So, the warts are unlikely to kill me. My lab results reminded me of what may well get me first:<\/p>\n
Lipid Profile:<\/p>\n
| substance <\/th>\n | measurement (units unknown) <\/th>\n | normal range <\/th>\n | my interpretation <\/th>\n<\/tr>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glucose <\/td>\n | 78 <\/td>\n | 65-110 <\/td>\n | This is good news. I’m showing no sign of or tendency towards diabetes <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Cholesterol <\/td>\n | 174 <\/td>\n | 110-199 <\/td>\n | I am screwed. Of the items in this category none are on the good side of the normal range, only one is in the middle of the range (triglycerides) and everything else is on the bad end of the “normal” range, except for HDL (“good” cholesterol) which is out of the normal range in the bad direction. My uncle the doc gave me a blood test at one point, said that he usually used the HDL:LDL ratio as a diagnostic tool, and that to most people with results like mine, he’d say “Quit smoking and start exercising.” Bleh!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Triglycerides <\/td>\n | 102 <\/td>\n | 40-149 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | |
| HDL <\/td>\n | 38 <\/td>\n | 41-95 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | |
| LDL <\/td>\n | 116 <\/td>\n | 60-130 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n I don’t smoke, I barely drink, I exercise fairly regularly, and I’m vegan. Not that vegan has any inherent health advantage over vegetarian on this one. And a glass of red wine with dinner is supposed to help with the blood factors. Pity I think wine tastes like ass, and it’s hella expensive. <\/p>\n I think upping the aerobics in frequency (I’ve definitely led that slide this winter) and being more careful about the nutritive content of my meals (more whole foods, fewer processed fats and sugars) should definitely become a priority. One can hardly rail against one’s genetics, though the temptation is certainly there, it does no good, even if it made any sense. I don’t need to watch the caloric content, but I ought to be more careful about the composition of my diet. I’ve gone nuts on processed fatty\/sweet things (soygurt smoothies, tofurkey bratwurst, nayonaisse, clif bars, vegan brownies and cookies, etc.) Le sigh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So, the warts are unlikely to kill me. My lab results reminded me of what may well get me first: Lipid Profile: substance measurement (units unknown) normal range my interpretation Glucose 78 65-110 This is good news. I’m showing no sign of or tendency towards diabetes Cholesterol 174 110-199 I am screwed. Of the items … Continue reading “My real health problem”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1157\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheerfulchaotic.crazycrew.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} |