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Connect with Rachel Schaefer – Gingko Integrative Medicine
Learn more about Rachel’s integrative approach to hormone health and women’s wellbeing:
Website: https://www.gingkointegrative.com/
Instagram: @gingkointegrative
Comprehensive Hormone Testing Panel (Recommended by Rachel Schaefer)
As mentioned in this episode, Rachel recommends a serum lab assessment annually from age 40 onward to track hormonal changes and related biomarkers. This panel should be done fasting and helps guide a personalized approach to hormone therapy and perimenopause care.
Core Serum Panel (Fasting):
- CBC with differential
- Ferritin, TIBC, Iron saturation
- CMP (Comprehensive Metabolic Panel)
- GGT
- SHBG
- DHEA-S
- Free testosterone
- Total testosterone
- Estradiol LC/MS – Cycle Day 2 or 3
- FSH – Cycle Day 2 or 3
- LH
- Progesterone LC/MS – Cycle Day 20 or 21
- Homocysteine
- MMA (Methylmalonic Acid)
- HSCRP
- Insulin
- Hemoglobin A1c
- ApoB
- Lp(a)
- TSH
- Free T4
- Free T3
- Reverse T3
- TPO antibodies
- ANA
- Vitamin D (added as last serum biomarker)
Additional Testing Tools (Personalized to Each Patient):
These may be added depending on symptoms, cycle tracking, genetics, gut health, toxin exposure, or mood changes:
- DUTCH Test
- Tiny Health GI Pro (or alternative GI panels)
- Mira
- 3×4 Genetics
- Total Tox Burden
- DEXA Scan
- OATS
- Mood Sense
At-Home Hormone Tracking — Listener Discount
Rachel recommends Mira because it allows women to track their hormone patterns at home and gain real-time insights into their cycle, ovulation, and fluctuations—with much more precision than period apps alone. Rachel checked in with Mira, a home-based hormone urine testing device, to offer a special 20% off discount for listeners of The Histamine Well Podcast.
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- Mira Website: www.miracare.com
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