Educational Resources
Welcome to our Educational Resources, where we provide valuable information to help you make informed health and wellness decisions. Here’s what you can explore:
Health & Wellness Articles & Recommendations: In-depth articles and books covering various topics, from nutrition tips and weight management strategies to managing stress and improving sleep.
Recommended Health Apps: Explore our list of curated health apps that can support your wellness journey, from tracking nutrition and exercise to managing sleep and stress. These apps are handpicked to help you stay organized and motivated.
Condition-Specific Guides: Resources to support understanding and management of conditions like thyroid disorders, inflammation, autoimmune conditions, and more.
Speciality Testing & Instructions: In this section you will find information of speciality testing and Instructions for completing testing.
Supplement Insights: Information on commonly recommended supplements, including dosages, benefits, and best practices for integrating them into your wellness routine.
Lifestyle Recommendations: Practical advice for daily routines, exercise, and diet that complement and enhance your treatment plans.
With these resources, we aim to provide a reliable source of information for our patients and community. Check back frequently as we continue to update with new insights and articles!
Disclaimer: Educational Resources
The information provided on this website, including all articles, guides, and other educational materials, is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not intended to replace professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Do not disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking it because of something you have read on this site.
All resources are provided "as is," and while we strive to keep the information accurate and up to date, we make no guarantees regarding its completeness or accuracy. Use of this information is solely at your own risk.
In no event will Vitality Integrated Health or its affiliates, partners, or employees be liable for any damages or losses arising directly or indirectly from the use of or inability to use the information provided on this website.
Health & Wellness Articles & Recommendations
Book Recommendations:
Website Recommendations:
Studies/Articles on Women’s Hormone Replacement Therapy
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6780820/
The Controversial History of Hormone Replacement Therapy
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37847875/
Tis but a scratch: a critical review of the Women's Health Initiative evidence associating menopausal hormone therapy with the risk of breast cancer
Recommended Health Apps
About this app
The BodySite Lifestyle Guide app connects you with your wellness provider's wellness plan in realtime. Receive daily meal planning, exercise guidance, lifestyle modification support and motivation.
For users with a BodySite account / requires a provider:
* Wellness, exercise or diet plans selected for you
* Your plan details delivered daily from your provider
* Meal plans, grocery lists and recipes
* Calorie counter
* Meal by meal and daily nutritional summary with calories and macronutrient breakdowns and graphs
* Nutritional summary with calories and macronutrient breakdowns and graphs for each food
* Easily store favorite foods and meals
* Daily affirmations, uplifting support and motivation
* Activity tracker
* Photo journal
* Private journal to keep track of your progress, ideas
* Realtime sharing of your food, exercise, body and personal journals with your provider
* Direct private messaging and communication with your provider
* Push notifications for private messaging
* Track steps, water, sleep and custom activities
* Integration with Fitbit (requires activation from web account)
* Integration with the Innotech scale in native app
* Tasks, to do's and progress reporting
* Includes integration with the Health app (choose to share your weight, steps, and other parameters with the BodySite app)
About this app
Learn how to buy the best quality products from the grocery store with the Bobby Approved app. Just point your camera, scan the barcode, and find out if that box of pasta, loaf of bread, or box of cereal is made with best-in-class ingredients, or if you should put it back.
Search, browse and explore by store (Costco, Whole Foods, ALDI, Trader Joe's, and more),by brand, or by aisles at the grocery store. Bobby Approved will not only tell you what to buy and avoid, but it will teach you how to read labels like a pro and become an expert shopper.
Bobby has personally reviewed every product at the grocery store and spent years sharing his knowledge on YouTube. Now it's your turn to learn how to only buy the best stuff at the store.
About this app
Charm mPHR is a Personal Health Record (PHR) application to manage the health information of patients securely for themselves and their families. It helps the patients to keep their vitals, clinical observations, and medical records organized from their mobile. Using the built-in Health Passport feature, these records can be shared with the caregiver instantly. The Health Passport presents the records visually and graphically to the caregiver and eliminates the need for keeping paper documents.
About this app
Healthy living just got that easy. From snacks to shampoos: We’re exposed to chemicals every second, yet we know very little about them. To help you navigate this complicated world and make safer choices, EWG combined four of our most popular resources, our Skin Deep®, sunscreen, cleaners and Food Scores databases, to form our Healthy Living App. Now EWG’s trusted ratings for more than 160,000 food, cleaning and cosmetics products are at your fingertips.
Bodysite
Condition-Specific Guides
IRON
SPECIALITY TESTING & INSTRUCTIONS
DUTCH TESTING
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Urinary Progesterone (2), Androgen (8), and Estrogen Metabolites (9); Cortisol (4), Cortisone (4), and Cortisol Metabolites (3); Creatinine (4), DHEA-S, Vanilmandelate,Homovanillate, Kynurenate, Methylmalonate, Xanthurenate, Pyroglutamate, Quinolinate, Indican, b-Hydroxyisovalerate, 8-OHdG, and Melatonin (6-OHMS). This test combines the DUTCH Sex Hormones, Adrenal, and OATs Panels.
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Urinary Progesterone (2), Androgen (8), and Estrogen Metabolites (9); Cortisol Metabolites (3), Creatinine (4), DHEA-S, Vanilmandelate, Homovanillate, Kynurenate, Methylmalonate, Xanthurenate, Pyroglutamate, Quinolinate, Indican, b-Hydroxyisovalerate, 8-OHdG, and Melatonin (6-OHMS). Plus salivary cortisol awakening response, Cortisol (5), Cortisone (5), and optional insomnia cortisol measurement.
This test combines the DUTCH Complete and DUTCH CAR.
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Salivary cortisol awakening response, Cortisol (5), Cortisone (5), and optional insomnia cortisol measurement.