http://nutritionize.net/my-blood-work/ "food is a drug, eat responsibily" Mon, 04 Nov 2013 01:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 http://nutritionize.net/my-blood-work/#comment-135 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 08:37:31 +0000 http://rituriyat.wordpress.com/2010/02/02/my-blood-work/#comment-135 Luckily it’s spring break right now, and I have all day, every day to myself. I like the way time disappears when I’m writing. I like writing, actually, which is just as well.

]]> http://nutritionize.net/my-blood-work/#comment-134 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:35:57 +0000 http://rituriyat.wordpress.com/2010/02/02/my-blood-work/#comment-134 Thanks guys! Daniel, I’ll be sure to ask for the LDL particle size and C reactive protein tests next time I go in.

]]> http://nutritionize.net/my-blood-work/#comment-133 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:56:51 +0000 http://rituriyat.wordpress.com/2010/02/02/my-blood-work/#comment-133 Good stuff Aj!

]]> http://nutritionize.net/my-blood-work/#comment-132 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:27:33 +0000 http://rituriyat.wordpress.com/2010/02/02/my-blood-work/#comment-132 Great info Aj! Blood work and clinical indicators are also a great way to measure effects of whatever programming you are doing and ofcourse of your health.
LDL alone can be decieiving. Looking at HDL/LDL ratio is another way to understand this data. Ideally you want to get this ratio about .4, yours appears to be about .45 or so which is great!

]]> http://nutritionize.net/my-blood-work/#comment-131 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:31:10 +0000 http://rituriyat.wordpress.com/2010/02/02/my-blood-work/#comment-131 Your LDL might not be a true measure. Most labs don’t actually measure LDL. Instead, they use a formula (The Friedewald Equation) based on Total Cholesterol, HDL, and Triglycerides ([LDL-chol] = [Total chol] – [HDL-chol] – ([TG]/5)). If your Triglycerides go down, your calculated LDL will go up. I would say don’t worry too much about LDL. It is more important to have your triglycerides go down than your calculated LDL. Like you said the particle size is more important than the number. Here is a link that talks about the Friedewald Equation: http://www.cholesterol-tests.com/Lipid_Testing_Inaccuracies.html

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