How to read your results: iron, B12, vitamin D, thyroid, lipids, inflammation and more. 10 evidence-based guides, each written in plain English with UK context and real citations.
ApoB and non-HDL cholesterol often predict heart risk better than LDL alone. What your lipid panel, trig:HDL ratio and Lp(a) mean, plus NICE and GP tips.
Read guide → Bloods & Lab TestsB12 and folate deficiency are missed when tests read normal. Why serum B12 misleads, how active B12, MMA and folate fit, who is at risk, and UK treatment.
Read guide → Bloods & Lab TestsHomocysteine, MTHFR and methylation, explained plainly: the B-vitamin link, the honest trial evidence, and why most commercial methylation hype overreaches.
Read guide → Bloods & Lab TestsLearn to read a full blood count the way a clinician does: what haemoglobin, MCV, the white cell differential, platelets and RDW mean, with UK ranges shown.
Read guide → Bloods & Lab TestsWhy a normal ferritin can still be too low: UK guide to functional vs lab ranges, symptoms beyond anaemia, causes, and how to treat iron deficiency safely.
Read guide → Bloods & Lab TestsLipoprotein(a) is a genetic, mostly fixed cholesterol particle that raises heart attack, stroke and aortic stenosis risk. Why to test it once, in nmol/L.
Read guide → Bloods & Lab TestsWhat CRP, hs-CRP, ESR and ferritin measure, why high-sensitivity CRP flags heart risk, how ferritin masks iron deficiency, and how to read them together (UK).
Read guide → Bloods & Lab TestsThe omega-3 index measures EPA plus DHA in red blood cells. See target ranges, the dose to raise it, the REDUCE-IT vs VITAL vs STRENGTH split and UK guidance.
Read guide → Bloods & Lab TestsUK vitamin D guide: the 10 microgram (400 IU) dose, deficiency rates, adequate versus optimal nmol/L, the K2 and magnesium question, testing and safe limits.
Read guide → Bloods & Lab TestsZinc powers immunity, skin, taste and testosterone, but long-term high-dose zinc causes copper deficiency. UK doses, safe limits and the zinc-copper balance.
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