My ALT is skyrocketing why?

(Andrew Fuller) #1

Hello All my ALT is climbing. I am 4.5 weeks in to a no sugar 20g a started on 3/8/19
day carb regiment and I am absolutely telling the truth I need this diet to work.
On 3/19 it was 73 on 4/4 it was 100. my doctor wants me to stop and go back should I press on?
I feel fine. My Dr. has an insulin pump is he just afraid for me? Please help, since i started i have lost
17lbs. And feel great! Love and Light to all!

(Andrew Fuller) #2

I stay at 20g a day on the carbs give or take a carb seriously.

(Bob M) #3

I’d retake in a while. I’d also consider intermittent fasting when you feel like it. That seems to help the liver even more than low carb/keto. Are you taking medication? Is your AST also changing? Have you had your GGT tested?

https://labtestsonline.org/tests/gamma-glutamyl-transferase-ggt

(Andrew Fuller) #4

I will redo test in 2 weeks. I am pretty sure I am fat adapted. I am not hungry and forget its dinner dinner time most days. When I am not fasting it is important to keep the calorie count up right? I can do 24 hrs without a problem. So i will push for 36 and then break the fast. Feast for 2-3 days than fast again. When I started the diet I was 257 lbs as of today I am 238. Start date 3/8/19. NO sugar baby!

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #5

Have you been screened for viral hepatitis? What is your ratio of AST to ALT?

(The amazing autoimmune 🦄) #6

This happened to me, I retook a week later a little better and then 2 more weeks in had gone into the normal range.

Search liver function or alt in the search bar.

(Andrew Fuller) #7

I dont have an AST score but will ask for one

Component Your Value Standard Range
ALT 100 U/L 1 - 44 U/L
GLUCOSE, RANDOM 74 MG/DL 60 - 140 MG/DL
— — —
NOTE: Random Glucose range 60-140 mg/dl

Fasting Glucose range 60-99 mg/dl
.|
|BUN|20 mg/dL|9 - 23 mg/dL|
|CREATININE|0.80 mg/dL|0.70 - 1.30 mg/dL|
|BUN/CREAT|25|10 - 20|
|SODIUM|138 mmol/L|136 - 145 mmol/L|
|POTASSIUM|5.2 mmol/L|3.5 - 5.1 mmol/L|
|VERIFIED BY REPEAT ANALYSIS.|
|CHLORIDE|102 mmol/L|99 - 109 mmol/L|
|CO2|28 mmol/L|20 - 31 mmol/L|
|CALCIUM|9.1 mg/dL|8.6 - 10.2 mg/dL|

(Andrew Fuller) #8

I have been vaccinated for hepatitis could there be correlation?

Hepatitis A (Adult) 5/30/2018, 11/30/2017
Hepatitis B (Adult) 5/30/2018, 1/30/2018, 11/30/2017

test scores going back a bit.

Name

Date 10/7/14 5/29/15 7/16/15 10/6/15 12/4/15 7/12/16 10/2/17 2/12/19 3/19/19 4/4/19
ALT 33 40 29 27 40 42 32 48 73 100

Standard Range 1 - 44 U/L

(Andrew Fuller) #9

It starts to increase after immunisation on2/12

(Linda) #10

Mine before they yanked my gallbladder:
SGPT/ALT 1,041 Units/L

It had normalized by 6 weeks post surgery.

I guess the ER doc was mistaken about my discomfort being the stomach flu.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #11

If you received a hepatitis vaccination in February, and the the ALT start going up at that point, I’d be far more inclined to suspect the vaccine as the cause of your elevated ALT, not your diet. I am very surprised that your physician hasn’t made that connection.

(Andrew Fuller) #12

I will comment on that when I see him next! Thank you for your help I will take whatever research i can find with me too.

(Andrew Fuller) #14

My Alt has gone down from 100 to 66 in 2 weeks time.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #15

That’s certainly progress in the right direction! :+1: