If you have ever had your level of Vitamin D tested, depending on which lab you used, your report showing whether your level is low, normal, or high might have left you scratching your head. In fact, there are multiple agencies all with slightly different opinions on what levels are deficient, insufficient, sufficient, high, or toxic. When testing with ZRT, you will receive a result that is…
Tags: Vitamin D
As we step into 2018, ready to deepen our understanding of the critical balance of hormones and neurotransmitters, as well as the role of elements in optimal health, we wanted to take a brief moment to reflect on the top stories of the past year. Following is a round-up of 2017's most popular posts for practitioners.…
Tags: Hormone Balance, Cancer, DHEA, Adrenal and Cortisol, ADD and ADHD
2018 has begun, and with it comes new opportunity to understand the role of hormones, neurotransmitters and elements in our overall health. Let's take a quick trip down memory lane to reflect on the top stories of 2017 that captured your attention.…
Tags: Hormone Balance, Xenoestrogens, SAD, Heavy Metals, Neurotransmitters
The practice of placentophagy – a woman consuming her placenta after she gives birth – is a bit of a hot topic these days. For those of you not familiar with the practice, if you're imagining the Dothraki queen devouring the giant, bleeding heart of a horse with her bare hands, you're probably not alone. In reality, there's much less of a "yuck" factor associated with the process when consuming an…
Tags: Elements Testing, Fertility, Estrogen, Progesterone
The menstrual cycle is a symphony of hormones coordinated to yield an egg and to prepare the uterus and breast tissue for pregnancy. For most women, pregnancy will only take place in a very small percentage of cycles. However, the monthly surge and fall of hormones starting in menarche and ending in menopause influences the brain, breast and uterus of women and may result in numerous symptoms…
Tags: Menstruation, Fertility, PMS and PMDD
Not quite menopause. Throwing blankets off at night, keeping awake. Fatigue and irritation punctuated throughout the day by heat dissipating from every pore, clouding thoughts, reinforcing forgetfulness. Hair falling out so stubbornly fast. Clothes choosing when to fit. Flooding periods coming sporadically, unexpectedly. They call it “the change of life” – but I feel like a different person…
Tags: Menopause, Neurotransmitters, Estrogen, Progesterone
As the days grow shorter, the weather colder (for most anyway) and we turn our sights to indoor activities for the holidays, many of us inevitably start thinking more about comfort foods. This is the right time of year for festive feasting, but that doesn’t always have to mean heavy, unhealthy meals. Here are a few suggestions from our docs for holiday foods that don’t have to weigh you down. Fresh…
Tags: Recipes
Is there anything more endearing than the photographs of your baby eating his or her first foods? Their faces squish-up, they are covered from head to toe, their tongues protrude to catch every bite or more often to try to get the revolting taste out of their mouths. Now, we parents are the ones squishing up our faces and showing huge grimaces of disgust at the latest report that our baby food is…
Tags: Toxins, Heavy Metals, Lead, Arsenic, Cadmium
It feels like winter is officially looming now that we’ve all turned our clocks back and the days are getting shorter. In the Pacific Northwest, this also brings darkness and rain for many months and for some of us, it brings seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Whether or not symptoms of SAD eclipse your normal disposition, there’s a good chance the sun's vacation this time of year will affect four…
Tags: Vitamin D, SAD, Mental Health, Cortisol Awakening Response
If you come by ZRT on Halloween you’re likely to be greeted by a witch, vampire, zombie or other nightcrawler. We take our decorations and dressing up seriously around here, and finding people in costume processing your labs or taking your calls is par for the course. Laughing aside (and let me tell you, some costumes are hilarious) those who live their lives by night – on the graveyard shift – can…
Tags: Sleep, Adrenal and Cortisol
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