Hello,
first time on this forum and finding my way around! It is very inspiring to see what other people experience and the knowledge they can share.
I am on 5:2 for soon a year, male, 35 years old, around 70kg and 182 cm. I had my first IGF1 test made in April and it was 121.3 ng/mL. My understanding is that it is low, but not in any way extremely low. Glucose was on 4.1, which is also healthily low. My cholesterol was: triglycerid 0.87, HDL 1.50, LDL 3.0 – so all good!
What I am trying to understand is if there is any threshold for IGF1, under which the cell repair mode starts (does it have to be extremely low to have any effect at all)? Or is the risk for cell damage linear, so that e.g. a level of 150ng/mL means a better protection or reduced risk than 170, and 130 means a better protection or reduced risk than 150?
My gut feeling is that it is a healthy level and should at least mean that I am not in a higher risk category. Thanks for any advice on the subject.
11:32 am
22 Aug 13