211. The best labs to get and how to interpret them

Paul Saladino MD podcast

Paul Saladino, MD

Medicine, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 17 April 2023

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

This week, Paul breaks down his latest set of bloodwork from March 2023. He not only reviews his own levels and ratios, but gives you an idea of what blood work you may want to order, and how to interpret it.

00:04:20 Why you may consider getting your own blood work done

00:11:00 What Paul eats in a day

00:13:40 Fasting insulin & prolactin

00:19:55 Cortisol to DHEA-S ratio

00:27:42 Sex hormones & phlebotomy

00:37:35 DHT

00:40:35 How to help (or hurt) your testosterone

00:48:45 Uric acid & GGT

00:50:30 Hemoglobin A1c & Comp. Metabolic Panel

00:53:20 Urinalysis

00:54:50 Amenorrhea profile, Prostate-Specific Ag, IGF-1, Reverse T3, Vitamin D, Lipoprotein (a), C-Reactive Protein

00:58:17 TMAO: is it harmful?

00:59:25 Homocysteine, Magnesium, and TSH & Free T4

01:00:50 Lipids: do they matter?

01:05:20 CBC

01:06:20 Conclusions about blood work

01:07:45 NAFLD

Paul’s recommendations for what labs you should get:

CBC

Comprehensive Metabolic Panel

Fasting Insulin

PTH

Full thyroid panel, TSH, antibodies, Free T3, Free T4, Testosterone, Free Testosterone, Sex hormone LH, FSH, Prolactin, DHT, Estrogens, Progesterone, Preglinulone, Cortisol, DHEA-S, HSCRP, Liver enzymes, Lipid panel, (Coronary Artery Calcium Scan), PTH.

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Transcript

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