To start, Cyrus gained about a pound in three weeks on the diet. A pound has been hard to come by lately. His C-reactive protein levels were normal pre-diet and remained normal post-diet. The Erythrocyte sedimentation rate was high at his pre-diet appointment, and unfortunately today's ESR was not ready for us by the end of his appointment. His doc mentioned something about his creatinine levels increasing and that was good... my hunch is that the 6-mp slammed them down and they are now coming back into the normal range.
Overall, it was good doctor's visit (despite having to wait for 90 minutes between getting blood drawn and for the doctor). His doc is very supportive of us trying the diet and he seems to believe there is something to it. He and I spent about 10 minutes talking about study design, at which point I told him he needed to fill out my biostatistics request form and make an appointment to come see me! Though, it's pretty much an impossible study to conduct and that's why there's no "evidence" in the literature that the diet does or doesn't work.
Good fun. Avocados today, nut butter on Thursday!
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