Yearly Physical Resuls for 2016

Blood Test Results

So I managed to get a physical squeezed into a doc appointment on 2/1/2016. Was glad I had fasted overnight so they could do the blood work. Here are the results after almost 4 years of a low carb diet.And good news! Still alive from what the doc says! Blood Pressure was 100/70 (on meds - Lisinopril-HCTZ 10/12.5 once a day ). Weighed in at 220 fully dressed which is in line with morning weigh ins in just my birthday suit. This would be after 1380 days eating low carb (~3.75 years)

I did get a kick out of the advice to avoid fatty cuts of meat, avoid cheese and do regular exercise. I did read one way to lower my LDL. Get this....RAISE MY TRIGLYCERIDES!!! SERIOUSLY?  (Google Calculating LDL for more info if you're interested). 

Here are the  results from my 2015 blood test results for comparison:

Test                                          Goal                                      Your Result        

Total Cholesterol                       Less than 200                         161

HDL (good) Cholesterol             Greater than 40                       57           

LDL (bad) Cholesterol                Less than 100                         94

                                                Less than 70 (Diabetes)                                                            

Triglycerides                             Less than 150                         49

Cholesterol/HDL Ratio               Less than 4.0                         2.82

Thyroid Stimulating Hormone     Between 0.358-5.04               

Free T3 (thyroid)                        Between 2.30-4.20                 

Free T4 (thyroid)                        Between 0.7-1.5                     

Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA)                                             Less than 4.0      

SGOT/AST (Liver)                      Between 8-34                         20

SGPT/ALT (Liver)                       Between 12-78                        32

Sodium                                     Between 135-145                    139

Potassium                                Between 3.6-5.1                      4.4

Chloride                                    Between 98-107                      104

CO2                                          Between 21-32                        30

BUN (Kidney)                            Between 7-18                        

Creatinine (Kidney)                    Between 0.6-1.3                      1.1

Glucose (Sugar)                        Between 74-106                      114

Hemoglobin A1C (Diabetic         Less than 7.0                         5.2

                     3month avg)

Urine Microalb/Creat Ratio         Between 0-30                        

                  (Urine Protein)                                                     

Calcium                                    Between 8.5-10.1                    9.5

Uric Acid (gout)                         Between 3.5-7.2                     

Hemoglobin (Anemia)                Between 13.0-18                     15.1        

Hematocrit (Anemia)                  Between 36.7-47.1                  44.4

White Blood Cell count              Between 3.6-10.2                    6.1          

Platelets                                   Between 140-400                    199

Vitamin D,25-Hydroxy                Between 32-100                     

                                   

Assessment and Recommendations:

Your spot sugar was high, but luckily your 3 month average was normal.  I advise that you follow a diet low in concentrated sweets [HA!! IS THIS A JOKE OR WHAT??!!}