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I have slon down past 2 years, figure see what's up. What is a good test to take for athletes? Any good at home kit recommendations or national clinic (quest) ? Also looking not to pay an Ironman entry fee price heh.. considering crossing the border too
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How does it work in terms of costs where you are if you see your family doctor and get blood tests done through them?
In Australia essentially we don't pay for the sorts of blood tests you would most likely need so you are only paying for the cost of your doctors consult and followup as needed.
The Quest panel of bloods seems good, a few things you could probably do without having done if needed but the key ones are all there (but bloody expensive!!).
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I have slon down past 2 years, figure see what's up. What is a good test to take for athletes? Any good at home kit recommendations or national clinic (quest) ? Also looking not to pay an Ironman entry fee price heh.. considering crossing the border too

I'll x2 Athlete Blood Test but it isn't necessarily cheap although they do have good rates and pass that on to you as much as possible. As someone who previously had a high-deductible plan it is what it is and getting in to seeing a doctor who then can request labs is a process and costly in and of itself from a time perspective. It varies by state on whether or not it is necessary for a doctor script to pull the labs. I know one of my readers on a different topic, asked about lead, because he knows I eat a lot of chocolate and cocoa but it required a doctor to pull the lab. I was going to do it just for curiosity sake but the fact that I had to go to the doctor to tell them, "hey I wanted to test my lead" was asinine. If I ever go to my primary, I will. ABT is pretty fast and you get the report emailed to you. Basically you go to Labcorp after order and it takes about 3 days to get the results.

Here is my latest published report. It has links to my previous tests.

I will say that with my own ear issue, it was nice to have some basic labs handy. Looking back with my ear, I would have loved to have really basic balance tests every couple of years so I could set up a sort of baseline. There are probably a whole set of other basic baselines I should take for other systems but you never really think about that stuff until you get sick. Not a doctor but knowing where things like Iron, Vitamin D, Magnesium, B12 and T and can be helpful in explaining things. Keep in mind ABT is about athletes and optimizing and less about disease but you could always take the results to your doctor too or do your own further self-analysis.


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synthetic wrote:
I have slon down past 2 years, figure see what's up. What is a good test to take for athletes? Any good at home kit recommendations or national clinic (quest) ? Also looking not to pay an Ironman entry fee price heh.. considering crossing the border too

I'll x2 Athlete Blood Test but it isn't necessarily cheap although they do have good rates and pass that on to you as much as possible. As someone who previously had a high-deductible plan it is what it is and getting in to seeing a doctor who then can request labs is a process and costly in and of itself from a time perspective. It varies by state on whether or not it is necessary for a doctor script to pull the labs. I know one of my readers on a different topic, asked about lead, because he knows I eat a lot of chocolate and cocoa but it required a doctor to pull the lab. I was going to do it just for curiosity sake but the fact that I had to go to the doctor to tell them, "hey I wanted to test my lead" was asinine. If I ever go to my primary, I will. ABT is pretty fast and you get the report emailed to you. Basically you go to Labcorp after order and it takes about 3 days to get the results.

Here is my latest published report. It has links to my previous tests.

I will say that with my own ear issue, it was nice to have some basic labs handy. Looking back with my ear, I would have loved to have really basic balance tests every couple of years so I could set up a sort of baseline. There are probably a whole set of other basic baselines I should take for other systems but you never really think about that stuff until you get sick. Not a doctor but knowing where things like Iron, Vitamin D, Magnesium, B12 and T and can be helpful in explaining things. Keep in mind ABT is about athletes and optimizing and less about disease but you could always take the results to your doctor too or do your own further self-analysis.

Funny, that a reason I didn't mention is to check heavy metals for my cocoa addiction
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