Posts in the Category "Hormones"


Things to consider when reading your labs

Great info from our sister company, Curls & Whey Training: One thing that you may run into being a CWT (or LBC) client is that we will request you run labs with your doctor. Many clients come to us because they have tried everything and have been unsuccessful on their own. If we find they.. Read more →


Medications and Fat Loss

Medications and Fat Loss- Just an FYI -If you are taking a medication and have issues with your metabolism and fat loss, it would be worth it to look into it/them to see is there are any indications that it can interfere with your fat loss goals as well as do some hormone testing. I’m.. Read more →


The recipe for a rebound

It pains me to hear of a competitor post contest gaining 20, 30 or even 40 lbs once they finish competing. Does this sound like you? If you are training 6-7 days a week on deprevation calories, eating extremely limited food groups and some even cut, Doing cardio 6 days a week for an hour.. Read more →


What are normal thyroid ranges?

What are Normal Thyroid Ranges? I noted prior the thyroid gland and function, as well as a list of symptoms/testing below //www.leanbodiesconsulting.com/the-thyroid-gland-and-dysfunction/ Sometimes it’s hard enough to get your physician to properly test your thyroid function. If you’ve gone to the dr for testing/ specific test and they laugh at you or are not accepting.. Read more →


The Thyroid Gland and Dysfunction

This is your thyroid gland. Said to the the master gland as it controls all systems in your body! The thyroid main job is to produce two hormones called triiodothyronine and thyroxine; commonly known as T3 and T4 and deliver them to ALL cells located in your ENTIRE body. Why is this important? Because, the.. Read more →


Do you need to get some laboratory testing done?

I recently received an email from a reader asking for Lab testing information so I thought I’d share and (re)post it here as well. Most functional medicine doctors run these as a Standard set of labs which I love because its a pretty complete panel but not all drs choose to run this ‘collection’ of.. Read more →