Well the results are in
Fasting BG 4.8
HbA1c 5.3, or 34.4
Fasting is lower, and a nice stable HbA1c.
Trigs 0.9
HDL 1
LDL 1.5
so everything has dropped there since August.
All kidney and liver functions where they should be, apart from my liver ALT level.
That's marginally elevated, a point or two above the top limit. of normal, whereas last year it was in the bottom half of the range.
(Although in some ranges it's actually in the normal range)
It's no where near high enough to even register as a concern, as it's so close, (or even within), to the normal range, but it has gone up, and I don't like changes.
I have bean reading up on it, statins can raise ALT levels, and I have changed the statin this time around.
Alcohol can, and I did have a good summer, although I have been teetotal for the two weeks leading up to the test.
Very low calorie diets have been observed to raise ALT levels, (but not always).
But interestingly, it does point to the possibility of a fatty liver, whatever the cause, (or then agin it's a result of the diet?) but a few more weeks more of the Newcastle diet, still on the wagon, and I'll ask for another ALT test in a months time, when I see the nurse to discuss the results.
