The Panel To Actually Run — And What It Costs You Not To

Hey Reader, Dr Karl here.

Six labs. Most doctors won’t order half of them.

Over the last two weeks I’ve shown you my own numbers at 70 — the pairings, the surprise, and why “in range” told me almost nothing.

So here’s the practical end of it. If you want to know where you actually stand, this is the short list:

Fasting insulin — the master context. Almost never ordered. Mine is 4.5, and the “normal” range runs to 25.

Fasting glucose — only meaningful read alongside insulin, never alone.

IGF-1 — the growth signal, which only means something read through insulin.

Triglycerides and HDL — you already have these; nobody does the division. Mine: 51 over 117 = 0.44.

Homocysteine with RBC folate — the aging-brain and aging-vessel marker, and usually a correctable methylation problem.

That’s roughly five percent of the panel I actually run, and it will tell you more than the annual physical you’ve been getting for twenty years. Most doctors won’t order half of them. Ask anyway — or go around.

Then the harder part, and the reason I make these videos: the numbers are only half of it.

What they mean depends on where they fall relative to each other, and relative to people who look like you. That’s the work I do — reading the constellation, not the check marks.

If you want your own labs read that way, reply to this email and I’ll tell you how it works. I read every reply myself.

You can run these labs next month, or you can run them in five years after something forces the issue. ​
The labs are the same either way. You won’t be.

The full walkthrough is here if you missed it:

https://youtu.be/b1B8QJyx0GE​

To your health,

Dr. Goldkamp

That’s the whole reason I wrote Unlocking Optimal Metabolic Health: A Data-Driven Approach to Thriving at Any Age — to show you how to read your own labs, see the patterns, and act on real data instead of generic reference ranges.

📗 Grab the book Here: website​​

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