Here we go.
Sorta paleo, sorta not
6/22/2007
HDL - 51
Trig - 58
Chol/HDL - 3.8
chol - 195
ldl calc 132
Now 98% paleo
3/25/2010
HDL - 71
Trig - 39
Chol/HDL - 3.2
Chol - 227
Todd
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Todd Reed <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Okay, I'll post them later today.
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> Todd
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> On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Hilary McClure <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
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>> Todd Reed wrote:
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>>> I've just received a lab blood test result, second one in three
>>> years, so now I've got a baseline I can reference.
>>> ...
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>>> What I am looking for is an idea of
>>> what norms people eating a paleo-style diet are looking to see in a
>>> blood test result. Or just get some help interpreting my results.
>>>
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>> There are lots of different kinds of lab tests, so maybe you want to post
>> the numbers as an opener. Unless you're concerned about putting out personal
>> medical information for all to see in perpetuity in the archives! In that
>> case, you should have started with "My brother-in-law just got back his test
>> results..."
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>> Most places you look these days are saying the TG/HDL ratio is the most
>> important test of blood lipids, and should be under 2.0, or preferably under
>> 1.0. Beyond that there is CRP, and a bunch of different, more expensive
>> tests:
>> http://www.bhlinc.com/clin_test.php
>> http://www.atherotech.com/
>> http://www.atherotech.com/content/files/pdfs/vap_report_sample.pdf
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>> http://www.your-story.org/spectracell-laboratories-now-offers-hs-omega-3-indexr-161378/
>> http://www.spectracell.com/lpp/
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>> Then, if you really want to be sure, there is the heart scan, or calcium
>> scoring, which directly images your arterial plaque using EBT or CT scan.
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>> Here are my numbers and ratios, before and after paleo and a 32lb. weight
>> loss:
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>> 12/1998: TG/HDL 74/50 1.48 (before paleo low-carb)
>> 02/2005: TG/HDL 47/59 .797
>> 04/2007: TG/HDL 62/54 1.15
>> 11/2007: TG/HDL 28/62 .45 (working out)
>> 08/2009: TG/HDL 43/64 .67 (not working out for couple years)
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