How Lab Tests for Menopause Clients Can Help You Get Better Client Results

Are you using lab tests for menopause clients to guide your exercise prescription? I hope so! If you’ve got some confusion, it’s time to get clear. Listening to this, you very likely are a woman in midlife herself and may also still be new to menopause symptoms, treatment, and lifestyle options, so this episode will serve as an overview. 

Lab tests for menopause clients is something we go into more deeply so that you understand what’s out there, why Western labs don’t tell the whole story and the difference between norms and optimal levels are so very different. Our specialists have a better understanding of how to support clients as they work collaboratively with their practitioners about what to ask and why they may want to seek answers to questions tied to their ability to get results from exercise and dietary changes. 

More information on the Flipping 50 Menopause Fitness Specialist here. 

Let’s explore options, insights, and how the results can help you if clients already have them. 

Functional vs Western-Trained Lab Testing (root cause vs illness detection) 

What to do with your Western-trained doc 

What to do with a functional doc (because you may HAVE to and because only they’ve been trained to interpret)

Complete Blood Panel

Thyroid 

Micronutrients 

Cortisol saliva 

Stool test 

Dutch 

Lab Tests Menopause Clients May Want, When & Why : 

Complete Blood Panel if not in last year 

Inflammatory markers: A1C, CRP

Fasting Blood Glucose (still may not be conclusive) 

Saliva Cortisol 

Micronutrients 

Stool Testing 

Hormones and… 

Thyroid 

TPO

Antibodies (these can be a clue to Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis)

T3

T4

Reverse T3

Not all Functional Docs need or favor Dutch (blood tests can also pinpoint for you)

Estrogen (3) 

Progesterone 

Testosterone 

DHEA

Resources: 

Health & Fitness Business Scorecard: https://www.fitnessmarketingmastery.com/scorecard

https://www.fitnessmarketingmastery.com/menopause-fitness-specialist/

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