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Weight Loss Forum / Low Carb / July 2008My Test Results are in!
Monday morning, I went to LabCorps to have my blood and urine tests done. They sent me the results by email yesterday afternoon. I have been on LC since September. HDL Cholesterol 54 LDL Cholesterol 94 Triglycerides 73 Hemoglobin A1c 4.9 There are 4 pages of test results, but I chose the ones I thought the group might be interested in. So, how am I doing, health wise? Becca > Monday morning, I went to LabCorps to have my blood and urine tests > done. They sent me the results by email yesterday afternoon. I have been [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Becca She shoots, she scores!! Goodonya. Susan >x-no-archive: yes > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >Susan And with the Olympics coming up, I guess "She nails it!" will be popular again. ;-)  SignatureBlueBrooke 254/193/135 -- No Peeking Until 01 August > x-no-archive: yes > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Susan My husband was worried that my cholesterol would be through the roof, but nope, not at all. :D My HDL should be a little higher, but I stopped doing aerobics because of a bone spur in my right foot. Sonsabitches... :( Becca > My husband was worried that my cholesterol would be through the roof, > but nope, not at all. :D My HDL should be a little higher, but I > stopped doing aerobics because of a bone spur in my right foot. > Sonsabitches... :( First of all, high cholesterol is not a health risk, only a bad pattern of ratios. Your HDL/TGL ratio is great, as is your HDL/LDL ratio. Your low TGLs and highish HDL are a marker for large, bouyant, non atherogenic LDL, as opposed to damaging VLDL. LDL is what all your adrenal steroids are made from, so you need it to be higher than those shameless low targets. Susan > x-no-archive: yes > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Susan My low carb WOE is not much different than I was eating before. I am eating more vegetables, both raw and cooked, without eating the pasta, rice, potatoes, bread. Becca > My low carb WOE is not much different than I was eating before. I am > eating more vegetables, both raw and cooked, without eating the pasta, > rice, potatoes, bread. Well, the stuff you stopped eating has proven to be the stuff that causes atherogenic lipid patterns, so goodonya. Substituting veggies for starches actually is a huge difference in macronutrients as a percentage of total calories. Susan "Becca" <beccaNospam@hal-pc.organ> wrote in > My low carb WOE is not much different than I was eating before. I am > eating more vegetables, both raw and cooked, without eating the pasta, > rice, potatoes, bread. I love bread, used to eat about 6 to 8 slices a day, whole wheat of course! I eat 4 a day now, about 12 carbs each, seems to work well. > "Becca" <beccaNospam@hal-pc.organ> wrote in > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > I eat 4 a day now, about 12 carbs each, seems to work well. Bread, I love, but what I miss the most on my WOE, is beans and fruit. I still have a few pounds to lose, so I am trying to behave. Becca Black Soybeans, http://www.edenfoods.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=103050 What's your carb level? You could probably do some blueberries or strawberries. | Bread, I love, but what I miss the most on my WOE, is beans and | fruit. I still have a few pounds to lose, so I am trying to behave. | | Becca > Black Soybeans, > http://www.edenfoods.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=103050 > > What's your carb level? You could probably do some blueberries or > strawberries. Thanks for the link to black soybeans. I did not realize they had such few carbs. When I misbehave on my diet, that is what I eat, berries or melons. I believe those have the least amount of carbs. I looked at the amount of carbs in a banana, and I was surprised that it had 36 carbs. Becca >> "Becca" <beccaNospam@hal-pc.organ> wrote in >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Becca Becca, there are some good low carb breads now, and black soybeans are almost completely fiber and protein, virtually zero carb. I always have them on hand. Susan > Becca, there are some good low carb breads now, and black soybeans are > almost completely fiber and protein, virtually zero carb. I always have > them on hand. > > Susan Black soybeans sound pretty good to me. I used to make a nice black bean salad, I wonder if I could do that with soybeans? My next quest, is to find low carb bread. Becca > Black soybeans sound pretty good to me. I used to make a nice black > bean salad, I wonder if I could do that with soybeans? Yes, in fact a quickie lunch for me is a cup of them with some vinaigrette. Chopped red onion and stuff if I feel like it. > My next quest, is to find low carb bread. There are so many, from my favorite pita, Kontos pocketless low carb pita or Toufayan low car pitas to Toufayan low carb wraps, Weight Watchers multigrain bread, The Baker brand flax or multigrain or bran bread. Lots of options