A complete hormone panel measures multiple sex hormones and endocrine biomarkers that control your body's most important functions. 

For women, our female hormone panel includes estradiol (E2), progesterone, total testosterone, DHEA-S, LH, FSH, prolactin, SHBG, and albumin, providing a full picture of menstrual cycle regulation, fertility, ovarian reserve, and hormonal balance at different stages from reproductive years through perimenopause and menopause. 

For men, our male hormone panel measures total and free testosterone, DHEA-S, estradiol, LH, FSH, prolactin, SHBG, and albumin, assessing androgen levels, reproductive health, muscle mass maintenance, energy, libido, and metabolic function. 

Unlike basic hormone tests that only check one or two biomarkers, NutriVue’s comprehensive approach provides a broader set of data you can use, alongside your healthcare provider, to better understand and support your hormone health.

At-home hormone testing can provide reliable results when samples are collected properly and processed by CLIA-certified laboratories.

NutriVue uses an upper-arm blood collection device and partners with CLIA-certified and CAP-accredited laboratories that follow standardized quality control procedures and routine inspections. Accuracy depends on proper sample collection, timing, shipping, and laboratory processing.

It’s also important to note that hormone levels can fluctuate throughout the day and menstrual cycle, so timing matters. For testosterone levels in men, morning collection generally provides the most consistent results.

For female hormones, testing on specific cycle days (for example, days 19–21 for progesterone or days 3–5 for FSH and LH) can provide more informative data. NutriVue provides detailed test instructions to help ensure samples are collected at appropriate times for meaningful interpretation.

You may consider hormone testing if you’re curious about how your hormone levels relate to how you feel day-to-day. For example, changes in energy, mood, sleep, menstrual cycles, libido, or exercise recovery.

Women sometimes use hormone panel testing when tracking cycles and timing, discussing fertility or family planning with their provider, or exploring changes related to perimenopause or menopause.

Men may choose to check hormone levels if they notice shifts in energy, muscle mass, recovery, libido, or body composition and want additional information to share with their healthcare provider.

Regular hormone health monitoring can be one part of a proactive wellness strategy, but results should always be interpreted in context with your full medical history by a qualified healthcare professional.

A hormone panel that includes thyroid-related markers (such as TSH, T3, and T4) can provide useful information about thyroid function. These hormones are involved in metabolism, energy levels, body temperature, and overall wellness.

However, at-home tests alone cannot diagnose thyroid disease. If your results show thyroid markers outside the reference range, it’s important to share them with your healthcare provider. Your provider can order additional testing if needed, make a diagnosis, and discuss whether any treatment or follow-up is appropriate for you.

Testosterone levels in the blood exist in two forms: bound and free. Total testosterone measures all the testosterone in your bloodstream, both the hormone bound to proteins (SHBG and albumin) and the small amount that's unbound. Free testosterone measures only the unbound hormone that's immediately available to your body's tissues and cells. 

This distinction matters because only free testosterone is bioavailable to produce effects like muscle mass growth, energy production, sex drive, and other physiological functions. You can have normal total testosterone but low free testosterone if too much is bound to SHBG, leaving insufficient free hormone for your body to use. 

That's why comprehensive male hormone panels measure both total and free testosterone along with SHBG, giving a complete picture of your androgen status. For men experiencing symptoms of low testosterone (fatigue, decreased libido, muscle loss, weight gain), checking both values helps determine whether the issue is total hormone production or hormone bioavailability.

Hormone panel testing can offer additional insight into hormone patterns that may be relevant for fertility and family planning for both women and men.

For women, tracking hormones such as estradiol, progesterone, LH, and FSH over time can provide helpful information about cycle timing and patterns, which you can review with your healthcare provider when discussing conception or family planning.

For men, markers such as testosterone, LH, FSH, and prolactin can offer context about hormone levels that may be related to reproductive health.

Hormone testing is not a stand-alone fertility evaluation or treatment. It’s best used as a tool to support conversations with your doctor or fertility specialist, who can integrate these results with other clinical assessments.

A functional medicine blood test looks at a wide range of biomarkers to help you better understand how different systems in your body are functioning — including metabolism, hormones, nutrient status, inflammation, and overall wellness.

With NutriVue, functional testing can include:

• Comprehensive at-home blood testing to establish baseline health markers
• Hormone panel testing to assess thyroid, adrenal, and sex hormone patterns
• Micronutrient testing to evaluate vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and antioxidants
• Corporate wellness solutions for organizations supporting employee health
• Targeted supplement support informed by lab results

Rather than focusing only on disease detection, functional medicine blood testing emphasizes patterns and optimal ranges, helping you track changes over time and make more informed decisions about nutrition, lifestyle, and wellness — all from home.

Many different factors can influence hormone levels over time, including stress, sleep patterns, nutrition, physical activity, age-related changes, body weight, medications, and underlying health conditions.

In some cases, making lifestyle adjustments—such as improving sleep, managing stress, supporting balanced nutrition, and maintaining regular movement—may help support more balanced hormone patterns. In other cases, medical evaluation and treatment may be needed.

An at-home hormone panel can give you data points to bring to your healthcare provider. They can help determine whether any further evaluation is necessary and discuss options that make sense for your specific situation.

Decisions about hormone therapy should always be made with a qualified healthcare provider who understands your full medical history, symptoms, and goals.

For some people, changes in areas like stress management, sleep, nutrition, and activity may be a helpful first step in supporting hormone balance. For others, especially when symptoms are more significant, a provider may recommend additional testing or discuss whether medication or hormone therapy is appropriate.

Your NutriVue hormone panel provides objective data you can share with your healthcare provider to support a more informed conversation. We recommend using your results as a starting point, not a substitute, for professional medical advice.

Hormones are involved in many processes related to metabolism, appetite, body composition, and how your body stores energy. Research suggests that changes in hormones such as thyroid hormones, cortisol, insulin, sex hormones, and others can be associated with changes in weight and how your body responds to food and activity.

At the same time, body weight and lifestyle factors can also influence hormone patterns, so the relationship goes both ways.

A comprehensive hormone panel combined with other wellness markers can give you and your healthcare provider more context about how hormones may be interacting with nutrition, movement, and other parts of your lifestyle. This information can complement—but not replace—personalized guidance from a clinician.

Hormonal contraceptives and hormone replacement therapies can affect your hormone levels and how test results are interpreted. If you’re currently using birth control or hormone therapy, it’s important to let your healthcare provider know when reviewing your results.

Some people choose to test after being off hormonal contraceptives for a period of time to better understand their baseline patterns; others use testing while on therapy to see how their levels are responding. These decisions should always be made with your prescribing clinician.

NutriVue hormone testing can provide additional data points, but it should never be used to start, stop, or change any medication without medical guidance.

Yes! We strongly encourage sharing your NutriVue hormone panel test results with your healthcare provider. While at home tests provide valuable data and personalized insights, they're most powerful when integrated with your complete medical history, physical examination, and your doctor's clinical expertise. 

Your physician can interpret your hormone levels in context of your symptoms, other health conditions, medications, and family history to provide comprehensive care. They can order additional laboratory tests if needed, diagnose underlying conditions causing hormonal imbalance, prescribe appropriate treatment (including hormone therapy if indicated), monitor your progress over time, and adjust interventions as your hormone health changes. 

Many NutriVue members use their test results to have more informed conversations with their doctors, leading to better collaborative care. Your hormone panel reports are designed to be easily shared with any healthcare provider. They include all the technical details and reference ranges that physicians need to make clinical decisions while also being understandable to you as the patient.