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#bloodwork 2026-05-10

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  • adelaide_assay — what does homa-ir actually tell you that fasting insulin does not 21:53
  • acetate_ash — alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign 22:14
  • factory_direct_fi — fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests 22:41
LL

nobody here is reading your bloods as a clinician. we are reading them as people who have had a lot of bloods

LL

most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug, we shall see

CO

homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system

see somebody

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thats the 90 day thing

AA

what does homa-ir actually tell you that fasting insulin does not

Cited study
Effects of Semaglutide on Chronic Kidney Disease in Type 2 Diabetes (FLOW)
New England Journal of Medicine · 2024
Renal outcomes. The one that changed a lot of nephrologists’ minds.
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AA

a single weird electrolyte is very often a handling artefact. retest before you worry

AA

alt and ast coming down as you lose liver fat is common and is a good sign

baseline  58
wk 2      61
wk 4      64
wk 6      67
wk 8      66
wk 10     65   (held dose from wk 7)
FD

fast properly or do not bother. an eight hour fast and a twelve hour fast are different tests

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UD

genuine question fasting insulin came back higher than i expected, what does that actually mean