out there. Susan >> My next quest, is to find low carb bread. > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Susan Thanks for the info. I will check this out when I go shopping. Becca Looks super to me. :-) >Monday morning, I went to LabCorps to have my blood and urine tests >done. They sent me the results by email yesterday afternoon. I have been [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Becca > Monday morning, I went to LabCorps to have my blood and urine tests done. > They sent me the results by email yesterday afternoon. I have been on LC [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > There are 4 pages of test results, but I chose the ones I thought the > group might be interested in. So, how am I doing, health wise? How about blood sugar levels or Thyroid panel? What did the lab charge? >>Monday morning, I went to LabCorps to have my blood and urine tests done. >>They sent me the results by email yesterday afternoon. I have been on LC [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > What did the lab charge? Lab tests are usually for fasting blood glucose, which is a pretty meaningless number unless one has been diabetic for many years. Post meal numbers could be very informative, though. Susan > How about blood sugar levels or Thyroid panel? My serum glucose was 79 and my A1c was 4.9 Thyroid: TSH 4.538 Thyroxine (T4) 7.3 T3 Uptake 28 Free thyroxine index 2.0 To get more information about my test results, I look here: http://www.labtestsonline.org/ I find the test, then I click on the words "The Test". BTW, if any of your test results are high or low, the test will make that indication and it is highlighted. My white blood cell count was high, but I have a sinus infection, so there ya go. lol > What did the lab charge? $89. http://directlabs.com/ For the past couple of years, I have used DirectLabs and I choose whatever tests I need. I pay for the tests, print out the orders and I take it to LabCorps. They send me the results by email, in a day or two. I fast before the tests, so I usually go early in the morning. I had July's "test of the month", which was $89 for blood and urine. If you scroll to the bottom of the page you will find it. Becca > > How about blood sugar levels or Thyroid panel? > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > test will make that indication and it is highlighted. My white blood > cell count was high, but I have a sinus infection, so there ya go. lol What range did they give for the TSH? (I'm not sure what the upper edge of my lab's range is 4.2 or 4.7, but my doctor prefers me to have it less than 1, and prescribes thyroid supplementation accordingly.) Signature"[xxx] has very definite opinions, and does not suffer fools lightly. This, apparently, upsets the fools." ---BB cuts to the pith of a flame-fest >>> How about blood sugar levels or Thyroid panel? >> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > of my lab's range is 4.2 or 4.7, but my doctor prefers me to have it > less than 1, and prescribes thyroid supplementation accordingly.) According to my test results, the Reference Intervals are: TSH 0.350 - 5.500 T4 4.5 - 12.0 Becca > >>> How about blood sugar levels or Thyroid panel? > >> [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > TSH 0.350 - 5.500 > T4 4.5 - 12.0 I have thyroid lab reports going back almost 10 years (it's not all the tests that were run; I lost some of the printouts). Until 2002 or so, the Reference Intervals above were on all the reports. The 4.5-12.0 is still what I see for T4. However, the current Interval for TSH is 0.27-4.20. One of the missing reports had an alert to this effect, so that doctors would start treatment at lower levels. I just googled for TSH reference range, and found this article http://thyroid.about.com/cs/testsforthyroid/a/newrange.htm indicating that the change did in fact take place in 2002. Signature"[xxx] has very definite opinions, and does not suffer fools lightly. This, apparently, upsets the fools." ---BB cuts to the pith of a flame-fest >>>>> How about blood sugar levels or Thyroid panel? >>>> My serum glucose was 79 and my A1c was 4.9 [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > http://thyroid.about.com/cs/testsforthyroid/a/newrange.htm indicating > that the change did in fact take place in 2002. Thanks for the info. LabCorps has not made these changes, so I may bring that to their attention when I go back. Becca >Thanks for the info. LabCorps has not made these changes, so I may >bring that to their attention when I go back. > >Becca My test results are in from yesterday. When compared to September of 2007, they are pretty good: Total Cholesterol was 153, now 166 Triglycerides was 153, now 66 HDL Cholesterol was 27, now 41 LDL Cholesterol was 96, now 112 Total Cholesterol/HDL Ratio was 5.7, now 4.0 Fasting Glucose was 126, now 112 I just returned from a business trip where I didn't avoid carbs as much as I could have. So my numbers would have been even better had I stayed strictly on the LC course. Mark |
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