The Importance of Having Your Bloods Taken.
I’d like you to have a little think about when the last time you had your blood taken was? Read on to find out why and how important these check ups are…
Having your bloods taken regularly is one of the most accurate and important ways to measure your internal health and overall physical wellbeing. It’s a way of assessing whether your organs and body systems are functioning optimally. It also allows us to see any changes to your body overtime to make informed decisions about your health.
What’s important to know, lifestyle and dietary choices play a huge factor and role in the results of your blood analysis. The foods you fuel yourself with, the daily exercise and movement you take part in, the amount of stress and sleep you get, all contribute you to internal health.
Do you know just how beneficial to your health having your bloods regularly checked is? If not, keep reading…
Diagnose disease - Many diseases can be detected through your blood tests, so it’s a really great way to find the early onset of disease to administer the correct preventative measures or treatment protocols.
Assess your metabolism - checking your metabolism is a great way to detect diabetes. These days, diabetes is a common health issue, and your blood tests may give you a quick insight to your metabolic demands.
Liver function assessment - your liver is involved in breaking down of toxins and your bodies immune support framework. It works to detoxify the body, and your blood results will show up any issues you may be having.
Check your hormonal balance - both men and women need the correct balance of hormones for the body to optimally function. Notable hormones your bloods identify are testosterone, progesterone, DHEA-S and various others.
Monitoring your organ health - organs are what makes the body function. For example, your kidney is an organ part of the urinary system and helps regulate your blood pressure, pH, mineral concentration and water composition of the blood.
The next question you may be asking yourself is, how often should I be having my blood assessed?
Well, the answer to that is simple - annually! Checking your bloods each year allows us to catch any early onset of disease which may have developed over the previous 12 months. It’s best to make sure you roughly get checked around the same time of year, but once per year is definitely the bare minimum.
A points your may want to be conscious of and potentially get bloods more often include the following;
You want to reduce your risk of disease or complications which you know may be genetic and run in the family.
You’re experiencing unusual and persistent symptoms.
You want to optimise your health.
What’s the best way to get your blood tested?
Visiting your GP is always a good place to start here. Once your bloods have been taken, make sure you ask for your results and get a detailed breakdown of them. You want to know exactly where you health markers are sitting and they are comfortably within a healthy range.
There are many external companies out there which offer kits which can be delivered and administered right in the comfort of your own home - perfect, right? It’s best you do a little research on each different company and all the different tests which they are offering and what you get before making a decision. Again, if you want help and advice of this, The H Method can help!
