Bill I.
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Apr 13, 2010
I'm sore and a bit tired but the filter is now gone and I am glad.
Also received some of my actual bloodwork results numbers from last months test (one year surgiversary). When I checked out the cholesterol and triglyceride results against norms I had to say a big WOW. These are all really LOW numbers.
LDL 56 (ideal = less than 100)
HDL 50 (ideal = 60+ but 40 to 60 is OK)
Cholesterol "total" 119
triglycerides 67 (ideal = less than 150)
My zinc level is indeed too low and I've now added extra zinc supplements to my daily pocketful of vitamins.
I was told to cut my vit A in half, but now that I'm seeing the result I honestly don't understand why. I was taking 20,000 iu and was told to cut it back to 10,000 but my lab result shows a 346 in a safe range of 325-780. (unless maybe vit A interferes with zinc absorbtion)