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Private clinic is an option although I will go back to Europe for few weeks this summer so probably will do Iron panel there. I lost few kilos but I was already skinny before. Now 190cm/71kg and few months ago I had 75kg

@undeather @Michael569 @MarkKol Interesting that my diet is actually little bit worse as I moved to Argentina recently so I was indulging in local cusine sometimes. On the other hand my stress level,anxiety level and sleep schedule is better. I didn't work so much last month and my job is high stress job. But also I do feel tired and low in energy too much which confirms anemia. Also I was struggling with anemia in childhood. What would you guys suggest for anemia? Any suplement and any specific diet? As I am in new country I don't have my GP and here in Latin America considering my past experiences I don't trust doctor as much as in Europe so I would try to do on my own what is possible and consult with doctor if it is necessary only.

Here are new results after 4.5 months. They are better Any advices @undeather , @Michael569 and others? I guess statins are not necessary now? Complete Blood Count Red Blood Cells: 4.40 mill/mm3 (Ref. Range: 4.50 - 5.90) Hematocrit: 37.9% (Ref. Range: 37.0 - 53.0) Hemoglobin: 12.6 g/dl (Ref. Range: 13.0 - 17.5) Mean Corpuscular Volume: 86.1 fl (Ref. Range: 80.0 - 100.0) Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin: 28.7 pg (Ref. Range: 25.0 - 35.0) Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration: 33.3 g/dl (Ref. Range: 31.0 - 37.0) Red Cell Distribution Width (RDW): 14.4% (Ref. Range: 0.0 - 14.0) Platelets: 157 thousand/mm3 (Ref. Range: 150 - 440) Mean Platelet Volume (MPV): 14.3 fl (Ref. Range: 8.5 - 12.5) White Blood Cells: 4.3 thousand/mm3 (Ref. Range: 3.8 - 10.6) White Blood Cell Differential Segmented Neutrophils: 49.2% (Ref. Range: 44.0 - 70.0) Eosinophils: 6.5% (Ref. Range: 0.0 - 7.0) Basophils: 1.4% (Ref. Range: 0.0 - 1.0) Lymphocytes: 34.4% (Ref. Range: 20.0 - 44.0) Monocytes: 8.5% (Ref. Range: 5.0 - 11.0) Absolute Neutrophils: 2.10 thousand/mm3 Absolute Lymphocytes: 1.50 thousand/mm3 Observations Mild anisocytosis: Confirmed with smear Presence of macroplatelets Mild poikilocytosis Lipid Profile Total Cholesterol: 159 mg/dl (Ref. Range: 0 - 200) Triglycerides: 53 mg/dl (Ref. Range: Normal: up to 150, Borderline: 151 to 199, High: 200 to 499, Very high: over 500) HDL Cholesterol: 40 mg/dl (Ref. Range: Over 40) LDL Cholesterol: 108 mg/dl (Ref. Range: Optimal: Less than 100, Near optimal: 100 to 129, Borderline high: 130 to 159, High: 160 to 189, Very high: 190 or higher) Electrophoretic Lipidogram Prebeta Lipoprotein (VLDL): Normal Beta Lipoprotein (LDL): Normal Alpha Lipoprotein (HDL): Slightly decreased Chylomicrons: Absence

Thanks a lot! Next week I will do checkup with internal medicine doctor.

I am 30 years old. Everything else with my health is perfectly fine. I am not obese(190cm/75kg),I drink alcohol rarely, go to gym 2/3 times per week and I do weightlift there. My diet is not perfectly clean but I would say it's better than vast majority of people's diet. I eat red meat and processed food rarley. Only I don't eat enough vegetables. Downsides are a lot of stress because I have stressful job and bad sleep because of that. Also bad sleeping schedule as I go to sleep at 5am and wake up 1/2 pm. My job is sedentery also. My uncle had heart attack in mid 50s and my grandma stroke in mid 70s. I said to my doctor that stress is probably main reason for those numbers but she said it can't be the only reason. Last few years my number were on higher side but never this bad. My last test was april 2022 and LDL was 129 mg/dL.

Cholesterol 7.1 mmol/L (275 mg/dL) HDL-Cholesterol 1.2 mmol/L (46 mg/dL) LDL-Cholesterol 5.6 mmol/L ( 216 mg/dL) Triglycerides 0.7 mmol/L (62 mg/dL) Cholesterol and LDL-Cholesterol are high but how really bad are results? Should I be worried and what to do to get better results? Would like to hear opinion from @Michael569, @undeather and others that know more about this topic

I am trying to gain weight eating healthy but I still have problem with mushy and painful stool, felling bloated and going to toilet multipule times per day. I try to eat 3000 calories per day. This problems are only reduced when I eat less calories, something like 1000-2000 per day and I was doing that last 18 months because I was tired of dealing with all kind of digestion problems but ofc that meant that I started to loss weight drasticly and I lost 16kg in last 18 months and now I have only 69 kg and I am 190 cm tall. And here we are in situation where I don't really like how I look but gaining weight is really painful. It's worth to mention that my health problems were reduced but not totally gone when I was eating less. I would still have problems here and there. And interesting thing was that last summer I took vacation and I didn't work for few months and I was eating unhealthy but my digestion was better compared to when I was eating healthy. As I have really stressful job it made me think that stress is main reason for my problems but it's still hard to believe to me that it's only reason. Any advice would be helpful.

Yes, I do

So my monkey mind gives me insomnia very often and I have problem falling asleep. How do you unwind and relax before bedtime?

What position should US take if China tries to conquer Taiwan? It's really complex situation, especially after failed Afgan war

Onenote. My life is in there

Hard work. Then finding a way to implement smart work while you still working hard

You should just focus on finding a way to move out. That should be your number 1 priority waaaay before those others. I can't express enough how moving out from my toxic family changed my life immensely!

So we all concluded to intervene somewhere and forcing democracy where people are at too low stage and not ready for it is fail but what about when majority of people in country wants change but they are stuck in ruthless dictatorship? Let's look at Belarus as an example. 60%-70% of people choose change at last election but Lukashenko is still in charge using dictatorship and violence. Ofc America will not intervene because Lukashenko is backed by Russia but there are some others examples like that and there will be some new one's like that in the future. What will be right approach from western countries in those situations when majority of country wants change but they are stuck in dictatorship?