Saliva Hormone Test Hormone imbalances are associated with numerous symptoms and health conditins. Assessing and diagnosing these changes are important to decrease unnecessary suffering and prevent diseases. Salivary homone testing has been used in research for over 50 years and is a highly sensitive validated technique. It has the benefit over serum testing in that it detects predominantly unbound, active hormones, which are biologically available to their receptors in target tissue. It has a convenient, painless and stress-free collection procedure, that can be performed in the privacy of your own home. In addition, salivary hormones are stable at room temperature. Once the results are in we can use them to individualise any treatments and nutritional programs. Hormones & Ageing Everyone knows that hormones are powerful molecules essential for life. What many people fail to recognise however, is that partial deficiencies also have a wide reaching negative effect on the human body. Aging is one process which is associated with hormone decline. In the past it was thought that this reduction was a normal consequence of the aging process. However, more recently an alternative theory has been proposed; that hormones do not decrease because we age, but rather we age because our hormones decrease i.e. that a reduction in hormonal cellular, genetic protein control, is the physiological cause of the deterioration of the body which leads to the aging process. It therefore follows that treating hormonal deficiencies (overt, moderate or mild) will prevent or ameliorate disorders assciated with the aging process. The treatment of osteoporosis with testosterone and estrogen in men and women is just one example of this. As naturopaths we aim at rebalancing your hormones by stimulating organ function and giving the adequate nutritional support and knowledge, this is sometimes in support of current hormone replacement therapy (HRT) your doctor may have supplied or as a therapy on its own. Testing your hormones via a salivary sample, will give us the information needed to individualise your program to your specific needs. In addition, ensuring that hormone levels are optimal will enhance quality of life in the aging population by improving mood, memory, assertiveness, sexual function and muscle mass. Assessing and diagnosing these changes are important. If you are experiencing any of the above mentioned symptoms or other physical ailment such as headaches and menstrual disturbances come in to have your hormones tested. Our practitioners work closely with the professional team of NutriPath (Integrated Pathology Services) We thank NutriPath for providing us with some of the information in this page | 
