A comprehensive hormone health strategy should involve objective testing rather than relying on subjective feelings or general assumptions.

“we always with it model we say stop guessing and start testing”

Blood serum testing is the preferred method for measuring hormone levels in women because it provides reliable data and does not require timing with the menstrual cycle.

“I like blood. I just am. I'm a serum girl. I mean, I know there's all these other ways to test out there, but really I mean, when it especially when it comes to testosterone, let's just pull a blood lab. It doesn't even matter what time of the month you are in your cycle.”

Hormone therapy is a safe and effective option for most women in the first ten years of menopause to improve health outcomes and reduce mortality risks.

“women on hormone therapy if given it that really that we have a w juicy window of opportunity the first 10 years of your menopause estrogen is protective and women on HRT between 50 and 59 is or within those first 10 years have a lower alcohol's mortality a lower cardiovascular disease death death r”

Women experiencing menopause or perimenopause symptoms should have the option to start hormone replacement therapy without waiting for strict clinical criteria like twelve months of amenorrhea.

“I think it's a disservice to women to make them have no period ovarian failure for 12 months, no estrogen, feel terrible before we'll allow them to have hormone replacement therapy.”