Normal Values of Hormone Levels for Men and Women

If you do not have access to hormone level testing through your doctor and/or you wish to  test at home, consider using a BodyBalance Home Saliva or Hair Sample test kit, ZRT Lab Hormone Test Kits or even Fertility Monitors like The Fertility Tracker, OvaCue and Cue II  Click on any of the test kits  and links below to take you to our Fertility and Mineral Test kit section of our catalog store.

Below we have named the hormones, the phase these hormones are dominant, the day the hormones surge, their reference to the luteal phase and comments about each one.

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LH	Luteinizing Hormone
Follicular Phase	<7 mIU/ml
Days of LH Surge	>15 mIU/ml
Mid-Luteal Phase	n/a
Product and hormone test recommendations: Click to visit our store	Ovulation can still be possible while LH is normal.   When LH levels rise to about 1/3 of the level of a woman's postmenopausal FSH level, menopause is considered complete. (See below) To receive personal LH levels you must be tested by your doctor but LH Ovulation Strips and Cassettes are your best bet for tracking day to day rises in LH.
FSH	Follicle Stimulating Hormone
Follicular Phase	<13 mIU/ml
Days of LH Surge	>15 mIU/ml
Mid-Luteal Phase	n/a
Comments and hormone test recommendations:	5-20 normal range; too low <5 can mean pituitary or hypothalmic failure; High 40mIU/ml - 200mIU/ml causes can be post menopausal, removal of ovaries or ovarian failure.  Over 20 may indicate menopause within 5 years.
	This test needs to be done by your doctor.
Estradiol	Most refer to this as estrogen but there are several parts of estrogen.  Estradiol is the most commonly tested.
Follicular Phase	Early follicular 30-150 Late follicular 100-500 ng/ml.
Days of LH Surge	>100 pg/ml
Mid-Luteal Phase	>60 pg/ml Late lut:  30-150 ng/ml.
Product and hormone test recommendations: Click to visit our store:	Perimenopausal: >20, Menopausal: 40-200 Female Check by Body Balance and ZRT labs for testing in the privacy of your home. Natural progesterone cream is the natural approach to offsetting high cyclic levels of  estradiol.
Progesterone	See below for each part of the cycle.
Follicular Phase	- not relevant at this time.
Days of LH Surge	<1.5 ng/ml
Mid-Luteal Phase	>15 ng/ml
Product and hormone test recommendations: Click to visit our store	Progesterone is absolutely necessary for the implantation of your baby.  We highly recommend natural progesterone cream to most every woman who is trying to conceive. Female Check by Body Balance and ZRT labs provide the best way to test these hormones in the privacy of your home for a fraction of a dr's visit.
The following hormones do not follow certain times in the cycle but change over periods of time. These are measurable at any time in the body.
Prolactin	<25 ng/ml
Product and hormone test recommendations: Click to visit our store	High levels in women can come from high dairy intake and high carb diets which inhibit fertility by suppressing progesterone production and making mucous perpetually creamy. Men can have high levels as well; beer too often is a common cause.
TSH	0.4-3.8 uIU/ml
Comments and hormone test recommendations:	Promoting a healthy thyroid is the key and will be spelled out in the report you receive with testing.
Free T3	1/4-4.4 pg/ml
Comments and hormone test recommendations:	Read our articles about what Dr. Lee has to say about these hormones.
Free Thyroxine (T4)	0.8-2.0 ng/dl
Comments and hormone test recommendations:	Read our articles about what Dr. Lee has to say about these hormones.
Total Testosterone	6.0-86 ng/dl other sources say 20-85 ng/ml.
Comments and hormone test recommendations:	Read our articles about reducing testosterone in women and raising these levels in men; naturally.
Comments and hormone test recommendations:	Commonly women in their 30-40s are low in testosterone - Often <10-20 ng/ml.
Free Testosterone	0.7-3.6 pg/ml
Comments and hormone test recommendations:	Read our articles about reducing testosterone in women and raising these levels in men; naturally.
DHEAs	35-430 ug/dl
Androstenedione	00.7-3.1 ng/ml
Laboratory results may vary as far as "normal" ranges.  These levels are from Listening to Your Hormones by Gillian Ford and A Couple's Guide to Fertility by Goldstein and Fuerst.