State of My Health 2024: Assessing My Lab Blood Work | In Part 1 of this series we looked at an overview of my blood work labs — total testosterone, Vitamin D, fasting insulin, cholesterol, inflammation, and body fat — all of which were very good. Here we’ll dig more into the details of free testosterone, HbA1c, and thyroid hormones as well as recommendations for myself going forward.
Another comment from a psychiatrist friend also noted that A1c can be elevated when red blood cells live longer, which is a good thing! We need to look beyond just A1c.
I got a question on an Instagram post about my recent blood work regarding A1c being slightly elevated. This was addressed pretty well in the Part 2 review I wrote, but it's worth noting as well that athletes tend to have a slightly higher A1c than you might expect.
Another comment from a psychiatrist friend also noted that A1c can be elevated when red blood cells live longer, which is a good thing! We need to look beyond just A1c.
* https://ashpublications.org/blood/article/112/10/4284/24606/Red-cell-life-span-heterogeneity-in
* https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3678251/
A1C for Athletes on a Carnivore Diet:
I got a question on an Instagram post about my recent blood work regarding A1c being slightly elevated. This was addressed pretty well in the Part 2 review I wrote, but it's worth noting as well that athletes tend to have a slightly higher A1c than you might expect.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17614026/