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Blood Test Results
Hi B. and Daniel,
How are you?
Please see attached blood test result. It’s not comprehensive. I’m not sure why the consultant didn’t include full biochemistry.
Cholesterol is still high and need to address.
My thyroid panel isn’t comprehensive but I am low on Free T3.
My Vitamin D is high or is it ok? Should I pull back as I take 6 drop daily of Thorne, Vitamin D/K2, 1 fl oz (30 ml) (iherb.com)
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11 Replies
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Hey @Naveed Aslam,
I hope you are doing well over there! Even if your labs aren’t comprehensive, they do provide clues!
You can see on your labs that your HDL cholesterol (the “good” cholesterol as it was called for a long time – but we know it’s more complicated than that) is elevated. There are 2 common reasons for elevated HDL. One is a fast thyroid. We can rule that out in your case! Another reason why HDL cholesterol can be elevated is when the body is using HDL as an antioxidant.
This is more likely in your case.
If your body needs more antioxidants, you’re likely dealing with more of the usual production of free radicals. It doesn’t specify the type of free radicals you are dealing with, unfortunately. High HDL is in this case just like a shadow from something going on in the body. Medications, stress, leaky gut, histamine intolerance and high blood sugar can all contribute to free radical formation. But just by looking only at a shadow from a tree you can tell you that there is a tree, but it doesn’t tell you what kind of tree the shadow is from.
I hope that analogy made sense!
Vitamin D
Your vitamin D is perfect! I often recommend my clients to aim at serum levels around 50 ng/ml. The labs you shared use different units: nmol/l. 130 nmol/l is 52 ng/ml and that’s good! I don’t see reasons to adjust your vitamin D supplement. Make sure you aren’t depleted on magnesium though. You need magnesium to convert vitamin D into its final bioactive form in the kidneys.Since you are experiencing low T3 you could consider in future measuring a full thyroid panel. Bernadette explains what a full thyroid panel should look like right here.
I couldn’t find your previous cholesterol values so fast, unfortunately. Perhaps you could take a look at your previous results and compare the numbers. You’re on the right way if your HDL numbers have dropped.
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@Daniel Schepers hello. I will attach full thyroid panel from a year ago which I recall was quite costly.
Could Body Bio TUDCA help with reducing the cholesterol?
I am taking Magnesium Glycinate, but due to being in capsule form I can’t take the daily 4 capsules which pure encapsulations recommend as it’s too much on the stomach. If only I could take it in liquid form.
I have another question regarding zinc l carnosine. Unfortunately, I also can’t tolerate this even with food. I noticed there is a liquid version of zinc by body bio. Could this work as a replacement?
I think my cholesterol was the same from previous blood test, but I will check and let you know.
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I did request the hospital to include all the thyroid markers which is mentioned in. B’s course. Unfortunately, hospitals don’t cover it.
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@Naveed Aslam that’s one of the reasons why Thyroid Balance course exists: to help you understand how the thyroid works and how to test it so you can make informed decisions. Unfortunately in most places, you will have to order labs through the websites of laboratories like Dotor’s Data and True Health Labs.
If you feel like ordering a comprehensive thyroid panel, True Health Labs has a panel here.
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@Naveed Aslam the benefit of liquid supplements is that you can adjust the dosage easily. You could spread one dosage over 2 meals for example and see how you react to that.
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@Daniel Schepers hello. Please see attached full thyroid panel from 20.2.23
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I love the tree and shadow analogy :).
I have compiled a spreadsheet with some key markers including cholesterol which the consultant wanted at the iron clinic on Feb 9th.
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@Naveed Aslam I see the differences, but these labs are already a bit older and still miss the lab value reverse T3.
For understanding the new thyroid numbers context matters as well. At the moment of blood drawn, how were you feeling? Did you feel sick? What are your current serum iron values?
Is there more physical or emotional stress in your life than at your previous labs?
All these factors can influence your current fT3 levels. You might want to watch this movie about low T3 levels and this one about low T4 levels to dive a little deeper into other reasons why these numbers can drop.
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@Naveed Aslam I know TUDCA can help improve digestion and it would be a supplement that could have multiple benefits.
To answer your question about TUDCA related to cholesterol: The short answer is yes, research shows it can contribute to lowering cholesterol. But there is a ‘but’!
… understanding what elevates your cholesterol is key!
If your HDL is elevated because the body is using it as an antioxidant, would you like to drop HDL? Or would you like to lower free radicals?
If you like to lower LDL it would be a slightly different discussion. Cholesterol gets secreted through bile in the gut. A lot of the cholesterol is reuptaken by the gut and a part is secreted through the stool. TUDCA is a bile acid and could help promote the excretion of cholesterol through the stool. That could be beneficial as a temporary solution.
However, TUDCA might not address the reason why LDL cholesterol is elevated.
You could try it as a band-aid while you try to work on lifestyle factors that might increase your cholesterol.
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@Daniel Schepers thank you for bringing this to my attention. I was thinking down the line of maybe the slow gut motility which I know I have where TUDCA may help. There are so many factors with me also which could could be the cause.
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@Daniel Schepers I was on a two hour drive from London to Cambridge which was exhausting for me as I struggle to drive long distance in my current situation. It use to be a breeze in the past. Maybe, this could have caused an even lower T3 reading. I don’t know why the consultant didn’t do the other markers despite requesting them. His clinic letter says to meet an endocrinologist. Yes, there has been more stress both mentally and physically as well.
I wasn’t feeling sick but was tried from the drive due to traffic along the way, worrying about not being late and then finding a place to park. Basically, trivial things. Thank you for the movie recommendation. Daniel, I am beginning to realise how thyroid can be so critical in other areas of my well being.
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