Dr. Jen Gunter

Right.

Versus, you know, someone coming in because an influencer said they needed this test or not a test.

And then you have to decide like one of the biggest problems we see are people coming in requesting hormone tests.

And I was like, well, those are unless you have a very specific clinical indication, they're completely meaningless.

So.

Well, it depends on the indication, right?

Right, so you come in, you're a healthy person who's having regular menstrual cycles.

Hormone tests are going to tell me nothing about your health because you're having regular menstrual cycles.

Oh, because they hear about it online.

Well, I think you need to be in tune with your body, right?

You need to know, you need to be in tune.

They use words that we would not recognize as medical, that we would recognize as quasi-medical, right?

And so they hear these terms and they go, I need to know, I need to be in tune.

And many times these people are also selling supplements to optimize your menstrual cycle, right?

So, well, if your estradiol level is in this range, then you should be on this supplement.

If it's in this range, you should be on that supplement.

There's almost always a cell that goes along with it.

It may not be obvious to see at first, but there almost always is a cell.

And it's like, well, okay, but your hormone levels change every day.

So...