BLOODWORK + BODY LITERACYProactive Health that starts with your bloodwork
Functional nutrition that helps you understand the patterns in your comprehensive bloodwork, beyond standard lab ranges. Because the body is a whole system, not a set of isolated markers.
What We Look At
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Thyroid
TSH · T4 · Free T4 · T3 · Free T3 · Reverse T3 · TPO + TG Antibodies
TSH alone rarely tells the full story. Looking at how your thyroid hormones convert and relate to each other shows whether your body is actually using what it makes.
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Blood Sugar
Fasting glucose · Fasting insulin · HbA1c
Blood sugar isn't just about what you eat. Your pancreas, liver, muscles, and stress response all shape it, and glucose can look fine for years while insulin works overtime behind the scenes.
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Iron and Energy
Ferritin · Iron · UIBC · TIBC · MMA · Folate · Ceruloplasmin
Tired isn't always thyroid. Iron needs a healthy gut to absorb, copper to move and B vitamins to build the red blood cells that carry oxygen. Ferritin alone can miss this, since inflammation can make low iron look normal. -
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Inflammation
CRP · ESR · Homocysteine
Inflammation often shows up quietly. CRP and ESR reflect how much background stress your body is managing, and homocysteine shows how well your B vitamins are doing their job. Together, they explain why one system can ripple into every other.
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Vitamins + Minerals
Magnesium · Zinc · Copper · Vitamin D · Calcium · Phosphorus · Sodium · Potassium
Vitamins and minerals are the quiet workers behind almost everything, from steady energy and hydration to strong bones and a calm stress response. They work as a team, so when one runs low or gets out of balance, others feel it too. That's why we look at them together.
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Gut Health
Tiny Health Gut Microbiome Testing · When It's Needed
Your gut is where so much begins. It absorbs the nutrients your bloodwork measures, helps convert thyroid hormones, clears used-up estrogen and supports your immune system. When your bloodwork points here, gut testing fills in the rest of the picture.
Comprehensive bloodwork gives us a real starting point. Instead of looking at each marker on its own against standard ranges, we look at how they relate to each other, because the body works as a whole system. Those patterns show us where to focus first.
We only add other testing when it will change what we do next. More tests aren't always better.
Who I work with.
I work virtually with women and men who want to understand what's happening in their body, not just manage it. Most come to me because something feels off and a standard panel hasn't explained why, or because they want a clear baseline before anything shifts.
People usually reach out about:
Digestion: bloating, irregularity, or meals that never quite sit right
Thyroid: feeling off even when your labs have been called normal
Hormones: cycles, energy or mood that feel out of rhythm, conception support
Blood sugar: energy dips, cravings, or a number that's starting to creep up
Proactive baseline: you feel good and want to understand your body before something changes
These rarely show up alone. Digestion affects hormones, blood sugar affects energy, stress touches all of it. That's why we look at your bloodwork as a whole system, not one marker or one symptom at a time.
This is a partnership.
I bring the training in blood chemistry and functional nutrition, the data, the structure, and the support. You bring honesty and a willingness to make shifts, even small ones.
No approach works the same for everyone. Your schedule, your budget, and the support you have at home all shape what's realistic, so the plan is built around your real life. Some seasons you'll need a steady hand, some a pep talk, and some a reminder that one missed day doesn't undo the work. I'll meet you where you are.
I'm happy to be one part of your wellness team. The goal is for you to understand your own body so you're not dependent on me.
That's what body literacy looks like.
