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c/bloodwork·submitted 2 years ago by u/constipation_club

unpopular opinion: bloodwork is massively overrated

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Long-ish post, sorry. tl;dr at the bottom. I have been tracking bloodwork against ApoB for 23 weeks because I could not find anyone who had. The correlation is weaker than I expected, which is itself mildly interesting given how confidently people link the two in here. Caveats up front: one person, one lab, one…

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u/leila_vasquez383 points·2 years ago

Water content matters more than people think. If a vial is carrying residual moisture, your "10mg" is not 10mg of peptide.

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u/transit_variance303 points·2 years ago

redact identifying details from lab PDFs before posting

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u/elin_trevino229 points·2 years ago

ferritin tanks quietly on a reduced appetite, check it

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[deleted]113 points·2 years ago

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u/cormac_erdogan-38 points·2 years ago

Not convinced. The evidence does not support that reading.

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u/hedda_adeyemi1 point·2 years ago

post reference ranges with your numbers, units differ by country and lab

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u/constipation_clubOPside effects85 points·2 years ago

Ferritin tanked from 9 to 17. Small appetite, reduced iron intake, nobody was testing it until I asked.

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