Essential Health Panel

Description

 

You should take this test if you 

✔  Have already taken the Advanced Health Panel and want periodic updates

✔  Want to optimize your diet and workout routine or avoid overtraining

✔  Are looking for tools to live healthier longer

✔  Are interested in biohacking

✔  Want to track the progress of your health and wellness

✔  Want more insight about your health and wellness status after a significant change to your diet or workout regimen

 

Potential Indicators

Thorne's Essential Health Panel is a detailed assessment of the body's internal functioning at the cellular level and focuses on understanding and optimizing specific biomarkers. This panel does not include a fatty acid panel or the detailed thyroid, lipid particles, and full reproductive hormones (aka performance) panels that are included in the Advanced Health Panel.

The Essential Health Panel benefits individuals who are seeking to:

• Optimize athletic performance
• Improve energy, sleep, and weight loss
• Maximize health and wellness
• Take control of their health
• Identify and track their performance process

The Essential Health Panel benefits individuals who are interested in:

• Fitness or athletic performance
• Recovery
• Immune function
• Biohacking
• Full-body health
• Diet and nutrition intake

Thorne's Essential Health Panel provides a comprehensive assessment of clinically relevant biomarkers and research-driven personalized recommendations.

 

Biomarkers Measured

Lipid Panel  •  Blood Panel

Total Cholesterol, LDL Cholesterol, Triglycerides, HDL Cholesterol, HDL Ratios, Non-HDL Cholesterol

Healthy lipid levels are essential for maintaining cardiovascular and liver health, as well as maintaining healthy hormone and nutrient levels.

 

Lipid Particles •  Blood Panel

Apolipoprotein B, Lipoprotein (a)

Lipid particles provide an in-depth look at lipoprotein quantity and quality and provide detail about risk for cardiovascular disease.

 

Stress & Inflammation •  Blood Panel

Cortisol, Hs-CRP

Indicators of the stress and inflammation the body is experiencing.

 

Glucose Metabolism •  Blood Panel

Glucose, HbA1C, Insulin, HOMA-IR

This category is related to your ability to maintain normal blood sugar levels and how that relates to your risk for insulin resistance/prediabetes, diabetes mellitus, or metabolic syndrome.

 

Thyroid •  Blood Panel

TSH

Thyroid hormones regulate how fast or slow the body's cells work — everything from how fast or slow the heart beats to how quickly or slowly the intestines digest food.

 

Reproductive Hormones •  Blood Panel

DHEA-S, Estradiol, SHBG, Total Testosterone, Free Testosterone

Helps provide insights into performance measures. An imbalance in these hormones can affect many important functions, including overall growth and muscle gain, metabolism, mood, libido, immune health, and reproductive health.

 

Liver •  Blood Panel

Albumin, A/G Ratio, Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP), ALT (SGPT), AST (SGOT),  Globulin, Total Bilirubin, Total Serum Protein

Liver health is essential to over 500 vital functions such as detoxication, blood sugar regulation, vitamin synthesis and more. Alcohol, fatty foods, being overweight, environmental toxins, and exercise all have an impact on the liver's health.

 

Kidney •  Blood Panel

Blood Urea Nitrogen, Creatinine, BUN/Creatinine Ratio, GFR Estimate (eGFR)

The kidneys detoxify the body of environmental pollutants and other harmful substances. Kidney health is critical for balancing hydration and minerals, red blood cell formation, activating vitamin D, regulating blood sugar, and maintaining homeostasis.

 

Blood •  Blood Panel

Platelet Count, White Cell Count, Absolute Neutrophils, Lymphocytes, Absolute Lymphocytes, Monocytes, Absolute Monocytes, Eosinophils, Absolute Eosinophils, Basophils, Absolute Basophils, Red Blood Cell Count, Hemoglobin, Hematocrit, MVP, MCH, MCHC, MCV, RDW

A detailed assessment of red and white blood cells, which are important for maintaining energy, normal immune function, and optimal circulation.

 

Vitamins •  Blood Panel

Folate, Vitamin B12, Vitamin D

These three vitamins play an important role in many systems of the body, including energy and metabolism, nervous system function, bone health, muscle health, immune function, methylation, healing, and recovery.

 

Minerals & Electrolytes •  Blood Panel

RBC Magnesium, Calcium, Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Chloride, Potassium, Sodium

Sodium, potassium, and chloride are electrolytes that help maintain chemical and electrical balance across all cells and nerves. Calcium and magnesium are essential minerals that support bones, nerve health, and muscle function. Testing RBC magnesium is the most precise way to evaluate magnesium in the cells.

 

Iron •  Blood Panel

Ferritin (Serum), Iron, TIBC

If these biomarkers are low, a person can begin to experience issues with energy, fatigue, weakness, restless leg syndrome, anxiety, and depression. If they are high, a person might be experiencing signs of liver damage, stomach or joint pain, or an irregular heartbeat.