Tests while on keto or carnivore in UK

(Liam) #1

If you guys chose to do a medical test to check for plaque, cholesterol levels, inflammation, or whetever you consider to be the most important test(s) and could only do 1, 2, or 3 tests. Which ones would you choose in order of importance?
If age is a factor… for a 55yr old.

(Bob M) #2

HS-CRP (high specificity C-reactive protein); coronary arterial calcification scan, trigs/HDL.

(Kevin Ruther) #3

Glad to see people are still posting here.

For me, I’d figure out what I need to monitor the most first, based on my medical history. For example, if you’re pre-diabetic, you’d probably want to monitor blood glucose levels first to ensure the pancreas is healing versus not healing, then move onto other tests if you’re having trouble keeping that down.

To be honest it’s a lot of trial and error with the first couple tests being large panels to establish baselines.

(Cathy) #4

Any test that may reveal liver health. It is THE most important organ in my opinion especially when it comes to keto.

#5

NMR’s only, no old school “lipid panel”, or you’re just wasting your time. The equation used to guess some of the numbers doesn’t work with very low carb eaters.

ESR (Sedimentation rate) will show how inflamed you usually are. You can do hs-CRP, which is good, but that’s a snapshot of right then, vs what you’re averaging most of the time.

Cleerly Scan (CCTA) which shows you if you have plaque, whether it’s hard/soft and the soft stuff is the problem.

Since 55 isn’t old, If you haven’t already done the low hanging fruit, I’d start there. Check all the normal stuff first. CMP, CBC, A1C, Hormonal Panel, Full Thyroid Panel etc. I know prices are a lot higher in the UK for that stuff but it’s still not terrible as far as those ones go.

https://evalbloodanalysis.com/

This guy is a former bodybuilder and has more and more locations being added, and has a mobile testing van that parks different places (usually gyms).

(Cathy) #6

I disagree that lipid panels are useless. Certainly the LDL portion is because it is calculated and not a real number but HDL and triglycerides are true measures and can be informative.

There is a great (if not older book out there) called the lipid hypothesis which delves into the intricacies of this hypothesis and I think the key thing to remember is it is unproven in that it is just a hypothesis.