Which biomarkers to test and how to interpret your blood values.
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The MPV value measures how large your platelets are on average. On its own it says little, and it drifts upward while th...
Two grams of protein per kilo a day and still a total protein at the bottom of the range. That is not a diet error, beca...
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...
Frequent colds while training seriously? Two to four a year is ordinary. What your training load actually has to do with...
Almost everyone reads a high basophil count from the wrong column. With so few cells the percentage is mostly noise, and...