FEMALE PROFILE Basic* Female Profile is a safe, easy-to-use, noninvasive, and reliable screen that uses a simple saliva sample to measure your levels of Estrogen (estradiol), Progesterone, Testosterone and DHEA which are vital to a woman's hormonal balance. Retail $175.00 Your Price $139.00   Quantity

Reasons to take this test:
PMS, Irregular Menstrual Cycle, Menopause, Low Libido, Thinning of Skin, Weight Gain, Muscle Loss, Hot Flashes, Bone Thinning, Disturbed Sleep, Moodiness.

Overview
Hormones can affect many vital functions in your body. That's why keeping your hormones in their proper balance is essential to the way you live. Female Profile Basic can help you monitor hormone levels.

Here's something you should know: hormones don't just control sexual function and activity. Hormones affect your body physically and emotionally. Estradiol, Progesterone, and Testosterone have a strong influence over women's health. Thus, keeping your hormones in their proper balance is essential to living well.

Estrogen
Female Profile Basic measures your level of Estradiol, the major Estrogen secreted by the human ovary. Two other Estrogens are also produced in women. The next most potent Estrogen is Estrone, which comes from Androstenedione. The third Estrogen, Estriol, is synthesized outside the ovary in the peripheral tissues of the body from Estrone and Estradiol.

The ratio of Estrogen to Progesterone throughout a woman's cycle to a large extent determines the hormonal balance that can be responsible for the moodiness, water retention, cramping, breast tenderness, acne, musculoskeletal pains, or other symptoms associated with PMS. To best assess imbalances of these hormones, you should order the PMS Profile.

With advancing age, a woman's ovarian function declines, leading to a decline in the production of Estrogen. This decline can lead to vasomotor instability that causes hot flashes. It also causes decreased muscle mass, which is then replaced by fibrous tissue. Thinning skin is due to a loss of connective tissue support and elasticity. Vaginal mucous membranes also become thin and dry and breast tissue begins to sag. Supplementing natural Estrogen replacement can help stop many of these undesirable effects associated with menopause.

Progesterone
The appropriate level of Progesterone is critical to maintaining a healthy balance of a woman's hormones. Too little Progesterone or too much Estrogen can lead to PMS, Endometriosis, Uterine Fibroids, and even cancer of the uterus or breasts. Progesterone increases uterine secretions and stimulates calcium deposits into bone tissue. It also helps regulate salt, control blood sugar, modulate nerve function and promotes a healthy thymus gland. Supplementing natural Progesterone can help maintain these healthful benefits.

Testosterone
Between a woman's 20s and 40s the amount of Testosterone circulating in her blood declines about 50%. Symptoms such as fatigue, muscle wasting, low sex drive, decreased sexual stimulation, and diminished sense of well-being can be due to a Testosterone deficiency.

Summary
Female Profile is a safe, easy-to-use, noninvasive, and reliable screen that uses a simple saliva sample to measure your levels of Estrogen (estradiol), Progesterone, and Testosterone, which are vital to a woman's hormonal balance. Female Profile offers you the reliability of a laboratory analysis from the comfort of your own home. When you order your screen, we'll send a complete kit to you. You collect the required saliva sample and send it back to us in the prepaid return mailer provided. Within 7-10 working days of receiving your sample, we'll send your results to you. It's that simple.

The Female Profile Test Results enable you to compare your results to the general population. You can then work with your healthcare provider to develop an appropriate program to maintain and promote well being.

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Note: Results and information are for personal use only, are not intended to diagnose, cure, mitigate, treat, or prevent disease or other conditions, and are not intended to provide a determination or assessment of the state of health. Many factors influence hormone status, and this product reviews only three of these factors. In measuring levels of estradiol, progesterone, and testosterone, we recommend the following sample collection schedule: If you are menstruating normally or even sporadically, please collect saliva on day 20, 21, or 22 after the first day of your last period. (It may be helpful for you to mark the appropriate days on your calendar). If you are skipping periods for months at a time or are post-menopausal, you may collect at any time.

Special Note: Female Profile reports baseline levels of hormones and reference ranges for these levels. These ranges should not be used when hormone replacement therapy is in progress or if you are using birth control pills or other medications affecting hormone levels.