Transferrin saturation: the iron value that counts when ferritin misleads
Ferritin rises during a heavy training block, even as your iron runs down. Transferrin saturation does that far less, so...
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Ferritin rises during a heavy training block, even as your iron runs down. Transferrin saturation does that far less, so...
A raised LDH says little on its own, because this enzyme sits in almost every cell. Beside your CK and your potassium it...
A high reticulocyte count means your marrow is running at full speed. It is the only value on your blood count that meas...
Fasting raises your bilirubin. That has been known since 1976, and it is exactly what the lab asks you to do before your...
A raised MCHC value is almost never a disease. The lab uses this column as its own check on the tube, and that changes h...
The RDW blood value usually rises before your MCV falls. That is why a normal blood count can miss an early iron deficie...
A third of your platelets sit parked in your spleen. Exertion releases them, and that can push your platelet count over...
An albumin value at the bottom of the range gets read as liver, kidney or malnutrition on almost every Dutch page. In a...
Skeletal muscle mass runs near 40 percent of body weight in men and 33 in women. FFMI tells you how much can realistical...
A DEXA scan measures body fat to about one percent. That also means a difference under 1.2 percent is not a change, whic...
Frequent colds while training seriously? Two to four a year is ordinary. What your training load actually has to do with...
For men aged 20 to 39, healthy sits roughly between 8 and 20 percent; for women, between 21 and 33. Here is where those...