What I usually eat: I have had a weight problem all my life. My most significant concern was weight before I discovered I was a 4/4 on 23andme about four months ago. I was 200 pounds about two years ago and have been working to get my weight down. I stopped eating wheat because I think I have an add...

At last I got my results and now am an official member of the NMR club. I still don't know the secret handshake. I know the chart said to sort on LDL-P but I didn't want to take a chance of messing up the chart so I would appreciate it if someone else would do the deed. I thought TC sounded like tot...

RedNailz,
What a fine man you dad must be to have taken care of your mom for so long. I'm glad you are helping him to better
health.
Gina,
Thank you for letting us know how your 96 year old mom is doing. We older 4/4s are specially thankful to hear of even older 4/4s doing well.

Julie
We know you can! I'm sure I'm going to make it a lot longer with the good information I'm getting from you
younger knowledgeable folks. I'm eating walnuts, blue berries, mangoes and avocados from your good example and having my NMR test tomorrow thanks to MarkES's example.

Tee your question How to interpret a homozygous 4/4 status in the face of a completely negative family history for AD? I wondered how I could have a second 4 when my father's side of the family did not have AD as far back as we know. I realized that many of the women lived to their nineties in great...

Welcome RedNailz. It is great that you are being proactive and getting in the best possible health for you. Many of the things that you are doing to prevent AD will help you avoid some of the other ankle biters that are waiting for us as we get older. I just signed up for a NMR lipidprofile because ...

@MarkES Thank you for doing such a great job. I want to get tested and want to be sure I am getting the correct test or tests. I looked at the website for the NMR test and I'm not sure I'm interpreting it correctly. I don't know the abbreviations for all the tests. I'm having trouble matching them. ...

Janelle,
I'm so impressed with your approach to working out your food problems. You are an inspiration to us all. I like your scientific attitude. I'm so glad you are with us.

Gilgamesh,
It is 7:30 AM. I just got up and came to check the site to see if there was any word of your results. I'm so happy
and relieved for your good news. Today there will be people smiling and happy all over the country because of your
good news.
Starfish

Gilgamesh,
Your group hug extends all the way to the Pacific Coast in this direction. We are all with you and sending you
our love and concern.
Starfish