Moving numbers

By following the Wheat Belly lifestyle, you can observe such wonderful effects as loss of belly fat, reversal of facial skin rashes and edema, and relief from acid reflux and irritable bowel syndrome symptoms. But, because we have all been told to “cut fat and eat more healthy whole grains” that triggers a domino effect of metabolic and health distortions, most people also typically start their Wheat Belly journey with high blood sugars, high triglycerides, high blood pressure, dysbiosis, inflammation, and other abnormal patterns, the abnormalities that drive billions of dollars of drug prescriptions every year. What if you want to observe and track the metabolic transformation that occurs in your body beyond the effects you can feel and see? Well, you can obtain blood work that magnificently reveals what is going on. While there are differences among various individuals, a basic panel of blood tests to consider that allow you to watch the unfolding transformation includes: Fasting blood sugar, hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) NMR lipoproteins–This is the test that should (and will, over time, replace crude and misleading cholesterol testing). Choices: Liposcience, HDLabs, Spectracell. (Your doctor has to specify and/or direct the blood-drawing lab to send to one of these laboratory services.) Ferritin, complete blood count–If you have a history of iron deficiency anemia or unexplained fatigue, then these tests can establish whether iron deficiency is the cau...
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