Your hormones run everything — energy, mood, weight, sleep, cognition. Vela gives you the testing roadmap, interprets what your numbers actually mean, and builds a protocol to optimize what matters most.
Get Your Hormone ProtocolHere's the uncomfortable truth about women's hormone testing: the standard reference ranges are so wide that you can feel terrible and still be told everything is "fine." A TSH of 4.2 is "normal" but may be driving your fatigue. An estradiol of 40 pg/mL is "within range" but could explain your brain fog and low libido.
Hormone optimization isn't about achieving perfect numbers on a lab report. It's about understanding the relationship between your hormones and how you actually feel — then systematically addressing the gaps with behavior, nutrition, and targeted supplementation.
Most women never get a comprehensive hormone panel. They get a TSH and maybe an estradiol. That's like checking the oil in your car and calling it a full inspection. A real hormone assessment looks at the full picture: thyroid cascade (not just TSH), sex hormones across your cycle, adrenal function, metabolic markers, and inflammation — all interpreted in context of your age, life stage, symptoms, and goals.
Vela builds your protocol from that complete picture. Not from a symptom quiz. Not from guesswork. From your actual data.
Our intake captures your symptoms, cycle data, sleep quality, stress patterns, exercise habits, diet, and current supplements. Combined with lab results, this creates a complete hormone profile — not a snapshot.
We interpret your labs against optimal functional ranges, not just standard reference ranges. A "normal" result that's suboptimal gets flagged and addressed. Patterns across markers are identified — not just individual values.
Lifestyle interventions that move the needle most (sleep, stress, blood sugar regulation) come first. Targeted nutrition second. Evidence-based supplements third. Everything structured with dosing, timing, and expected outcomes.
This is a sample for a woman in her early 30s with suboptimal thyroid function, low progesterone, and elevated cortisol. Your protocol will differ based on your unique profile.
Every supplement includes the specific form, dosage, timing, mechanism, and cautions. No vague recommendations.
TSH, Free T3, Free T4, Reverse T3, TPO & TG antibodies. Most doctors only check TSH — that misses conversion issues, autoimmunity, and subclinical dysfunction.
The core sex hormones. Tested at the right cycle day, they reveal ovulation quality, luteal phase sufficiency, and androgen balance. Context is everything.
Your adrenal hormones. Chronic stress depletes DHEA while elevating cortisol — this disrupts every other hormone downstream. Morning cortisol alone isn't enough.
Metabolic health directly impacts hormone production and signaling. Insulin resistance is the most common hidden driver of hormonal imbalance in women.
Low ferritin (even with "normal" hemoglobin) drives fatigue, hair loss, and poor thyroid function. The most underdiagnosed deficiency in menstruating women.
Foundational cofactors for hormone synthesis and metabolism. Deficiency in any of these sabotages even the best supplement protocol. Test before you supplement.
Take the 5-minute intake. Get a structured, data-driven protocol that tells you exactly what to test, what your results mean, and what to do about it. No guesswork. No generic advice.
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