Blood tests:
Yearly fasting blood tests: These tests are advised at the annual wellness visit to proactively manage health, and help determine risk of stroke, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and many other diseases. The recommended tests include complete blood count with differential (CBC with diff), comprehensive metabolic panel with kidney function tests (sodium, potassium, bicarbonate, bood urea nitrogen, creatinine, glucose, calcium) and liver function tests (AST, ALT, LDH, GGT, bilirubin, and alkaline phosphorus, albumin, total protein), uric acid, magnesium, phosphorus (inversely related to fructose consumption), lipid profile, homocysteine (measures systemic inflammation and evaluates stroke risk) C-reactive protein (for heart attack risk), DHEA sulfate, free and total testosterone, progesterone, estradiol (for both women and men), 25-OH vitamin D (retest after on 3 months of vitamin D3), vitamin B12 level, iron profile, thyroid function tests with TSH, free T4 and T3, fasting blood glucose, hemoglobin A1C (3 month average serum glucose), PSA for males over age 45 (not reliable for prostate cancer screening but for prostate inflammation)
