Rethinking Medicine To Live Better Longer!
Next question: What is normal? According to Labcorp, a leading testing company, the acceptable range for ALT is below 33 IU/L for women and below 45 IU/L for men (although the ranges can vary from lab to lab). But “normal” is not the same as “healthy.” The reference ranges for these tests are based on current percentiles, but as the population in general becomes less healthy, the average may diverge from optimal levels. It’s similar to what has happened with weight. In the late 1970s, the average American adult male weighed 173 pounds. Now the average American man tips the scale at nearly 200 pounds. In the 1970s, a 200-pound man would have been considered very overweight; today he is merely average. So you can see how in the twenty-first century, “average” is not necessarily optimal. With regard to ALT liver values, the American College of Gastroenterology recently revised its guidelines to recommend clinical evaluation for liver disease in men with ALT above 33 and women with ALT above 25—significantly below the current “normal” ranges. Even that may not be low enough: a 2002 study that excluded people who already had fatty liver suggested upper limits of 30 for men, and 19 for women. So even if your liver function tests land within the reference range, that does not imply that your liver is actually healthy.
Our lifestyle improving plan at R.A.W Health can be summarised by the above excerpt of the book Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia, MD.
We don’t believe in the present normal ranges when reading the blood reports. Instead we focus on the symptoms and try to cure metabolic diseases at the earliest. Part of the problem is an average person is getting sicker and we’re not ready to go back to feed ourselves what our ancestors ate 10,000 years ago because of modern lifestyle which benefits people monetarily in this global economy. So, if you need help and don’t know where to go kindly meet our coaches at R.A.W Health and start educating yourself on the most basic pillars of life: Fitness, Food & Faith.