what should i get at baseline before i start
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if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later
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crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this, i think
too early for a1c
nice a1c
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anyone have before and after numbers they are willing to post
an isolated lipase a bit over range with no symptoms is usually nothing. lipase with severe pain is not
quick one the most useful thing i did was get a full panel before i started. everything since has been comparable, i think
alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign
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get fasting insulin at baseline. you cannot go back and get it once you have started
thats the 90 day thing
if a result frightens you, that is a conversation with a clinician. we will help you read it, we will not tell you it is fine, n of 1 obviously
post the numbers
nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods
fasting insulin came back higher than i expected, what does that actually mean
homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system
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