My approach to optimizing health and lifespan includes daily nutrient tracking and yearly blood testing. Once you get your blood test results back from the doctor, are your values optimal if you’re within the reference range? This article will examine the “optimal range” for 1 of these measurements, serum bicarbonate. What does […]
Month: August 2015
If your goal is optimal nutrition, which orange root vegetable would you choose, carrots or sweet potatoes? 100 calories from carrots vs. 100 calories from sweet potatoes, let’s have a look! First, to get 100 calories you can eat almost double the amount of carrots, 245g compared with 111g of […]
Two blood markers of liver health are aspartate aminotransaminase (AST) and alanine aminotransaminase (ALT). AST and ALT are proteins that are usually found inside liver cells, but when there is liver cell damage, they’re released into the blood. It’s important to note that these proteins can also be elevated in the […]
My approach towards optimal health involves yearly blood testing and tracking my results to catch changes before they become problematic. In this article, I will evaluate the published literature to propose an optimal range for circulating white blood cells (WBC). Why is measuring WBCs important? Briefly, circulating WBCs are correlated with […]
Shown below is what my daily beet-berry smoothie looks like, and the recipe! Recipe: 1 lb of mixed frozen berries (strawberries, blueberries, cherries, raspberries, cranberries) 1 large beet (8-13 oz.) 1 vanilla bean (2-3 grams) Put it all in the blender with ~10 oz. of water, blend, and drink! For […]
In a previous post, with the goal of reducing all-cause mortality risk I wrote about obtaining (at least) 1000 micrograms of Vitamin K per day. To do that, I’ve begun making pineapple-spinach smoothies! To make it, I used 8 oz of fresh pineapple, which I put in the freezer for […]