What blood test values should you be most concerned with?
- Vitamin D-3 Level (25 – OH Vit D3 )
- Ideal is 65 – 100 ng/ml as long as serum calcium 10 or less.
- Research suggests we need this hormone for protection against a number of serious diseases, including many types of cancer.
- Needed for bone health
- HemoglobinA1C (glycocylated hemoglobin)
- Ideal is less than 5.0 (lower is better)
- Is a measurement of the percentage of blood sugar attached to hemoglobin, the oxygen carrying protein in red blood cells.
- The test indicates average blood sugar levels for the past three months
- Fasting Insulin
- Ideal is less than 7
- In this blood test your blood is tested after an overnight fast.
- hsCRP (cardiac high sensitivity CRP)
- Ideal is less than .5
- Is a substance produced by the liver that increases in the presence of inflammation in the body.
- Low-level internal inflammation can lead to many serious, age-related diseases.
- Homocysteine
- Ideal 7-9
- Single greatest cause of brain degeneration and shrinkage
- Elevated homocysteine levels are thought to contribute to plaque formation by damaging arterial walls. High levels may also act on blood platelets and increase the risks of clot formation.
- Some evidence suggests that people with elevated homocysteine levels have twice the normal risk of developingAlzheimer’s
- Homocysteine elevations strongly suggest problems in using folic acid and critical B-Vitamins properly.
