…WHEN YOU HAVE PCOS I CHECK THE FOLLOWING FIRST IN A FASTING LAB:
PROGESTERONE LEVEL
FREE AND TOTAL TES LEVEL
INSULIN LEVEL
THYROID TESTING: FREE T3, FREE T4, AND TSH
SPECTRACELL MNP
FOUNDATION METHYLATION WELLNESS PANEL
TREAT SPECTRACELL …
APOE encodes a protein that carries lipids between cells. The familiar APOE e2, e3 and e4 groupings depend on the combination of rs429358 and rs7412, not on either marker read in isolation.
Also called: Apolipoprotein E
Lipid transport and …
CBS helps move homocysteine into the pathway that supplies building blocks for glutathione.
Also called: Cystathionine Beta-Synthase
From homocysteine toward glutathione
Dr. Purser places CBS in the sulfur-handling pathway that connects hom…
Makes an enzyme that helps break down catechol compounds, including some neurotransmitters. A common variant does not by itself explain mood, attention or stress tolerance.
Also called: Catechol-O-Methyltransferase
Catecholamines and sensit…
CTH helps make cysteine, one of the building blocks your body uses to make glutathione.
Also called: Cystathionine Gamma-Lyase
From homocysteine toward glutathione
Dr. Purser places CTH in the sulfur-handling pathway that connects homocyste…
GAD1 helps your body make GABA, a chemical messenger, from glutamate.
Also called: Glutamate Decarboxylase 1
The glutamate-to-GABA connection
Dr. Purser’s course uses GAD/GABA teaching to explain a connection between excitatory and inhibito…
GAD2 helps make GABA, a chemical messenger, from glutamate.
Also called: Glutamate Decarboxylase 2
Another part of the GABA system
GAD2 helps make GABA from glutamate. GAD1 does a related job, but the two genes are different. Check the exac…
MAOA helps break down some chemical messengers. A gene result cannot predict a mood or behavior.
Also called: MAO-A, Monoamine Oxidase A
Neurotransmitter breakdown in context
Dr. Purser places MAOA in the neurotransmitter-breakdown part of …
…ps maintain the activity of methionine synthase, connecting B12-related chemistry with homocysteine metabolism.
Also called: Methionine Synthase Reductase
Keeping the remethylation system working
Dr. Purser teaches MTRR alongside MTR becaus…
Follow Dr. Purser’s teaching on folate, B12, sulfur pathways and antioxidant support around homocysteine.
Also called:
Follow the branches around homocysteine
Homocysteine sits at a junction in the pathway. Dr. Purser’s teaching follows ho…
According to The National Diabetes Statistics Report led by the Centre for Disease Control in 2020, more than 1 in 10 Americans currently have diabetes. Perhaps even more shocking are the numbers for prediabetes, a serious high blood sugar …
…for Pain Management Chronic pain is a common and complex problem affecting 20–30% of the population of Western countries. The pharmaceutical industry has garnered billions of dollars in painkiller and anti-inflammatory sales, yet this hasn’…
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