Saliva Testing Is Better Than Blood Testing

Why would we do saliva testing and not blood testing for hormones? In fact, it is pretty common amongst Physicians to offer a blood serum test for measuring hormones. 

Likewise, the women I serve, realize that saliva testing is the most reliable medium for measuring hormone levels.

Saliva Tests Available Hormones

First of all, hormone levels in saliva accurately represent the hormones that are actually going into the body’s receptor sites. Blood, on the other hand, will evaluate all of the hormones, both bound and unbound. 

Saliva testing only evaluates the “unbound” or available hormones. These are the ones able to get in and be used by the body. So, when you do a blood test, it will look like you have lots of hormones. 

Blood Tests Can Be Misleading

Consequently, many women tell me, “Well, my blood test showed that my hormones were normal. My doctor told me I didn’t need anything, but that’s not how I feel,” 

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A blood test does not accurately represent how many women feel whereas a saliva test will. Consequently, if your hormones are out of balance that will be revealed in a saliva test. 

Because it’s only measuring the “unbound” or available hormones. You see, these are the hormones that are actually biologically active. For this reason, they are known as “free, unbound hormones” in the body.

Hence, it’s important to use the right test for the right reason.

Saliva Testing is PERFECT for Hormones

When I began working with world renowned women’s health expert Dr. John Lee, he always preached, “Test, Treat, Test.”

As a result, he did a saliva test on every woman he treated. And then followed it up with another test in 6 months to verify that his “treatment” was actually working.

So, if you want to measure your hormone levels, start with a 5 panel saliva test. The 5 panel test measures the 5 most important sex hormones: progesterone, estrogen, testosterone, cortisol, and DHEA.

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Therefore, if you are on a bio-identical hormone program, blood testing will not measure the bio-identical hormones in the bloodstream. As a result, it is useless to do a blood test if you’re on a bio-identical hormone program. 

If you are on a program that’s utilizing bio-identical hormones, whether it be estrogen, progesterone, or testosterone, a saliva test is going to be a much more accurate way to evaluate your hormones. 

Conclusion

Furthermore, understand that doing a saliva test allows you the freedom of testing in privacy of your own home. Likewise, you are able to get the test results yourself and move forward with that information.

As a result, you can evaluate hormones accurately, without going to a doctor. I am very thankful these tools are in our hands now. They are very important and allow us the freedom to make choices about our own hormone health.