Blood test review:
As a clinical nutritionist, I assess your blood tests to help you achieve your healthiest self! This about aiming for optimal levels to prevent illnesses, deficiencies and get you feeling amazing!
This review includes a full report on your blood tests, what the results mean and what you can do to improve them if needed. You will also receive nutrition and supplement protocols (if needed)
Why We Aim for Optimal Ranges, Not Just "Normal" Ranges
Standard lab reference ranges are built from a statistical average of the people who happened to get tested at that lab — a population that includes a lot of people who are already unwell. Being "in range" simply means your result falls somewhere within that broad average; it doesn't mean your result reflects thriving health. Reference ranges are also intentionally wide, since labs calibrate them to catch overt disease, not to flag early dysfunction.
Optimal (or "functional") ranges are narrower bands drawn from research on where a marker tends to sit in people with strong energy, low disease risk, and good long-term outcomes. The gap between "normal" and "optimal" is where a lot of early problems live — a client can have blood work that's technically clear of any diagnosis, while still sitting at the edge of their reference range in a pattern that's associated with fatigue, poor metabolic health, or elevated risk down the road.
Aiming for optimal ranges lets us:
- Catch problems years earlier, often while a marker is still "normal" but trending in a concerning direction.
- Explain symptoms that show up before disease does — many clients feel unwell with labs that a standard reading would call fine.
- Set a higher bar for wellness, not just the absence of diagnosable illness.
- Track meaningful change over time, since ranges built for early flags are more sensitive to the kind of shifts that come from diet, lifestyle, and targeted support.
Optimal ranges aren't a replacement for reference ranges — they're a more precise lens layered on top. A result outside the standard lab range still needs medical evaluation. But a result that's "normal" yet outside the optimal range is often exactly where the most useful, proactive work happens.