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Old 07-05-2011, 09:36 AM #1
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I am going to see my doctor this week to discuss blood work I had done about a month ago. I would love to have your input as to the results so I will have an idea of what I'm talking about.

B12 - 1200

B6 - 29.9

Zinc - 85

Magnesium - 2.4

B1 - 115

Vitamin D - 37

I am only given what the results of each test was but it's not telling me what the normal range of each would be. I have no idea what all this means. I would greatly appreciate anything you can help me with to understand where I stand as far as these numbers.

When these tests were done I was taking B12, B1, and Vitamin D. I have since added Zinc and Magnesium. I'm afraid of B6 because of my neuropathy so I stay away from it.

Thank you dear friend.....
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Vitamin D is slightly low, but not as low as some people here discover. New suggestions are for minimum of 50.

Magnesium is just a tad over normal range but not by much.

Zinc is confusing because of how it is reported..
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Plasma Zinc
This is the main lab test done to establish zinc deficiency. Although it is very good at picking up major deficiencies it is quite insensitive to marginal deficiency because a change in plasma zinc does not occur until zinc intake is extremely low. So a patient with `normal' results may still be deficient.

Plasma levels of zinc can be influenced by hypo or hyperproteinemia, acute infections, stress, time of sampling (how long after a meal), pregnancy, liver disease, malignancies and pernicious anaemia.

Zinc supplements will affect the results of plasma tests so one needs to avoid taking these for at least 24 hours prior to the test.

The optimal range of plasma zinc is 13.8 - 22.9µmol/L ( 90-150µg/dl).

Clinical signs of zinc deficiency may occur when plasma zinc concentrations drop below 9.9µmol/L (65 µg/dl).

Values less than 5µmol/L (33 µg/dl) are particularly associated with loss of the senses of taste and smell, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, skin rash, and loss of appetite.
you'd have to see the lab results to see their range.
http://www.diabetesexplained.com/zin...stic-test.html

Same for the thiamine...since some tests do serum and others do red cell content. It depends on your lab.

In general the results don't show anything alarming IMO.

Remember the lab ranges do not reflect what is normal for people taking supplements. They were determined on people NOT using vitamins. They are a statistical norm only.
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