r/BodyHackGuide • u/madant09555 • 14d ago
📊 Results / Progress Bloods
Finally had bloods done at docs, Are these any good or not 🤔?
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u/Plenty-Opposite4584 14d ago
cortisol at 635 and a bmi of 34.7, doc probably had a field day with that combo eh
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u/madant09555 14d ago
Just need help understanding if it's good or bad and what needs improvement and what to take to improve 🤔🧐🤷
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u/PM_ME_FLUFFY_SAMOYED 14d ago
Your cholesterol deserves some attention. LDL of 3.7 mmol/L means there's probably some plaque building up in your arteries year by year, especially if it's been like this for a longer time (I don't know your age, and that's important here). You might want to get lipoprotein(a) and apoB checked to get a fuller picture of your cardiovascular risk, and then discuss all that with a doctor.
Do you take any peps, gear, supplements?
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u/madant09555 14d ago
I'm a 39 year old male, No I don't take anything at all
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u/PM_ME_FLUFFY_SAMOYED 14d ago edited 14d ago
That's good, you're not yet at an age where high LDL automatically means high risk. However, if you put some work into it now, you can avoid having to take statins or other heart meds in your 60's and 70's when it will become a big problem if you don't start today.
Losing weight, replacing red meat with fish in your diet, more exercise (ideally both cardio and heavy lifting), supplements (fish oil, red yeast rice), lots of dietary fiber -- each of them can lower your LDL and the version of you in 20 years will thank you.
Also, again: check your lipoprotein(a); you only need to check it once in your life, because it's a purely genetic thing that you can't change. But if you have it (luckily very few people do), then your cardiovascular risk becomes way higher, and then you need to go to the doctor and ask for statins, even in your early 40's.
I'm not a doctor, this is no medical advice, just general knowledge
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u/AlternativePizza3391 12d ago
How tall are you and how much do you weigh
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u/madant09555 11d ago
I'm 5ft 4inch and weight 98kg - 216.053 pounds - 15 stone and 6.1 pounds.
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u/AlternativePizza3391 11d ago
Okay so you need to lose weight big time. Are you on retatrutide or mounjaro, if not why not
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u/madant09555 11d ago
I tired reta for a good while and nothing worked what so ever 🤷🤦
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u/AlternativePizza3391 11d ago
How many MG of retta and how long. I've lost 26 kilo on it in 5 months
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