Started ordering the same panel through goodlabs every 6-8 weeks back in November. Wanted a baseline before cleaning up my diet. Wasn't expecting to learn much.
Fasting insulin was the surprise, went from 14 to 11 then 8 and finally 6.4 over four draws. HbA1c followed but slower (5.6 to 5.3). My doctor never once tested fasting insulin in a decade of annual physicals because my A1c stayed normal. Apparently I'd been creeping toward insulin resistance for years and nobody flagged it.
ApoB moved more than LDL too. LDL: 134 to 118. ApoB: 102 to 79. Different story when you look at particle count vs cholesterol amount.
Vitamin D was the embarrassing one. I've been supplementing 1000 IU for years assuming that was enough. Started at 24 (deficient). Bumped to 5000 IU and watched it cli to 46 over time.
Same Quest, same morning fasting, so the trend is apples to apples. None of this would've shown up on a once a year doctor visit with whatever markers insurance felt like covering.
What cadence is everyone else running if youre running one at all? Thinking quarterly now that things are stable but feels excessive?