Dr. Mark Hyman

And you don't want to just look at that, but you want to look at, we actually can do an advanced test for insulin resistance where we look at markers that are just now available.

But also your liver function test may be abnormal.

Your kidney function might be abnormal.

You might have protein urine.

You might have low testosterone if you're a man.

You might have high testosterone if you're a woman.

You might have other issues like high uric acid.

You might have inflammation on high CRP.

You can see these patterns that kind of tell you a story.

It's not just one lab test, but how are these all connected?

And

The key is you want to understand how your body is just one big system and everything affects everything.

So when you really look at what function's doing, it's really providing you with a deep, comprehensive picture of your biology in the moment and then longitudinally over time.

And it helps you understand what those patterns are, where your personal health is, and how to understand what's going on, and then how to optimize things and get them into an optimal range, not just normal range.

And in doing that, people will have a profound improvement in their overall health.

It's really quite remarkable what happens when you start to tune people up, even the simplest things.

I mean, if you're just low in vitamin D,

You know, you could be getting more frequent infections and colds.

You could be having seasonal affective disorder or the winter blues.

You could have muscle aches and pains.