The DUTCH Test is one of the most comprehensive tests available and it provides a complete assessment of sex and adrenal hormones, along with their metabolites, in one easy-to-administer test. No blood to draw, spitting in tubes, or filling up jugs of urine. The DUTCH test utilizes a dried urine collection process and is great for baseline measurements of women and men with hormonal imbalances and for Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) monitoring.

Hormones are extremely potent chemical messengers in our body that exist in harmony with each other. Much like a key unlocks a door, they act as signals to flip cellular switches that control growth, development, and all types of mental and physical functions throughout life. Men and women each have unique hormonal pathways and patterns which need to be in balance to keep body systems stable. In women, the ovaries produce estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone which interact to coordinate a woman’s menstrual cycle during her reproductive years. For men, the testes produce nearly 95% of all male testosterone and the adrenal glands supply the remainder along with small amounts of estrogen.

When we encounter physical and emotional stress, and by the process of natural aging, hormone levels can easily go into disarray. A minor fluctuation can set off an escalating chain of events that drastically disrupts your internal chemistry affecting mental function, mood, muscular capacity and many other basic functions. Hormone deficiencies or excesses can also become toxic to the body resulting in periodic sickness or even chronic disorders.