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Blood tests and “bio-actionable” markers

I had a baseline blood panel done by my physician prior to starting the paleo diet 4 months ago. I am planning to have more blood work done soon and I have read about a few online …
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My LDL jumped 124 point 3.5 months into Paleo. Please hack my blood-work!

I am a 48 year-old woman who has been Primal/Paleo for about 3.5 months, gluten-free for a year and has followed the Nourishing Traditions (Weston Price) guidelines for about nine …
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Newbie: Question about Blood Work?

Hackers! I am a newbie to Paleo, and have been a member of PaleoHacks for about 1.5 weeks. Since I joined, I have seen several questions regarding blood work. Is there a specific …
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Hack Jack Kronk’s Latest Lab Results - Sept 2011

I have not been able to see my brand new little baby niece because I had not gotten the Pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine yet. So I went in to test to see if I have immunity (whic …
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Weight loss and Raised Cholesterol

I went to my doctor to get a requisition for bloodwork, but I am leery of getting it because I'm losing weight, and I'm worried that losing weight will raise my cholesterol. Well, …
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Headed in right Paleo direction? blood work after 1 yr

here is the simple blood work I just got back. Started paleo jan 2011 - had blood work done in March 2011 after I had already lost 20lbs Now total weight loss 70 lbs, female, 37 …
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Cholesterol/triglyceride blood-work: Can I workout the morning of the test?

From what I understand I should get my blood-work taken while fasted, but I was wondering if I can still workout in the morning? I actually do fasted training every morning (7:00 …
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Recommended Labs

OK, so I'll admit I'm not the biggest fan of Western medicine. But I happen to have a doc who is pretty sympathetic to my "all-natural" philosophies, and she's willing to order som …
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Why did they change the reference range for C-reactive protein?

Got my labs back today. Last blood work I had done showed high C-reactive protein (in the 7.8 range). This recent test shows about the same level (7.5 ish) but I'm now within the r …
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blood work numbers; good or not so good news?

i had some blood work done due to some concerns about my cholesterol. i am also seeing an ND who diagnosed adrenal fatigue. i have a follow up appointment next week with the ND …
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Elevated liver enzymes

I had blood work back in early January and my ALT was slightly elevated at 58. Fast forward six weeks and a new set of labs has my ALT at 79. A few sidenotes...I am pregnant and I …
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recommendations for blood work

I have a friend come in from overseas, who has been Paleo/Primal for about a year with good weight loss results. The country where he lives does not offer detailed blood exams like …