Healthy Weight Loss

Description

Track Healthy Weight Loss: There are so many diets and weight loss tools available to help you lose weight, but their quality can vary and it can be hard to know which plan is right for you. Effectively monitoring your weight loss patterns through protein biomarkers can indicate how your diet and exercise plan is affecting your body. This allows you to make safe, healthy changes in your daily habits to ensure long-term weight loss. Healthy weight loss may also lower your chances of developing heart disease, high blood pressure, and type II diabetes.

17 Biomarkers Measured:

1. Adiponectin (ACRP30)
   Moderate weight loss raised levels modestly
   Reference 1 | Reference 2
2. Chemerin
   Increased levels in obesity
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3. CRP (C-Reactive Protein)
   Increased levels in obesity; modest amount of weight loss reduced levels
   Reference 1 | Reference 2
4. Cystatin C
   Increased levels in obesity
   Reference 1 | Reference 2
5. E-Selectin
   Increased levels in obesity; decreased levels with weight loss
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6. IGFBP-3
   Decreased in obesity
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7. IGF-1
   Increased levels with weight loss from bariatric surgery
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8. IL-1 Ra (IL-1 F3)
   Increased levels in obesity; decreased levels with weight loss from bypass surgery
   Reference 1 | Reference 2
9. IL-6
   Increased levels in obesity
   Reference 1 | Reference 2
10. IL-8 (CXCL8)
    Increased levels in obesity
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11. Insulin
    Increased levels in obesity
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12. Leptin
    Increased levels in obesity; decreased levels with modest amount of weight loss
    Reference 1 | Reference 2 | Reference 3
13. PAI-1
    Increased levels in obesity; decreased levels with weight loss
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14. RBP4
    Increased levels in obesity
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15. Resistin
    Increased levels in obesity
    Reference 1 | Reference 2
16. TNF alpha
    Increased levels in obesity
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17. MCP-1 (CCL2)
    Increased levels in obesity
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