1 hr 17 min

Start Tracking Your Health Using Basic Blood Testing – EP18: Alexis Shields (Naturopathic Doctor‪)‬ Quantified Health, Wellness & Aging

    • Health & Fitness

In this eighteenth episode, Alexis Shields explains that blood biomarkers may be obtained directly and the results used to reduce chance of future disease occurrence, as well as remedy any subclinical symptoms.



Read the transcript



She provides a tour of some of the common biomarkers. Along the way she describes her virtual functional medicine practice.

Topics we discussed in this episode



Terms naturopathic, homeopathic, allopathic and functional medicine

Urine biomarkers, DUTCH test

Triglyceride to HDL ratio correlates with cardiovascular disease, heart disease, and diabetes

Thyroid testing and Reverse T3

Thyroid and low mineral status

Hashimoto's disease and hypothyroidism

Hematology testing

Machine learning tool for looking at blood work

Iron vs ferritin

Iron levels

Cholesterol testing

High-resolution lipid analysis

LDL, nor total cholesterol has much predictive power

Apolipoprotein B (ApoB) and Lipoprotein(a)

Cholesterol and immunity

Adrenal testing

Sodium and potassium levels and adrenal dysfunction

Cortisol testing

Urine testing of pH is really tricky

Dietary cholesterol has minimal impact on blood cholesterol levels

Electrolytes and diet

Body acidity and disease

Insulin resistance

Physiological insulin resistance

Glucose and melatonin

Blood tests and supplements with COVID-19 in mind



Show links



DrAlexisShields.com (Website)

Stop Flushing Terabytes of Data Down the Toilet – (EP11: Daniel Maggs, bisu)

Nordic Labs (Website)

TG:HDL – Heart Disease Risk Calculator (Online Tool)

KSM-66 Ashwagandha Extract (Website)

Rhodiola Rosea (Website)

Hormesis (Wikipedia Entry)

Lymphocytes Definition (Article)

Leukocytes Definition (Article)

Neutrophils Definition (Article)

BloodSmart.ai (Website)

C-Reactive Protein (Article)

LIPOPRINT LDL Subfractions Test (Website)

NMR Lipid Profile (Article)

DUTCH Test (Website)

Anion Gap (Wikipedia Entry)

HOMA-IR Calculator (Web Page)

In this eighteenth episode, Alexis Shields explains that blood biomarkers may be obtained directly and the results used to reduce chance of future disease occurrence, as well as remedy any subclinical symptoms.



Read the transcript



She provides a tour of some of the common biomarkers. Along the way she describes her virtual functional medicine practice.

Topics we discussed in this episode



Terms naturopathic, homeopathic, allopathic and functional medicine

Urine biomarkers, DUTCH test

Triglyceride to HDL ratio correlates with cardiovascular disease, heart disease, and diabetes

Thyroid testing and Reverse T3

Thyroid and low mineral status

Hashimoto's disease and hypothyroidism

Hematology testing

Machine learning tool for looking at blood work

Iron vs ferritin

Iron levels

Cholesterol testing

High-resolution lipid analysis

LDL, nor total cholesterol has much predictive power

Apolipoprotein B (ApoB) and Lipoprotein(a)

Cholesterol and immunity

Adrenal testing

Sodium and potassium levels and adrenal dysfunction

Cortisol testing

Urine testing of pH is really tricky

Dietary cholesterol has minimal impact on blood cholesterol levels

Electrolytes and diet

Body acidity and disease

Insulin resistance

Physiological insulin resistance

Glucose and melatonin

Blood tests and supplements with COVID-19 in mind



Show links



DrAlexisShields.com (Website)

Stop Flushing Terabytes of Data Down the Toilet – (EP11: Daniel Maggs, bisu)

Nordic Labs (Website)

TG:HDL – Heart Disease Risk Calculator (Online Tool)

KSM-66 Ashwagandha Extract (Website)

Rhodiola Rosea (Website)

Hormesis (Wikipedia Entry)

Lymphocytes Definition (Article)

Leukocytes Definition (Article)

Neutrophils Definition (Article)

BloodSmart.ai (Website)

C-Reactive Protein (Article)

LIPOPRINT LDL Subfractions Test (Website)

NMR Lipid Profile (Article)

DUTCH Test (Website)

Anion Gap (Wikipedia Entry)

HOMA-IR Calculator (Web Page)

1 hr 17 min

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