How Food, Stress, and Daily Habits Can Help You Feel More Balanced Many women notice perimenopausal symptoms as: Why Perimenopause Affects the Nervous System During perimenopause, the body’s hormone levels—especially estrogen—begin to fluctuate. Research shows that hormonal changes during this transition are closely linked to the nervous system and brain function (Zhu et al., 2022).Continue reading “Supporting Your Nervous System During Perimenopause”
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Urine vs Blood Tests for Fertility Monitoring | Best Hormone Tests for Menopause Diagnosis
What each sample type measures (mechanism & biology) Urine hormone testing typically measures metabolites of sex steroids (for example, estrone-3-glucuronide [E3G] is a urinary estrogen metabolite; pregnanediol glucuronide [PdG] is a progesterone metabolite) or excreted intact peptides (urinary LH or hCG) after renal filtration/conjugation, so results reflect integrated secretion over hours rather than an instantaneous serum concentration. UrinaryContinue reading “Urine vs Blood Tests for Fertility Monitoring | Best Hormone Tests for Menopause Diagnosis”