MetaMetrix Study results of Alan Pater - December 17, 2002

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Hi All, For your interest, is the below information.

Cheers, Al.

MetaMetrix Study results of Alan Pater – December 17, 2002

Lipid peroxides are notoriously high for CRers, and mine was 0.9, reference

range <= 1.0, measured by high performance liquid chromatography. Yet, my

vitamin A was 0.3 vs 0.5-1.2; vitamin C marker p-hydorxyphenylacetate was

0.83 vs <= 0.73; vitamin E and its marker arachidonic was 148 vs 300-700;

coenzyme Q10 was 0.2 vs 0.8-1.5; and anti-oxidants selenium was 1.2 vs

1.2-4.0 and manganese was marginally low.

Although the company says that red blood cell (rbc) membrane nutrient marker

do not necessarily reflect serum levels, my vitamin B12 and folic acid were

recommended to be supplemented. Similarly, my homocysteine was 11 vs <=8,

but the heart health is rated to be excellent. I have a disk with my

angiogram raw data on it, which was said by the doctor doing it to tell me

“You will never die of a heart attack.” The reason for the angiogram was

that following my low glucose crisis, my electrocardiograms did a weird

thing in my mind – for the V3 and V4 waves there was a complete inversion

over a period in a stepwise fashion over the course of a small number of

weeks; similarly cardiac damage after heart attack marker, troponin I at 0

and 3 hours, was initially significantly elevated. My rbc calcium was high

and magnesium and low magnesium marker orotate were low despite the reverse

in the blood tests done.

For amino acids, I eat less proteins than most people and it seems to be

reflected in the low amino acid levels for many amino acids. Notable was

arginine. Yet, too little arginine is said to cause high blood pressure.

This seems to be another contradiction to me. What do you believe?

My AA/EPA, high values of which are said by the company to be due to high

meat and corn oil diets, was 2 vs 5-35; high fish and other omega 3 fats are

said to help if the levels are high. My polyunsaturated fats were

archidonic 148 vs 300-700, dihomogamma linolenic 13 vs 45-115 and linoleic

919 vs 1200-2500, and EPA/DGLA 5.75 vs 0.20-1.00 said to be due to lots of

fish oil. Monounsaturated nervonic was 115 vs 20-60 and increased levels

are said to be due to little exercise and high fats and cause degenerative

diseases by the company; similar associations was reported for the behenic,

which for me was 6 vs 10-35.

For digestion and intestinal health, I was said to need pre- and pro-biotics

due too intestinal bacteria profiles, have no problem with yeast and have no

problem for the xylene marker, when I always smell the organic in our lab

and in the pathology lab during my walking excursions.

Alan Pater, Ph.D.; Faculty of Medicine; Memorial University; St. 's, NL

A1B 3V6 Canada; Tel. No.: (709) 777-6488; Fax No.: (709) 777-7010; email:

apater@...