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by mikenew 835 days ago
Can you share a little about the "additional labs" you did?

I wore a CGM for about a month. Also found that my glucose numbers were not nearly as good as I would have expected, especially considering that I'm quite active and not overweight. But it's the "what next" that I'm stuck on.
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anonfornoreason 830 days ago
https://www.ultalabtests.com/

https://www.ultalabtests.com/test/advanced-cardiovascular-he... https://www.ultalabtests.com/test/hormone-health-men-compreh...

Front page has 20% off coupon. This should get you a pretty wide view. You can add on extras, but this should get you most of what you want to understand. But, this level of lab work is going to require 20+ hours of research to understand, and even more if you pop funny values and want to figure out why. Have fun....

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smallerfish 835 days ago
Check out Peter Attila's book. He has a couple chapters on metabolic syndrome that should be helpful.
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mikenew 834 days ago
I've read Outlive (and am a big fan of Peter Attia in general), but there's really not much there besides "exercise more, eat better".

I was on strict keto for a year, with daily blood tests to monitor ketone levels. My fasting glucose would still be above 100 often enough. Even a moderately sized carb-heavy meal can send my BG above 200 (even after being off of keto for a few months).

Maybe if I paid the $2500 for his "Early" program that details all the labs he does I might get some insight, but that is clearly priced for someone outside my tax bracket.

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