Blood Test Ranges

Let’s talk about one of my absolute favorite things to talk about- blood test ranges.

The current system is great for the purpose of ruling in (or out) disease. But that is it’s purpose. So if you fall outside of the range you can be officially diagnosed with whichever disease (eg. low iron = anemia).

HOWEVER.

There’s a sweet spot which is un-spoken about.

And this sweet spot will be the difference between whether you feel good or bad.

Interestingly, we often know that something is not quite right- so we go to get some bloods to confirm this and are met with nothing being ‘wrong’.

But the absence of disease is not the absence of symptoms.

Symptoms are our bodies way of chatting to us- to let us know something is off centre.

And the body falling inside of this range means you are simply without a diagnosable illness, but not necessarily well.

Our bar is set low. Like low-low.

And if you’re trying to be better than ‘without disease’, you need to look at bloods with a fine-tooth comb (or get someone to help you with this). Generally speaking, centre of the range is where you’re aiming for - though it is a little more nuanced than this too.

To get our bodies into it’s perfect performance state (if you’re an athlete, a mum or even just a child this should be the minimum we are hoping for) - we have to aim a little higher than ‘without disease’.