3 Comprehensive Health Test

What is it?

A hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) test measures the amount of blood sugar (glucose) attached to hemoglobin. This biomarker indicates your average blood sugar level over the past three months, which may be useful in identifying people suffering from diabetes or prediabetes. In people with known diabetes or prediabetes, HbA1c levels help indicate how well these conditions are being managed.

How does it affect me?

HbA1c is a biomarker that indicates your average blood sugar level over the past three months, which may be useful in identifying people suffering from diabetes or prediabetes. In people with known diabetes or prediabetes, HbA1c levels help indicate how well these conditions are being managed.

What is it?

Thyroid Stimulating Hormone, or TSH, is produced by the pituitary gland and regulates the production of thyroid hormones by the thyroid gland. TSH levels are affected by a number of factors, including stress, diet, and certain medications. An imbalance of TSH levels may indicate an underactive or overactive thyroid, which can cause fatigue and dimish your ability to effectively excercise.

How does it affect me?

Elevated or supressed TSH may indicate hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism.

What is it?

Creatinine is byproduct of normal muscle function that is filtered out of your blood by your kidneys and exits your body in urine. Measuring how much creatinine is in your blood may be helpful in understanding how diabetes may be affecting your kidney function.

How does it affect me?

A creatinine test may be helpful in understanding how well your kidneys are functioning.

What is it?

Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance that's found in all the cells in your body. Your body needs some cholesterol to make hormones, vitamin D, and substances that help you digest foods. However, if you have too much cholesterol in your blood it can combine with other substances in the blood to form plaque. Plaque sticks to the walls of your arteries, which can develop into atherosclerosis and lead to cardiovascular disease.

How does it affect me?

Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance that's found in all the cells in your body. Your body needs some cholesterol to make hormones, vitamin D, and substances that help you digest foods. Your body makes all the cholesterol it needs. Cholesterol is also found in foods from animal sources, such as egg yolks, meat, and cheese

What is it?

HDL (high-density lipoprotein) is a healthy type of cholesterol that helps clear unhealthy cholesterol, like LDL, out of your body. Understanding your HDL levels can help a care provider evaluate your cardiovascular health.

How does it affect me?

With HDL cholesterol, higher numbers are better, because a high HDL level can lower your risk for coronary artery disease and stroke. How high your HDL should be depends on your age and sex: 19 or younger = More than 45mg/dl, Men age 20 or older = More than 40mg/dl, Women age 20 or older = More than 50mg/dl

What is it?

LDL is an unhealthy form of cholesterol that may increase your risk of developing atherosclerosis, the most common cause of cardiovascular disease. Understanding your LDL levels can help a care provider evaluate your cardiovascular health.

How does it affect me?

If you have a high LDL level, this means that you have too much LDL cholesterol in your blood. This extra LDL, along with other substances, forms plaque. The plaque builds up in your arteries and puts you at risk of developing atherosclerosis.

What is it?

Bilirubin is a byproduct of the normal breakdown of red blood cells. This byproduct is processed by the liver, where it becomes incorporated into bile and eventually excreted from your body. The amount of bilirubin in your blood may be an indicator of your liver's ability to filter your blood. This can help a care provider evaluate your overall liver function.

How does it affect me?

The amount of bilirubin in your blood may be an indicator of your liver's ability to filter your blood. This can help a care provider evaluate your overall liver function.

What is it?

ALT is an enzyme found mostly in liver cells. Liver damage caused by infection, injury, alcohol consumption, certain medications, or liver disease can cause an elevated amount of ALT in the blood stream. Measuring ALT and AST may help a care provider evaluate your overall liver health.

How does it affect me?

Liver damage caused by infection, injury, alcohol consumption, certain medications, or liver disease can cause an elevated amount of ALT in the blood stream. Measuring ALT and AST may help a care provider evaluate your overall liver health.

What is it?

AST is an enzyme found in the liver, heart, muscles, kidneys, brain, and red blood cells, which helps these tissues metabolize amino acids. AST levels in blood are most commonly used to evaluate liver health, but may also indicate tissue damage in the heart, muscles, kidneys, brain, or red blood cells.

How does it affect me?

AST levels in blood are most commonly used to evaluate liver health, but may also indicate tissue damage in the heart, muscles, kidneys, brain, or red blood cells.

What is it?

Vitamin D helps your body absorb calcium and regulates many other functions in your body, including inflammation, antioxidants, and neuroprotection. Healthy Vitamin D levels are associated with improved mental health, endurance, muscle function, and bone strength. High levels of physical activity in atheletes may increase the body's demand for Vitamin D.

How does it affect me?

Healthy Vitamin D levels are associated with improved endurance and muscle function. High levels of physical activity in atheletes may increase the body's demand for Vitamin D. Vitamin D deficiency may cause fatigue, muscle weakness, bone pain, or depression.

What is It?

Cortisol affects several aspects of your body including regulating your stress response, immune system and inflammation, blood pressure, heart rate, glucose metabolism. Cortisol levels can impact your cardiovascular health, risk for diabetes, immune system, fertility, and even cognition.

How does it affect me?

Elevated cortisol may cause a wide array of health problems including mental health issues, infertility, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. With respect to athletic performance, cortisol causes muscle breakdown and may inhibit growth factors that help build muscle.

What is it?

If you eat more calories than you need, your body turns the extra calories into triglycerides and stores them in your fat cells to use later. A high blood triglyceride level usually doesn't cause any symptoms, but over time it may affect your arteries and increase your risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Understanding your triglyceride levels can help a care provider evalute your cardiovascular health.

How does it affect me?

A high blood triglyceride level usually doesn't cause any symptoms, but over time, it may affect your arteries and increase your risk of heart disease. Extremely high levels of triglycerides also increase the risk of acute pancreatitis in adults and children.