Beyond “Normal Labs”: What Most Doctors Miss About Your Health

Have you ever left a doctor’s office frustrated because your labs came back “normal,” but you still didn’t feel like yourself? Maybe you were tired, bloated, foggy-headed, or struggling with stubborn weight gain. You go to the doctor searching for answers and hear all your results are normal. So what then? Often it is being shipped off to a specialist and then the same thing again. Or maybe the answer is dangerous medications you can't tolerate or are too smart to blindly take knowing they are not addressing the ROOT CAUSE.

Too often, conventional medicine stops there—with a lab result that falls inside the standard range—rather than asking deeper questions about why you still don’t feel well.

Many people don't engage enough in their care. The current medical system discourages patients from researching and requesting a more in-depth analysis. Dr. Jana disagrees. At our center we love to meet our patients where they are at in their health journey. Investigate, Inform, Encourage and Move You into True Wellness.

The truth is, your body isn’t made up of disconnected parts. It’s one integrated system—your gut, brain, hormones, muscles, and immune system all working together. When one area is out of balance, symptoms appear in another. This is why a thorough assessment made by a functional medicine physician with 25 years experience of interpreting complex lab data on your team is key.

Do you truly want to know the answers and make the changes you need to make to get well? Unfortunately, most traditional care focuses on managing symptoms rather than addressing root causes. So how do we start down the new path to elevated health?

The Abundance Approach: Connecting the Dots

At Abundance Wellness Center, Dr. Jana Bunsic combines osteopathic manipulation, hormone therapy, and natural healing modalities like high potency nutraceuticals and nutritional injections to restore balance to your entire system. With over 25 years of experience, she has seen how patients thrive when we dig deeper than “fine” labs and begin to support the body where it truly needs it.

For example:

  • Releasing toxins- cells can't heal when burdened with toxins- these must be released so new healthy cells can rebuild your health.

    Gut health doesn’t just affect digestion—it influences brain clarity, immune strength, and has a profound effect on mood.

  • Hormones aren’t just about reproduction—they regulate metabolism, sleep, and energy.

  • Chronic inflammation isn’t always visible in routine labs—but it silently drives fatigue, pain, and long-term disease.

In-depth Lab Tests-

This is one component Dr. Jana uses to align you with YOUR OPTIMAL HEALTH!
We combine state of the art testing with the wisdom of HOW to INTERPRET those results with customized optimal reference ranges-
  • Adrenal Hormones- DHEA-S, Pregnenolone, Cortisol
  • Thyroid Hormones & Antibodies- TSH, Free T3, Free T4, anti-TPO, thyroglobulin, anti-thyroglobulin
  • Male/Female Hormones- FSH, LH, Estradiol, Progesterone, Free and Total Testosterone
  • Metabolic Factors- Complete Metabolic Profile, Insulin, HBA1C, Lipids, Homocysteine
  • Genetic Markers - MTHFR gene, HLA B27 and more ..
  • Food Allergy Testing- ALCAT
  • Genova Nutraeval comprehensive nutritional testing
  • Genova GI Effects Microbiome Testing
  • and more...

Why Supplements Matter in Healing

Dr. Jana wants the public to know a critical fact. Often they are wasting their money on vitamins and herbs. Why? Four main reasons-
1. They are not potent enough to bring healing. Big Pharma loves this because it makes people circle back to pharmaceuticals.
2. They are not combined with the other supplements needed to fill in all the deficiencies or imbalances causing disease.
3. They are not being sold by PROFESSIONALS with ACCOUNTABILITY but are rich in marketing and poor in potency.
4. They are not taken at the right timing - like in all things timing matters.

This is where targeted, medical-grade supplements make a real difference. The problem with many over-the-counter vitamins is that they are either under-dosed, poorly absorbed, or not designed to work together. That’s why Dr. Bunsic created curated regimens that address the interconnected nature of health. Unlike most regimens sold online each of these includes information on why each component is important, how to take it, when to take it, and the correct dosages and an initial understanding of how to adjust these dosages.

Some examples:

  • Gut Healing and Gut Dysbiosis Regimens: Combines probiotics, prebiotic fibers, glutamine, enzymes, and bioavailable magnesium to rebuild the gut microbiome and restore digestive balance.

  • High Blood Pressure Regimen: Nutrients and antioxidants that naturally support adrenal and thyroid function, helping with fatigue, weight fluctuations, and mood.

  • Foundational Health Regimen: A daily baseline for whole-body wellness—because even the best diet isn’t enough to cover modern nutrient gaps. Dr. Jana designed this for what every person between 12 and 120 needs to fill in the almost universal nutrient holes that silently sabotage health.

When patients pair these regimens with personalized care, they often see breakthroughs they never thought possible—better sleep, easier weight loss, improved focus, and freedom from chronic bloating or pain. Some may want to begin with these regimens and clean eating- a diet rich in fiber, veggies, protein and good plant based fats and then dig deeper with lab testing.

Searching out deep deficiencies is one of the most proactive things you can do for your health. This should be the standard of care, but sadly is not. You are the champion of your health. Knowledge is power and as you learn how multiple hormone and vitamin deficiencies are often the result of prolonged gut, arterial and cellular inflammation, you know what you have to do. Dig DEEPER!

Wellness Is More Than the Absence of Disease

True health isn’t just about avoiding illness. It’s about thriving in the state God designed us to live in—full of energy, clarity, and peace. And that starts with understanding what most doctors miss: your body is an interconnected system, and healing requires a whole-person approach.

If you’ve been told your labs are “fine,” but your body says otherwise, it may be time to look outside the box. Pairing Dr. Bunsic’s care with our clinically designed supplement bundles can help you begin your own wellness revolution—one that restores balance from the inside out.

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