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AA / EPA / DHA Sears test results in broader context?

Posted by Ginny51 
AA / EPA / DHA Sears test results in broader context?
April 27, 2017 02:51PM
Hello,
Please help me put some worrying results in better context.
Results are from April 2017 and Ref values: (...)

Blood Thickness:
Cardiac C-reactive protein: 0.3 mg/1000 ml (up to 1.1 mg/lt)
Homocysteine: 14.60 uM (5.00 a 12.00 uM)
Fibrinogen: 315 mg/100 ml (200 a 400 mg/100 ml)
Ferritin: 106.90 ng/ml (Women: 11.00 a 306.80 ng/ml)
Hemoglobin A1C: 6.0 % (4.4 a 6.4% Hb total)
Lipoprotein (a): less than 20 mg/dl

KPTT 39 secs (33 a 48 secs)
Prothrombin time: 14.9 segundos / "Activity" (?) 83.0 % (70.00 a 100.0%)

Fasting insulin (results for: Sept, Nov 2016 and April 2017):
4.4 uUl/ml // 3.70 uUl/ml // 3.10 uUl/ml
Most recent Fasting glucose (144 mg/100 ml) way too high but working on it daily via Cronometer and a lowish carb diet (60-70 Net carbs).

But (from Jan 2017) "off the chart" Sears AA, DHA & EPA numbers. Ratios are frightening.
AA: 10.47 (7-9%)
EPA 0.35 (4-6%)
DHA 0.75 (5-7%)
Results are from a lab here in Argentina, "Dr. Sears Zone Argentina".
Personally that merits a grain of salt which is why I'm asking for help before I over worry.
I am tall, too thin, in chronic afib and they consider the obese / high blood pressure / high insulin / diabetic, etc. angle of heart problems.

I've been taking Life Extension Mega EPA/DHA since August 2016, now 2 softgels (4000 mg Fish oil concentrate) a day, coming down from 3 a day because I had 2 short nose bleeds and 1 longer one, on 3 consecutive days at about the same time of day, so decided to cut back. Also recently following omega 3 and omega 6 ratios, etc. via Cronometer. Working on it.

I would greatly appreciate if someone could help me put these frightening AA/EPA/DHA numbers into a larger perspective.

Many, many thanks,
ginny
Re: AA / EPA / DHA Sears test results in broader context?
April 27, 2017 09:59PM
Here is my non-medical take

Cardiac C-reactive protein: 0.3 mg/1000 ml (up to 1.1 mg/lt)
Great!
Homocysteine: 14.60 uM (5.00 a 12.00 uM)
High - do you know your methylation genetic status, how about B12 & folate?
Fibrinogen: 315 mg/100 ml (200 a 400 mg/100 ml)

Ferritin: 106.90 ng/ml (Women: 11.00 a 306.80 ng/ml)
You could donate a unit of blood if you want to drop this. A bit high but not awful. Are you premenopausal?
Hemoglobin A1C: 6.0 % (4.4 a 6.4% Hb total)
Not awful, but too high.
Lipoprotein (a): less than 20 mg/dl
Great

Fasting insulin (results for: Sept, Nov 2016 and April 2017):
4.4 uUl/ml // 3.70 uUl/ml // 3.10 uUl/ml
Excellent

Most recent Fasting glucose (144 mg/100 ml) way too high but working on it daily via Cronometer and a lowish carb diet (60-70 Net carbs).
Wonder if you are making enough insulin? Potentially T1.5 diabetic (late adult onset). So normally you low insulin looks great, however your high fasting glucose smells a bit like your pancreas isn't making enough insulin when demanded. I've been keto for nearly 8 years with fasting insulin around 2, but glucose is much lower, ranging from 77 to 100 over a recent two week period. My carb intake is 122 gross, 70 net (52 fiber) g per day.

But (from Jan 2017) "off the chart" Sears AA, DHA & EPA numbers. Ratios are frightening.
AA: 10.47 (7-9%)
EPA 0.35 (4-6%)
DHA 0.75 (5-7%)

My DHA/EPA tests are different, so not familiar with this presentation

George



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/27/2017 10:03PM by GeorgeN.
Re: AA / EPA / DHA Sears test results in broader context?
April 28, 2017 12:59AM
Thank you George!

Love that "premenopausal" reference as that threw me back to the past century!

Lowish carb makes putting on weight even more difficult, and I'm guessing keto would be pushing it too hard, so I'm looking for some sort of a balance.
My glucose and HbA1C went up and down from Sept to April, but insulin dropped steadily.

As always, many many thanks,
ginny
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