Re+balance

Low progesterone isn’t something you should just guess from symptoms.

Poor sleep, worsening PMS, anxiety, spotting before your period, breast tenderness, heavier periods and changes in your cycle can all occur alongside hormonal changes but symptoms alone can’t tell us exactly what your progesterone is doing.

This is why timing your test matters.

Progesterone is ideally tested in the mid-luteal phase, around 5–7 days after ovulation, when levels should be near their peak.

For a typical 28-day cycle, this is often around day 19–21 but not everyone ovulates on day 14, which is why testing based on your individual cycle gives us a much more meaningful result.

At Re+Balance, we look beyond progesterone alone. We assess it alongside your wider hormone picture to help understand what may be driving your symptoms.

Want to know what your hormones are doing? Drop ‘TEST’ below for more info on our testing

3 NUTRIENTS YOUR THYROID NEEDS TO FUNCTION PROPERLY

Your thyroid doesn’t just rely on TSH being “in range”. It needs the right raw materials to actually produce and activate thyroid hormones.

IRON → supports thyroid peroxidase, an enzyme involved in making thyroid hormones. Low iron stores can interfere with this process.

SELENIUM → helps convert T4 into the more active T3 and supports the thyroid’s antioxidant defences.

IODINE → is an essential building block used to make both T4 and T3.

So when someone has symptoms associated with poor thyroid function, looking at nutrient status alongside a comprehensive thyroid panel can give us a much better picture than TSH alone.

Your thyroid needs the right signals but it also needs the right raw materials.

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“Cortisol belly” is mostly social media nonsense.

You’ve probably seen the posts:

“If you carry weight here, your cortisol is too high.”

From a doctor’s perspective, it’s nowhere near that simple.

Yes, cortisol can affect appetite, blood sugar, sleep and how the body stores fat.

But you cannot look at someone’s stomach and diagnose high cortisol.

Weight around the middle can be influenced by loads of things insulin resistance, changing hormones, poor sleep, stress, thyroid function, diet, activity and genetics.

So while cortisol can be part of the picture, calling every bit of stubborn belly fat a “cortisol belly” is misleading.

Your belly isn’t a cortisol test.

If your body has changed and you don’t understand why, stop guessing based on Instagram symptoms.

Test. Understand what’s actually going on. Then address it properly.

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Being told your thyroid is “normal” because your TSH is in range doesn’t necessarily give you the full picture.

TSH isn’t actually a thyroid hormone. It’s a signal from your pituitary gland telling your thyroid what to do.

So while TSH is useful, testing it alone can miss important information about how your thyroid is actually functioning.

A more complete thyroid picture can include:

TSH — the signal telling your thyroid to produce hormones
Free T4 — the main hormone produced by your thyroid
Free T3 — the more active thyroid hormone your cells can use
TPO antibodies — can indicate autoimmune thyroid activity
Thyroglobulin antibodies (TgAb) — another important marker for autoimmune thyroid disease

You can have a TSH sitting comfortably within the laboratory reference range while other thyroid markers or antibodies tell a very different story.

And this matters when you’re experiencing things like fatigue, unexplained weight changes, feeling cold, hair thinning, constipation, low mood or changes to your cycle.

The problem isn’t that TSH is a “bad” test.

The problem is treating one marker like it tells us everything about your thyroid.

This is why at Re+Balance we look beyond a basic TSH and assess the wider picture alongside your symptoms.

Been told your thyroid is normal but still don’t feel right?

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Your “blood sugar problem” might actually be a cortisol problem. 👀

You eat well.
You’re trying to lose weight.
You’re watching your sugar.

But you’re still getting cravings, crashes, stubborn belly fat and feeling exhausted by 3pm.

Here’s what most people miss:

Cortisol can directly raise your blood sugar.

When cortisol rises, your liver releases stored glucose into your bloodstream to give you quick energy.

Useful if you’re running from danger.

Not so useful when the “danger” is poor sleep, chronic stress, under-eating, overtraining or your 47th email of the morning.

And then the cycle starts:

Stress → cortisol → higher blood sugar → insulin → crash → cravings → more stress.

This is why simply being told to “eat less sugar” doesn’t always address the bigger picture.

We test cortisol, insulin, glucose and HbA1c alongside your hormones, thyroid, inflammation and key nutrients to understand what could actually be driving your symptoms.

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You don’t need another blood test that leaves you with a page of results and no idea what to do next.

At Re+Balance, the testing is just the beginning. 🩸

We investigate what could actually be driving your symptoms looking at hormones, thyroid, nutrients, inflammation, blood sugar, iron, cortisol and more depending on the testing you choose.

But what makes our service different is the aftercare.

Your results aren’t just emailed over and forgotten about.

You’ll have access to our experienced team, including our doctor, registered dietitians and hormone & gut practitioners, who help you understand what your results mean and, most importantly, what to do next.

From identifying patterns in your results to personalised nutrition, lifestyle and supplement support, we help turn your testing into an actionable plan.

Because being told your results are “normal” doesn’t always explain why you still don’t feel like yourself.

Test. Understand. Take action.

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