  It can be produced in excess by the ovaries, especially during early menopause, and can cause some of the “androgenic” symptoms such as scalp hair loss, acne and facial hair growth.

GLUCOCORTICOIDS primarily CORTISOL, are produced by the adrenal glands in response to stressors such as emotional upheaval, extreme exercise, surgery, illness, sleep deprivation, or eating disorders.  Cortisol plays an essential role in immune function, mobilizing the body’s defenses against viral or bacterial infection, and fighting inflammation; however, chronic elevated cortisol levels suppress the action of the immune system and predispose to frequent infections.  Cortisol levels are highest first thing in the morning, to combat the stress of overnight fasting and to animate the body for daily activities.  Levels steadily decrease over the course of the day, falling to their lowest point at night in preparation for sleep.  High cortisol, particularly when chronic and elevated at night has been closely associated with many of the diseases of aging (insulin resistance, diabetes, osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease and breast dysfunction, and allergies caused by a compromised immune system.  Both high or low cortisol levels are warning signs for adrenal imbalance that can accelerate the aging process and have devastating effects on health.

Provider Handout – created by Dr. J. H. Meade, M.D. for ZRT and Mead Laboratories

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