Testing your Hormones | Tara Thorne Nutrition

My thoughts on the DUTCH test

by Tara Thorne | May 23, 2023 | Balancing your hormones, Hormone Health, Podcast Episode, Testing your Hormones

I’ve had so many women ask me why we no longer include the DUTCH hormone test as part of the suite of functional testing you get when you join The Hormone Balance Solution, so I wanted to speak to this. I also often get asked why I don’t recommend hormone testing for...

All about Thyroid Health with Annabel Bateman

by Tara Thorne | May 9, 2023 | Balancing your hormones, Hormone Health, Podcast Episode, Testing your Hormones, Thyroid

May is thyroid awareness month in Australia and so this episode is all about thyroid health with Annabel Bateman. Annabel is a Hashimoto’s patient, author, advocate and coach. She has learnt, in 25+ years of living with Hashimoto’s, that the key is developing a...

Is blue light negatively impacting your health with Aaron Telford of Baxter Blue

by Tara Thorne | Nov 1, 2022 | Oral Health, Podcast Episode, Testing your Hormones

In this episode I spoke with Aaron Telford of Baxter Blue – an incredible company doing some wonderful things for the health and wellbeing of people all around the Globe. We spoke about how blue light is destroying not just our eyes and circadian rhythms, (which...

Your oral health may be causing your health symptoms (without you even knowing it).

by Tara Thorne | Oct 25, 2022 | Oral Health, Podcast Episode, Testing your Hormones

On today's episode I talk about oral health and why it's so important for your overall health, including your hormonal health. I talk about fluoride (and what to use instead), root canals, wisdom teeth cavitations, oral dysbiosis, which bacteria we can see on your GI...

Why I love these 2 functional tests together

by Tara Thorne | Oct 18, 2022 | Gut Health, Podcast Episode, Testing your Hormones

In this episode I tell you what my two favourite functional tests are that I keep coming back to time and time again. These are tried and true tests that give us SO much valuable information that really helps no matter what your symptoms are. I’ve been in this...

TSH alone is a useless marker for thyroid function

by Tara Thorne | Jul 13, 2021 | BLOG POST, Hormone Health, Testing your Hormones, Thyroid

TSH alone is a useless marker for thyroid function. In order to accurately assess thyroid function he need to get TSH, free T4, free T3, thryoid anti-bodies, (TPO and TGO) and reverse T3 tested. You can have a normal TSH but low free T4 and/or low free T3 and/or...