if you only get one thing, get a fasting insulin. it is the one that becomes impossible later
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most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked
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- reta_resting_hr — most of the lipid improvement in my panel tracked the weight, not the drug 17:01
how much does the lipid panel move just from losing weight
apob if you can
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retest it
baseline, three months, then twice a year is what i settled on
ferritin and b12 fall quietly when you are barely eating. check them twice a year
crp is worth adding if you can, it moves in a useful direction on this
thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything
homa-ir is fasting glucose times fasting insulin over a constant. the constant differs by unit system
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thyroid moving slightly is common enough that i would repeat it before doing anything
a1c is a ninety day average. retesting at week six tells you almost nothing