Derek (More Plates More Dates)

Oh, really?

Yeah.

And because it's just like the snapshot in time and in the serum is just like not an accurate reflective measure.

The salivary levels will fluctuate and they get like multiple readings.

They create like an average curve for you and they should map out your day as opposed to with blood.

You like one big draw and

The cortisol is measured one time and it's like, okay, you're like high end of normal.

Like what do we do with that information?

The salivary one's a little bit more indicative of like, here are multiple time points of the day.

And like, here's where we'd expect you to be at these points.

And like, this is how you're responding to your day stressors kind of thing.

And it's like less intrusive to like spit in a tube, you know, or whatever.

I've actually not done a Dutch test personally, but I'm pretty sure it's just you spit in a tube.

Um, like there are definitely scenarios in which it's more obvious because there is a structural issue that cannot be rectified via any sort of lifestyle change or like sleep hygiene manipulation or whatever.

Like if you have primary hypogonadism and you've ruled out the ultrasound, like varicose, yeah, there's no issues.

You're not like cooking your testes in like a hot tub every night.

You're not, uh,

I don't know, like your sleep is dialed, your micronutrient intake is on point.

Also, satisfactory amounts of calories, like I think I might have probably indirectly touched on this, but like via the getting to a good body fat, like you still need to have an adequate amount of energy to actually meet the needs to produce hormones too.

So like adequate amount of calories, not overdoing it, not underdoing it.