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Do you ever send patients back to their PCP to order necessary additional tests after finding something abnormal on the initial blood chemistry panel?

Chris Kresser: Okay. First question from Amber, “Do you ever send patients back to their PCP to order necessary additional...

Other than ensuring optimum good health and recommending liposomal glutathione a month in advance, is there anything else I can do to prepare a client for Doctor’s Data-provoked heavy metals urine test?

Chris Kresser: Next from Chi, “Other than ensuring optimum good health and recommending liposomal glutathione a month in advance, is...

The client has serum B12 greater than 2,000, high active B12, holotranscobalamin greater than 256, lab ranges from 25.1 to 165, serum MMA normal at 150, significant deficiency symptoms including peripheral neuropathy, loss of balance, and high homocysteine. What could this mean?

Amy Nett: Next question from Chi: “The client has serum B12 greater than 2,000, high active B12, holotranscobalamin greater than...

Is hemoglobin reticulocyte count different from the reticulocyte count that’s offered in all the labs now?

Chris Kresser: The next one is from Eileen: “Is hemoglobin reticulocyte count different from the reticulocyte count that’s offered in...

What functional ranges and relevant markers would put a person in the prediabetic bracket?

Chris Kresser: “What functional ranges and relevant markers would put a person in the prediabetic bracket?” This is from Chi,...
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