One thought is to "stress test" your insulin. Eat your carbiest meal of the day and go in and get glucose & insulin tested 2 hours after. Thank you for the information! I thought fasting insulin would be the more important marker. I'll have to read up on Dr Croft's work, and try this ...

Hi everyone, I am a 29 year old female with an unremarkable medical history. My husband and I decided it would be fun to do 23andme a few weeks ago. When the results came back last week, I was shocked to find out I’m a 4/4. There is no known family history of dementia or Alzheimer’s on either side ...

Hi Everyone Gonna be honest, I'm very overwhelmed and feel like I'm drowning in an overload of data and terms that I have no idea what they mean. The following are a few items to describe me & my lifestyle: (But before I do that, I'm so grateful to have found this website and very thankful for ...

Kudos on the zero calcium score and for quantifying lipids. I like this older article from Chris Kresser when trying to figure out higher LDL-P: What Causes Elevated LDL Particle Number? Julie—Thank you so much for your response and for sharing the article! I think I’m having info overload and need...

As I am new to the knowledge that I'm a 3/4, I ordered the cardio-iq panel with inflammation, and the results follow. My inflammation looks fine, but there are two pieces of my ldl profile which look concerning. I've sent the results to my primary care dr. I have resisted being on a statin but now a...

Hi Gena, Similar story happened to me. Long story short, you might have other protective genes from your father's side. :D Human understanding is still limited wrt these genes, so I suggest carrying a light mind, which is proved to be beneficial :D Thanks for that reminder, Atlantis! I remember rea...

Hello... I'm in New Braunfels and wanted to introduce myself... and find out if you've been able to connect with any other Texans? Lora Hi Lora, I know this is an older post I'm responding to, but just in case...I'm in San Antonio and would love to meet up. Just found out my apoE status and this bo...

Welcome to the forum Gena and thank you for sharing your story! While it may have been a surprise to find out you're APOE status, it is also empowering because you can do something about your lifestyle to protect yourself. That's very interesting to hear that your father didn't show any signs and a...

Hi, I’m new to knowing my apoE 3/4 status and what that means and also new to this incredible site. My 81 year old mother was formally diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia in December which brought me here. When she was first diagnosed with dementia five years ago, the neurologist said ...

Hi, I’m new to knowing my apoE 3/4 status and what that means and also new to this incredible site. My 81 year old mother was formally diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia in December which brought me here. When she was first diagnosed with dementia five years ago, the neurologist said s...