Hi docs,
I’m a 5’9", 175lbs, 23 year old asian male. With a 35" waist, and I’ve been barbell training for about 4 years now.
I recently did my yearly physical, and the doctor asked me to do a blood test. I had eaten normally that day, and I had trained and taken my creatine supplement (5g creatine monohydrate).
The physician left a note saying:
Your labs are overall good, but I did notice a slight injury to your kidneys. We should recheck this in 6 months. I advise you to avoid NSAIDs (Mortin, Advil, Aleve) and protein shakes. I also advise that you drink at least 64oz water daily.
I don’t understand why I should avoid protein shakes. Eliminating them completely would cause a significant change in my lifestyle and diet.
Here were the results from my lab:
| Resulted Orders | |||||
| ALT / SGPT (Collected: 6/6/2022 7:38 PM) | |||||
| Result | Value | Ref Range | |||
| ALT/SGPT | 20 | <52 IU/L | |||
| AST / SGOT (Collected: 6/6/2022 7:38 PM) | |||||
| Result | Value | Ref Range | |||
| AST/SGOT | 23 | <35 IU/L | |||
| Basic Metabolic Profile (Collected: 6/6/2022 7:38 PM) | |||||
| Result | Value | Ref Range | |||
| Sodium | 136 | 135 - 145 mmol/L | |||
| Potassium | 4.3 | 3.5 - 5.0 mmol/L | |||
| Chloride | 102 | 98 - 111 mmol/L | |||
| Carbon Dioxide | 26 | 21 - 35 mmol/L | |||
| Anion Gap | 8 | 3 - 13 | |||
| Blood Urea Nitrogen | 28 (H) | 10 - 25 mg/dL | |||
| Creatinine | 1.29 (H) | <1.28 mg/dL | |||
| Comment: | |||||
| IDMS Standardized. | |||||
| Glucose | 80 | 60 - 140 mg/dL | |||
| Calcium | 9.3 | 8.6 - 10.4 mg/dL | |||
| Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) | 80 | >60 mL/min/1.73m2 | |||
| Comment: |