Testing your Hormones | Tara Thorne Nutrition

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...

Doc says your thyroid is ‘normal’

by Tara Thorne | Jul 12, 2021 | BLOG POST, Hormone Health, Testing your Hormones, Thyroid, Uncategorized

Your doctor says your thyroid is normal yet you're cold all the time, can't lose weight, losing your hair / eyebrows, constipated, depressed, bloated…the list goes on. First of all, question what tests were run, (see this post regarding thyroid testing). Second,...

Why Blood Tests Are Not Very Helpful For Testing Mineral Status

by Tara Thorne | Nov 25, 2019 | Balancing your hormones, BLOG POST, Hormone Health, Testing your Hormones

Minerals are SO important but unfortunately we’re deficient in many and our balance is out of whack. Blame poor soil quality (less nutritious food), contaminated water, stress, incorrect supplementation and toxin exposure. “But Tara, I’ve had my minerals tested by my...