I went and got some lab work done. For the most part...Pretty good. I have kept a solid paleo/bulletproof diet for about a month. No real cheating to speak of. The few times I drank, it was even vodka and soda.
Lets start with the high sensitivity C Reactive Protein test. A test for inflammation where low is good and anything below 1 is low. I came in at .2 High Five. Awesome. I probably won't be testing this again any time soon.
Similarly, Vitamin D is looking good too. I switched to gelcaps, made sure that I ate before I took it (It is only absorbed with fat). When I tested in March I was at 44. Today....89.3. Again, awesome. The blogger types say anything over 50 is good (over 100 is excessive and 150 is toxic). I may actually even skip a day or two on this one. Although apparently taking Vitamin D in the morning can improve sleep.
Lets go to cholesterol. HDL not where it needs to be but going in the right direction. Same with triglycerides - basically a 50% reduction. LDL has gone up. Some of that might just be testing variance, but for right now just going to take the good and not worry about the bad unless it still looks like that a month or two from now.
Original New
HDL - 29 HDL - 37
Triglycerides - 276 Triglycerides - 148
LDL - 93 LDL - 118
VLDL - Not tested before VLDL - 30
ORIGINAL ENDING BEFORE I GOT FIRST RESULTS BACK
I don't have my old tests handy, when I get them I will update. The numbers weren't great but hopefully they are at least trending in the right direction.
In the future, I'll probably start exercising again. There is also a theory that Triglycerides may go up because your liver starts releasing all of it excess fats. Again, I'll be smarter after I get my old tests, but right now I am assuming they are trending correctly and that they will get better after I have been doing it for more than a month.
If LDL stays high...may follow the advice in this post as an excuse to go get fancy micronutrient testing done that Tim Ferris talks about. Or I may just start eating liver.
Updates when I get old tests back
