Okay, I'll post them later today.

Todd

On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Hilary McClure <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Todd Reed wrote:
>
>>
>> I've just received a lab blood test result, second one in three
>> years, so now I've got a baseline I can reference.
>> ...
>>
>> 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.
>>
>
> 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..."
>
> 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
>
>
> http://www.your-story.org/spectracell-laboratories-now-offers-hs-omega-3-indexr-161378/
> http://www.spectracell.com/lpp/
>
> 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.
>
> Here are my numbers and ratios, before and after paleo and a 32lb. weight
> loss:
>
> 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)