Below is the post I put on the main 5:2 thread detailing my blood test results 4 months after starting ADF with a short background paragraph about my past health. At the foot of this post I have added some other blood results not listed on main thread as there was no omparison from the July tests so no point. However they may be of interest to anyone with a medicall background (or may not 
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Evening all.
Well as I said earlier got the blood test results back this afternoon and I'm sad enough to sit down and share them with the greater research project that is this Thread approaching the midnight hour.
A bit of background first. Up till two years ago I basically had a quite an issue with alcohol, namely a bottle and a half of Merlot in front of the Telly after work every day of the week. This had no real effect on my health until about 3 or 4 years ago when basically that and my increasing weight led to me starting to fall apart physically (no need to go into too many details). Anyway the docs start sending me for blood tests every 6 months or so to see how the 'markers' in my blood were doing.
Initially although my cholesterol was always fairly good, never really above 5.2 most of the other markers weren't great. My liver enzyme test coming out at about 130 when the upper limit should be 40.
I stopped drinking 2 years ago but put on a little more weight till a year ago I was 18 stone (but naturally big boned ). Although I hadn't drunk for a year the Liver enzyme test was still in the 60's this January. I lost a few stone between last November and early July when I had my last test and the Liver enyme test had dropped to 46, nearly the upper range of healthy.
So below are the results from July a couple of weeks before I started this WOE, initially 4:3 then more recently 5:2. As it said in the programme I have had 600 cals on Fasting days and eaten anything on none fasting days including chocolate, pizza, curry, crisps and anything up to 3,500 cals although my TDEE is around 3,300 because of my build,sex and activity levels. I keep my protein levels down, I'm not a great meat eater but do eat meat, I have no concerns at all whether something has carbohydrates in it but avoid most of the time very high GI foods but not all of the time. I eat a diet high in oats, fibre and veg as well as other 'less wholesome' foods and the only supplements I take are ALIMAX garlic tablets and Boots own label Omega 3 supplement.
The first column was the score in the July blood test the second the score now and the 3rd the recommended normal range. The results on the whole are pretty amazing.......
Cholesterol overall 4.1 / 3.4 / 3.0-5.0
HDL good Cholesterol 1.35 / 1.5 / 1.0-3.5
LDL bad cholesterol 2.3 / 1.6 / 1.0-3.00
A very good cholesterol reading and a huge improvement in the good to bad cholesterol ratio, espeially considering my unrestricted diet on feed days
Trig levels .88 / .71 / 0.5-2.3
Although Triglyceride levels were good in July they were over 15% better a few months later, this is also a sgn of a liver working healthily
Liver Function Tests
ALT/SGPT Serum 46 / 30 / 0.00-40.00
Serum Protein level 71 / 69 / 60-80
Serum albumin 44 / 45 / 35-50
Serum globulin 27 / 24 / 18-36
All markers basically going in the right direction with the main marker being within the healthy range for the first time in a decade
Kidney Function
Serum urea level 5.4 / 3.9 / 2.5-7.8
Serum creatine level 93 / 87 / 74-110
Serum Potasium 4.3 / 4.1 / 3.5-5.3
All fairly healthy with slight improvements. The drop in the urea marker probably down to my low protein diet showing up
Fasting Blood Glucose Level
4.5 / 4.7 / 3.5-6.0
Up slightly and I think it was in July from the previous one so will watch this.
Serum TSH Thyroid function / 1.67 / .35-5.5
This wasn't done last time
I post these results because people have asked to see whether this WOE has health benefits as well as weight loss benefits so I hope they don't look like I'm saying 'look at me aren't I great'. So overall in a matter of 4 months this WOE has has marked positive effects on some major body functions. Of course there may be other areas not tested that are going in the wrong direction only time and more evidnece from others will tell.
However all I can say is I feel better than I did 4 months ago, my Liver and Kidneys are working better and my cholesterol levels are markedly improved despite me eating basically anything I wanted...be it every other day .
It made the curry tonight taste all the sweeter....washed down by a cool pepsi with loads of ice of course
Additional bloods:
Full blood count:
Haemoglobin concentration 14 g/dl (13.3-17.3)
Total white count 5.5 109/L (3.8 -11.0)
Red blood cell count 4.92 1012/L (4.5-6.0)
Haematocrit 0.42 ( 0.4-.05)
Mean cell volume 13.7% (9.0-15.0)
Mean cell Heamo concent 33.7 g/dl (32.0 -36.0)
Platelet count observation 192 10*9/L (150 - 400)
Mean platelet volume 10.3 fL
Diferential white count:
Neutrophil count 3.1 109/L (2.0-7.5)
Lymphocyte count 1.7 109/L (1.5-4.0)
Monocyte count 0.5 (0.2-0.8)
Eosiinophil count 0.1 (0.0-0.4)
Basophil and Promyelocyte counts both 0.0
Blood Haematinic levels:
Serum vitamin B12 406 ng/L (246.0-911.0)
Serum Folate 8.4 ug/L (5.4-20.0)
Serum Ferritin level 76.8 ug/L (20 - 300)
I have no idea whether these last figures are any use but put them there on the off chance.