Thanks Slacker! Triglycegerides were 92. I have no idea which two tests were used for the "cholesterol ratio". It was listed in the lineup like this: cholesterol, HDL, cholesterol ratio, LDL, LDL/HDL ratio, triglycerides, glucose, A1C. The reference range for cholesterol ratio was 0 to 5, ...

I searched the forums and found some comments from people who have found magnesium threonate to have a negative effect on their cognition, but my reaction to it took a different turn. I took one capsule of MagMind last night--a mere third of a dose--and within 30 minutes felt like my brain was jitte...

I had a very basic fasting blood panel done for an insurance screening about two weeks after I began loosely following keto 12/3 and here are the numbers that seem relevant. My plan is to have more lab work done in coming months, especially once I get my appointment with Dr. Ann Hathaway in April. (...

Ro, I'm not sure I want to test, either, for exactly the same reason you mention in your post: I'll never unsee it. It might keep me awake at night, and is that the right strategy? Hardly! I know we have some family history of very late-onset dementia (80s) and also some family history of sharp-as-s...

Great recommendations, Julie. Any special kind of salt? I'm definitely transitioning to low carb--I've set my Cronometer ratios to 14P:18C:68F and have stuck to it pretty well, and will continue to tweak. A little low on calories on some days because I just wasn't hungry enough to eat more before I ...

Great info, Julie! Waves to you too! I'm so glad you said that about potassium--it seems so many of the high-potassium foods are also high-carb/high-glycemic, so I wasn't eager to go pounding down, say, a watermelon. I had a leg cramp last week (when I was ramping up my exercise routine) and thought...

Basically, two days ago I ate: A smoothie w/hemp seeds, macadamia nuts, mixed berries and spinach A salad with romaine, escarole, carrot, kalamata olives, radicchio, cabbage, jicama, cauliflower, olive oil Broccolini, mixed greens/arugula with sprouts, small sweet potato, 3 oz chicken, olive oil I a...

I've been entering my daily food intake into Cronometer (the freebie version) and have been astonished at how high some of the values have soared--Vitamin A in the four-figure percentile, Vitamin K too (without even logging the K portion of my D3/K2 supplement). With the D3 portion logged, my Vitami...

I am seeing my regular gynecologist tomorrow in hopes of getting some basic bHRT going, but I've also got an appointment with Ann Hathaway in mid-April (first available). I've watched the whole video of her presentation at (I think) the Buck Institute (the one where Julie introduces her)--I found it...

I have had a sleep study that indicated "mild sleep apnea, could benefit from cpap." I got this done at the behest of my dentist, who sees a low airway (IV on the Mallampati rating) and signs of clenching, and my questionnaire indicated some signs of apnea despite the fact that I'm not the...