Ever stare at your lab report, see “normal” everywhere, and still feel off? You’re not imagining it. “Normal range” is a population average—not a guarantee of optimal function. Many markers only flag problems after the system starts breaking down. That’s why you can have “normal” numbers and still feel tired, foggy, inflamed, anxious, or unable to recover. In Episode 15, we unpack what standard labs often miss (conversion issues, tissue-level signaling, chronic low-grade inflammation, circadian