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How the Stress Test Works: Results and Insights

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What is stress? How are the adrenal glands involved? Dr. Amanda Frick, Thorne’s Vice President of Medical Affairs, rejoins podcast host Dr. Robert Rountree to discuss how Thorne’s at-home Stress Test measures cortisol and DHEA hormones and to share their personal results from taking the Stress Test.  

During this episode you’ll learn about: 

1. Dr. Amanda Frick explains: What is stress? What does Thorne’s Stress Test measure? [2:26] 

  • What do adrenal glands have to do with the body’s stress response? [4:19] 
  • Cortisol and DHEA – the body’s stress hormones [6:20] 

2. How to take Thorne’s Stress Test – a salvia-collection kit [7:51] 

3. Dr. Frick’s Stress Test results 

  • Cortisol levels and what elevated cortisol means [11:39] 
  • DHEA levels and the effect on hormones [14:44] 
  • Diet and lifestyle recommendations based on Dr. Frick’s results [15:51] 

4. Dr. Robert Rountree’s Stress Test results 

  • Elevated cortisol at night [17:58] 
  • DHEA and biological age [19:45] 

5. Diet and lifestyle recommendations based on Dr. Rountree’s results [20:41] 

Resources to topics mentioned in this episode: 

Products mentioned in this episode: Stress Test and Biological Age Health Panel – explore all of Thorne’s health tests; Phosphatidylserine (formerly Iso-Phos); Moducare® 

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