Planet Naturopath

Planet Naturopath My name is Michael Smith and I am a Naturopath and Nutritionist specializing in Functional Medicine, Consultations are available via phone or Skype world wide.

Naturopath and Nutritionist specializing in functional medicine testing for digestion and hormonal health.

23/05/2026

Glucose and insulin are not the same test, but they are treated as interchangeable far too often in routine care.

For women with PCOS or PMOS, this distinction is particularly important because the metabolic picture can look completely normal on a standard panel while the underlying driver of symptoms continues unchecked.

Androgen excess, irregular cycles, persistent acne, and difficulty losing weight can all have a metabolic root that never gets identified when the right markers are not being ordered.

Knowing which tests to ask for specifically is often the first step toward getting answers that actually make sense of the symptoms.

Full video linked in bio.

15/05/2026

Fatigue after 40 is common but it is not something you just have to accept.

Mitochondrial function is one of the least discussed drivers of age-related energy decline, yet it is one of the most addressable. The body's ability to produce key compounds involved in cellular energy naturally decreases over time, and most standard blood panels do not screen for this at all.

If your thyroid, iron, and sleep have all been investigated and your energy is still not where it used to be, mitochondrial support is worth exploring with a practitioner.

Full CoQ10 breakdown linked in bio.

08/05/2026

The gut microbiome influences hormone balance in ways most standard hormone panels will never reveal.

An imbalanced gut environment does not just affect digestion. It can actively interfere with how the body processes and eliminates hormones, creating a cycle that no amount of liver support alone will fully resolve.

This is why two people can follow the same hormone protocol and get completely different results. The missing variable is often what is happening further down the detox pathway.

Addressing gut health is not just about bloating and digestion. For many women it is central to resolving hormonal symptoms that have not responded to anything else.

Full video on the three phases of estrogen detoxification linked in bio.

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