Dante - I think I have misunderstood "creatine over time"! Were you referring to the "pee in a bottle" 24-hour test, or elevated creatinine levels in a series of blood tests over a period of months/years? Although, thinking about it, neither results are "good"! Thanks.
Elevated creatinine levels in bloodwork over time absolutely. The same guy could do a 24 hour urine test and not train the previous 72 hours and eat 3-4 solid meals the previous days and he would come out totally fine....and the EXACT SAME guy could to a 24 hour urine test and train hard 2x over the previous 48 hours and take in an abundance of protein drinks for some of his meals the day of and the previous days and the doctor would be giving him the riot act on protein spillage in his urine and that his kidneys are in danger. How many doctors do you know tell bodybuilders not to train and not to drink liquid protein meals previous and during that 24 hour urine testing.....not many. Serum creatinine levels with bloodwork over time is a definitive sign.
I finally looked back at my old test
Before astralagous protein in urine was tested 100mg/dl
After about 4 weeks just trace. Correct me if I'm wrong, 100mg/dl is very bad?
1. Are ARB’s > ACE-I’s for kidney health?
2. What does HCTZ do for kidney health as that always seems to be prescribed in concert w either of the 2 classes of BP meds.
Thanks
Will someone take a stab at this please?
In my low 50’s
No training for 48 hours
7am fasted testing but drank a lot of water
Creatinine 1.31 (.76-1.27)
eGFR 64 —-FUGGGG
BUN/creatinine 13 (9-20)
Albumin 4.7 (3.5-5.5)
No traces of protein in urine
6’0 200 12-14% body fat
100 grams protein/day (meat)
These are actually very normal values the "e" before GFR stands for "estimated" because the test is just guessing your GFR based on how much creatinine is in your blood, the problem is, GFR is how well the kidneys are filtering creatinine from your blood to your urine and the test doesn't look at your urine, it just assumes high blood creatinine means your kidneys are not filtering well. Because bodybuilders make more creatinine (primarily from muscle mass, diet also has a small effect), they will always have more in their blood. To accurately assess your kidneys, you will need a 24hour creatinine clearance test.Will someone take a stab at this please?
In my low 50’s
No training for 48 hours
7am fasted testing but drank a lot of water
Creatinine 1.31 (.76-1.27)
eGFR 64 —-FUGGGG
BUN/creatinine 13 (9-20)
Albumin 4.7 (3.5-5.5)
No traces of protein in urine
6’0 200 12-14% body fat
100 grams protein/day (meat)
Bio - Currently only on 200 Test Enth.
Oddly enough, my numbers don’t change much when ON. I run relatively mild cycles though.
Varying levels of Creatinine. That’s frustrating. Doesn’t give you a whole lot of faith in the tests itself.
U forgot to add I’m also on VC’s Astragalus 2g (1g @ twice/day) and have been for 3 months.
I knew about ARB’s raising K+ but didn’t know that about Creatinine. Thanks for that.