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When most people go in for a yearly check-up, they’ll often get a standard cholesterol test—sometimes called a lipid panel . It’s the one that reports your total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, and triglycerides. While helpful, this test is only giving us the “big picture.” Think of it like a blurry photograph—you can see the shapes, but not the details. That’s where the NMR lipid panel  comes in. NMR stands for nuclear magnetic resonance , a technology that takes that same picture of

When it comes to thyroid health, one of the biggest frustrations I see in practice is patients who know  something isn’t right, yet their labs come back “normal.” They’re still tired, gaining weight, losing hair, anxious, or struggling with brain fog, but their provider tells them everything looks fine. The truth is, if you’re only checking TSH —the standard test most doctors order—you’re only seeing a sliver of the picture. The thyroid is a small gland with a big job. It reg

Your digestive system is the foundation of your health. When it’s working well, you feel energized, nourished, and clear-headed. But when...

Hormones are your body’s chemical messengers — powerful little signals that influence everything from mood and energy to metabolism and...