The 4-Hour Body - An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman - Timothy Ferriss
Prolactin (pituitary level)
Total cholesterol (160200)
AST (2030)
ALT (2030)
If female, have these tests:
Estradiol
Luteinizing hormone (LH)
Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) (tests hypothalamus functioning)
Prolactin (pituitary level)
Total cholesterol (160200)
AST (2030)
ALT (2030)
Day 3 FSH and E2 (estradiol) blood tests (looks at ovarian reserve; the doctor can also do
an antral follicular count by ultrasound and/or check anti-muellerian hormone by blood)
Those are the basics. For women, it can pay to take a slightly more detailed look at things:
1) It may seem obvious, but a woman first needs to have periods to see if she is ovulating. It
is important to be off of oral contraceptives to determine this. Unfortunately, some doctors
prescribe "the pill" to vegetarians to initiate menstruation, which simply masks symptoms
instead of addressing root causes. Do an over-the-counter urine LH test, starting at