Pathology: Optimal vs. Normal

❇️ Optimal health is far than just the absence of disease.

❇️ Have you ever noticed the reference ranges on a blood test seem incredibly wide? Or have you ever fallen just inside either end of one of these ranges, only to be told that you’re ‘fine’... yet you don’t feel fine?

❇️ Reference ranges will vary slightly from lab to lab and between countries, as they include the average value range for the ‘normal’ population,  which statistically speaking is 95% of everyone who is deemed to be a healthy, as is no formal disease diagnosis.

❇️ This means the reference ranges you see include a very wide range of both health AND dis-ease. You may be right in the middle of the range or just 1 unit of measurement inside on either end and you would be considered ‘fine’.

❇️ Optimal health and blood levels are going to look a little different for everybody. Some people also can feel absolutely great when their results falls only just inside the reference ranges. Others can feel very much not okay when results look only slightly outside the optimal window.

❇️ An integrative functional medicine approach uses a holistic framework in taking a thorough case history, piecing together your symptom picture with the help of both conventional and functional testing. This framework treats the person, not the diesease. It can give a lot of insight into identifying the root cause of imbalances and highlight what can be tweaked in order to optimise your physical health and mental wellbeing.

❇️ Are you interested to know how this may help you? Or have you had bloods done recently and want a functional interpretation? Call 0417 805 708 for a free 15 minute discovery call and discuss what type of consult may be best for you.