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Personal
Saliva Hormone Profile Test Kits for Men and Women
Accurate
Home test kit - Price includes all supplies, clear instruction
booklet, pre-paid shipping tube and laboratory fees. Results
with detailed explanations are mailed direct to you within
7-10 days.
Test for levels of - Progesterone, Estradiol, Estriol,
DHEA, Cortisol, Androstenedione and Testosterone.
PRICE
Two
Hormone Test Kit - $72.50 - PURCHASE
Five
Hormone Test Kit - $165.80
- PURCHASE
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NOTE:
For the states of New York and California only - Present regulations
require a prescription or script from a medical professional for
hormone testing.
Before
taking any hormone supplements, you should know your correct hormone
levels. Although estrogen dominance and low progesterone levels
are clearly evident in symptoms like PMS, weight gain, migraines,
fibroids, depression and the like, a saliva test will confirm and
pinpoint your personal condition. The Personal Saliva Hormone Test
Kit can profile your baseline level(s) before starting a hormone
supplementation program and help you monitor its progress.
Our
convenient saliva test kits (found by the World Health Organization
to be more precise and reliable than blood tests) can be used
to accurately test levels of Progesterone, Estradiol, Estriol,
DHEA, Cortisol, Androstenedione and Testosterone. The test kit
Includes: Easy-to-use home profile kit information booklet, and
a prepaid mailing tube for saliva sample. Results are mailed directly
to you or to your medical practitioner with full explanation of
results and their meaning.
Who
conducts the saliva profile?
Test assays are under the direction of Dr. David Zava, Ph.D. a
leading biochemist and medical researcher in the fields of breast
cancer, hormones and saliva testing. Dr. Zava has been instrumental
in developing state-of-the-art saliva hormone testing procedures.
The Healthy Hormones Saliva test method is the accurate testing
method available as it is most representative in measuring the
hormones circulating in the body that are available to the tissues
they act on.
Why
test saliva instead of blood?
Dr. Zava explains: "Because steroid hormones (estrogens and progesterone
among them) play such a vital role in maintenance of health, knowledge
of an imbalance in any one or more hormones can help illuminate
the cause of health problems and provide a rational basis for
correcting the imbalance through diet, exercise, or hormone supplementation."
Dr Zava's clinical work and experience shows that levels of steroid
hormones in blood and saliva are not the same. "When various glands
manufacture and release hormones into the bloodstream they are
bound to carrier proteins. Only a small fraction (1-5%) of a given
amount of steroid hormone breaks loose from the carrier protein
in the bloodstream and is free to enter target tissues. This free
or unbound hormone is what we want to measure, since it is active
or bioavailable to the target tissues such as the breast, uterus,
brain, and skin. Many studies in the scientific literature have
shown that there is a strong correlation between the levels of
hormones in saliva and the bioavailable (free) levels of steroids
in the bloodstream. The amount of steroid hormone that enters
the salivary ducts and then saliva, is representative of the fraction
of steroids in the bloodstream that are bioavailable to other
tissues in the body."
Often
blood tests provide falsely low levels of a hormone in question
resulting in high dosage prescription of synthetic HRT drugs that
may lead to more severe health problems. Dr. Zava points out that,
"Saliva is not only more accurate and reliable, it is easy, can
be done anywhere, any time and at a much lower cost. Serum hormone
blood testing is stressful, which can alter the results.. Blood
tests are costly, require a doctor's office visit and are often
obtained at non-representational bio-clock times." Dr. Zava reports:
"Hormones in saliva are exceptionally stable, allowing wide latitude
in collection and shipment. Samples can be stored at room temperature
for at least a week without loss of activity, so samples can be
shipped to the testing facility by regular mail. Blood, on the
other hand, must be kept cool on ice packs, increasing costs for
shipping as well as the likelihood of error due to improper handling....saliva
hormone testing allows you to take more control over your own
health helping you to gain insight into health problems before
you see your doctor".
Our
Saliva Test kit is easy to use. The test kit includes the supplies
and information you need to collect your saliva sample in the
privacy of your home. You select which hormones you wish to be
profiled, then simply place the sample into the enclosed pre-paid
mailer. The results are mailed back to you within 7-10 working
days. Your profile results are presented numerically and also
show the normal levels of the hormones you chose to have profiled.
If needed, fuller explanation and significance of your test profile
can be answered, free of cost, by calling the laboratory directly
as outlined in the response forms.
Some
Information on Hormone Balance
IN WOMEN - the important factor is the ratio between progesterone
(P) and estradiol (E2) when measured by saliva testing. A health
P/E2 ratio is in women is 200 to 300:1
IN
MEN - unopposed estradiol can be lethal. Both testosterone and
progesterone are estradiol antagonists and should be measured
along with estradiol. Typically a P/E2 ratio of 200 to 300:1 prevents
the various problems caused by unopposed estradiol, which include
cancer.
