Dr.NateNeph said:If two explanations both fit, the useful question is which one predicts something the other does not.
Agreed, and one caution: a single measurement is not a measurement. Anything that moves day to day needs a trend before it means anything at all.
Ask again with the specifics and you will get a better answer than this one.
pete_RVA said:The meal advice is right and incomplete without the hydration point.
That reframing is the part I needed. Taking it to my next appointment.
Dr.NateNeph said:If two explanations both fit, the useful question is which one predicts something the other does not.
This is where I part company with the consensus forming above. Not convinced. The evidence being cited is consistent with the conclusion and also consistent with two other conclusions nobody has ruled out.
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View ResultsThe figures, for anyone assembling their own picture. Worth stating the units and the reference range whenever you post a number here. A large fraction of the apparent disagreement in these threads is two people using different units and both being right.
That is the short version; the long version is somebody else's post.
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