The Weight Loss Plus Advanced Metabolic Panel is good entry point if you aren’t actively working with a doctor and want to look at foundational influencing factors including a comprehensive metabolic panel, thyroid test, adrenal marker, inflammation, and blood sugar metabolism with fasting insulin. If you have had only the basic thyroid labs, TSH and T4, and your doctor won’t run a more detailed panel, inform yourself on your gland function with the Thyroid Complete Panel.
If you know you are dealing with inflammation (especially if you have an elevated CRP) and food sensitivity, I’d suggest running the MRT Test to identify foods and chemicals that drive immunological inflammation thus putting the brakes on your metabolism and driving swelling and pain.
The CardioMetabolic Panel is a great way to look beyond fasting insulin at other markers of metabolism such as adiponectin and leptin, this information is very helpful if considering extended fasting or carb cycling. Beyond markers to modify your ketogenic diet, this test includes a thorough assessment of cardiovascular health including beyond standard cholesterol screen a lipoprotein particle size, blood clot risk with LPa, and homocysteine as a marker of methylation status. It also looks at HgbA1C% for a 3-month blood sugar average along with inflammatory marker CRP, and a marker of pancreatic health, c-peptide.
If you are dealing with fatigue, hair loss, nerve tingling, or random symptom shifts and you have varied demands on your body from lifecycle or lifestyle changes, consider the Micronutrient Test which assesses 35 different vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants as a comprehensive report card to your nutritional status.
Note: I strongly recommend taking my Multidefense for at least 1 month leading up to the panel to cover nutritional support as a baseline, then the micronutrient test will be additional needs over a high-quality multivitamin.
