Guest guest Posted December 20, 2001 Report Share Posted December 20, 2001 Evening Joanne, Good message re cholesterol. Relative to C-Reactive protein...... On my last blood analysis, the C-Reactive protein was the only thing that was slightly high and out of the normal range. It is interesting that my cholesterol is low..... 160, and my homocysteine was low, 7.8 with a range shown as 5 to 15. Some of the data I have read stated that a reading of less than 11 was low risk for homocysteine. The C-Reactive range from this lab is..... .07 to .17 mg/dL It also shows these risk factors. ( all units are mg/dL ) Low Risk < .07 Moderate Risk .07 to .17 High Risk > .17 My CRP value was .18 ........ So where does this leave me? All of the other readings are worthless, and I must worry myself to death about this one thing? Sometimes I think all of this is worthless. To give you an example, within the last week I got a full blood report from a close friend. I made jpeg's of these and added them to my collection on my website. I thought he had the best on of all. His HDL was 55 ! .... the best of any reports of all my friends. Most of us range from 37 to 42 for HDL. I know.... 60 to 80 is better and I am working on it. His CA was better than mine. Now for the kicker...... he had a scan and was diagnosed with osteoporosis. This person is in the best physical condition of anyone I know. He rides a bike 25 miles, walks and works with weights on his legs and wrists. I asked him how long he thought he could walk on a treadmill. His reply was " ALL DAY " ! He takes a reasonable amount of supplements, however I do not consider him a student of nutrition. Still, he is disappointed that he failed in his quest for health. I will be assisting him in the next few weeks and months to turn this thing around. I suspect he has maintained an unbalanced mineral intake relative to potassium, ca, mg, and the fat soluble vitamins, and of course all of the EFA's. Is there any way we can see how our bones are doing without a scan? Wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 20, 2001 Report Share Posted December 20, 2001 Wayne, Good Morning! Diet is a big factor in Osteoporosis I've found! what does he have for breakfast?. Diet could shed some light on the subject! Excess Dairy is linked to Osteoporosis. There are tons of articles on the subject with emphasis on the role of phosphoric acid in traditional dairy regarding the effect it has on bone structure. Phosphoric acids in dairy products are the offenders in my estimation! I eat organic yogurt for health benefits...and otherwise rely on soymilk for my calcium intake. Does he " eat " his calcium or rely entirely on supplements? Dietary calcium is absorbed more quickly and efficiently than supplemental calcium. Few people realize the part potassium plays in bone building. Bananas are helpful in providing the potassium requirements for aging. Also magnesium and trace minerals plays a big part in maintaining healthy bones. I have found that Essential Fatty Acids also provide important nutrients and help with " gluing " the bones together...providing the collagen we all so sorely need to keep our bones from becoming brittle. Vitamin D and B-complex is a factor also. This absolutely has to be supplemented as we age. I would worry about the C-Reactive protein also. A reading like that is not good. Perhaps less animal protein in the diet would help?? Animal protein is high iron content and contributes to plaque in the arteries and resulting thrombosis. Regards, JoAnn JoAnn Guest joguest Friendsforhealthnaturally http://canceranswer.homestead.com/AIM.html Yes,Wayne Fugitt <wayne@f...> wrote: > Evening Joanne, > > Good message re cholesterol. > > Relative to C-Reactive protein...... > > On my last blood analysis, the C-Reactive protein was the only thing > that was > slightly high and out of the normal range. > > It is interesting that my cholesterol is low..... 160, and my homocysteine > was low, 7.8 with a range shown as 5 to 15. Some of the data I have read > stated that a reading of less than 11 was low risk for homocysteine. > > The C-Reactive range from this lab is..... .07 to .17 mg/dL > > It also shows these risk factors. ( all units are mg/dL ) > > Low Risk < .07 > > Moderate Risk .07 to .17 > > High Risk > .17 > > My CRP value was .18 ........ > > So where does this leave me? All of the other readings are worthless, > and I must worry myself to death about this one thing? > > Sometimes I think all of this is worthless. To give you an example, > within the last week I got a full blood report from a close friend. > I made jpeg's of these and added them to my collection on my website. > > I thought he had the best on of all. His HDL was 55 ! .... the best of > any reports of all my friends. > > Most of us range from 37 to 42 for HDL. I know.... 60 to 80 is better > and I am working on it. > > His CA was better than mine. > > Now for the kicker...... he had a scan and was diagnosed with osteoporosis. > > This person is in the best physical condition of anyone I know. He rides > a bike 25 miles, walks and works with weights on his legs and wrists. > > I asked him how long he thought he could walk on a treadmill. His reply was > " ALL DAY " ! > > He takes a reasonable amount of supplements, however I do not consider > him a student of nutrition. > > Still, he is disappointed that he failed in his quest for health. > > I will be assisting him in the next few weeks and months to turn this > thing around. > > I suspect he has maintained an unbalanced mineral intake relative to > potassium, ca, mg, and the fat soluble vitamins, and of course all of the > EFA's. > > Is there any way we can see how our bones are doing without a scan? > > Wayne > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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