7 Health Parameters according to Dr. Joseph Mercola

7 Health Parameters according to Dr. Joseph Mercola

According to Instagram.com/drmercola, there are seven objective parameters that have been proven by many scientific studies to be “highly correlated with a lower risk of disease” (as explained in his current book “Effortless Healing”). These are indicators of well-being and allow you to assess your health today and whether or not it is improving over time. I take most of them seriously in my consultations and firmly believe that your competent and trusted health professional needs to value them, which becomes easier and more productive if you first get to know them in detail and also value them!

1️⃣ Fasting insulin: should be as low as possible, except for those aiming for ‘hypertrophy’.

2️⃣ Vitamin D: suggested to be maintained between 50 and 70 ng/ml, along with good ‘lifestyle habits’. More details at https://icaro.med.br/VitaminaD/.

3️⃣ Waist-to-hip ratio: learn and calculate here https://www.tuasaude.com/relacao-cintura-quadril/.

4️⃣ Body fat percentage: bad if it's too low or too high. Find out with a good bioimpedance scale or adipometer.

5️⃣ Total cholesterol/HDL cholesterol ratio: Ideally, your total cholesterol should be around 3x your HDL. Information at https://icaro.med.br/Colesterol/.

6️⃣ Blood pressure: bad if it's too low or too high. More information at https://icaro.med.br/Hipertensao/.

7️⃣ Uric acid: ideal between 3 and 5.5, and is also closely related to recurrent abuse of carbohydrates, especially fructose