Edited my question because I see HS crp vs CRP doesn’t change the value much… I’m either 12-14 years younger… I’ll take either!
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The molecule is the same. HS (High Sensitivity) refers to the test.
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This is a smallish update-
My gluten challenge took longer than I planned due to vacation limiting my access to the particular bread I was eating. I didn’t end up making it the full 14 days. Everything was seemingly going well until day 11 when my body obviously had enough! Hahaha, I’ll spare you all the details! 
In the past I would get dermatitis herpetiformis outbreaks/reactions within a day or two of any trace gluten exposure and in this experiment of 2 slices of bread per day it only obviously impacted my gut. I’m happy I tried though and pleased my body isn’t nearly as sensitive.
I’m continuing to eat a no added salt diet which is working out great for me personally. I do regret my years of excessive salt consumption and think it caused a lot of issues I (not any of my doctors) could never quite put my finger on starting in my teens. Here are my personal improvements:
*I stay hydrated pretty effortlessly
*No longer have dizzy spells, weakness, fatigue if I push myself too hard
*BP is in a rock solid stable range of 90-100/60-70. (Systolic goes up to 115 temporarily with exercise)
*I never have facial puffiness
*My skin no longer feels tight/dry without lotion
Here’s a screenshot of my dietary sodium to potassium ratio intake for the week.
I’m slightly higher than the Yanomami but it’s not bad for living in the modern world!
I’m going to try to run more labs by the end of September. I’m hopeful for continued improvements since I’m now able to tolerate a more plant based diet with some fish/shellfish. I still have some lean meat, eggs and non fat dairy about 50% of the time but it’s a far cry from the 100% carnivore diet I was eating when I joined. I’m grateful for the education I’ve received here from so many members that inspired me to be persistent in breaking away from a dietary pattern that really wasn’t working for me.
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Are those the daily figures averaged for the week or the week’s figures?
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I plugged my average intake from cronometer for the last seven days into the calculator. Hopefully I’ve understood your question correctly but let me know if not please!
I have some limited lipid labs for now and a recent hbA1c. Both are improved without the addition of a statin or anything for glucose management. This is just via diet and lifestyle interventions. My hbA1c in May was 5.6 for comparison but I was early in the process of transitioning off keto.
End of 2022/carnivore diet-before starting rapa:
Current limited lipids and a1c
I still might add a statin and/or something for glucose but I’m going to get more comprehensive labs and do more research. It does show for me at least that glucose and lipids are probably not being impacted by rapa.
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