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Your blood absorbs most of what is put into your body, including sugar, protein, and fats. Because of this, fasting before a blood test is usually recommended. Keep reading to learn more about preparing for a blood test and why fasting can be important. You’re...
Ready For Optimal Wellness? It All Starts With a Blood Test. There are a lot of questions people have surrounding blood work, including what can a blood test tell me, how often should I get blood work done, and how long does it take to get results? While we...
While they both provide detailed information about your well-being, genetic and blood testing paint different parts of your wellness portrait and, when used in tandem, can be powerful tools to optimize how your body functions. Process Improvement Doesn’t Just Apply to...
What is a vitamin deficiency, and what causes them? A vitamin deficiency is when your body doesn’t get enough of a particular vitamin or mineral to function optimally, either because you’re not consuming enough of that vitamin or your body can’t process it properly to...
What is a Nutrient Deficiency? Nutrient deficiencies are the absence of enough of a particular nutrient in the body. The major causes of nutritional deficiencies are insufficient intake of food, inability to absorb nutrients, and consumption of diets that lack some of...
What Makes a 10X Health Blood Test Different From the Test I Get from My Doctor? You’re probably familiar with the annual blood test you get from your primary doctor each year (if you’re getting an annual physical). That test looks at some standard markers for health...
Blood tests are very common and can be carried out for a number of reasons: to check that your major organs are working properly, to help diagnose disease, to find out if a medication you’re taking is working, to check that your immune system is functioning properly,...
Why do we test our blood? Blood tests can be carried out for many reasons: tracking how well you’re managing a condition like high cholesterol or diabetes, checking how well organs like your kidneys, liver, heart, and thyroid are working, or they may be ordered as a...
How can 10X Health’s blood testing program benefit my health? Blood testing is often one of the very first steps our clients take on the journey to 10X their health because it can tell us so much about the current state of their health as well as where their health...
