11/13/2025
Let’s review the checks and balances lab markers that I run for my elite performers.
*for educational purposes only not medical advice*
🩸 1. GGT- is a liver enzyme that reflects how well your liver and bile ducts are functioning and often rises with oxidative stress, alcohol use, medications, or bile flow issues.
🩸 2. Cystatin C -reliable marker of kidney function because it’s filtered by the kidneys and not significantly affected by muscle mass, diet, or inflammation.
🩸 3. Fructosamine is a blood marker that reflects average blood glucose levels over the past 2–3 weeks, based on how much glucose has bonded to proteins like albumin.
As always you need to be aware of your patient’s health history and other lab markers but if it is an elite performer and you see this pattern and you’ve checked these three markers usually it’s just signs of elite performance.