The Basics
Weight/Height
Blood Pressure
Blood Sugar
Metabolic Panel
Lipid Panel
Blood Count
Listen For Heart Murmurs
Listen To The Lungs
Check For Blood In The Stool
Is it usually done by a general practitioner or a specialist?
yeah I do all that. but who checks for optimal boron or iodine or vitamin d3 and such.
Old-school, catering to sick-care. Those tests are indeterminate for the stealthy issues the OP article describes.
For those who really care to know their health (you must have a physician who understands the gravity of these tests and analysis):
BMI
ACR, GFR & Urinary frequency
hs-CRP
HbA1C
IgE
PSA (prostate-specific antigen)(male)
FHP (Hormone Panel)(female)
Stool examination (and general symptomatic review for malabsorption of nutrients)
Summary of rationalized, self-medicated or compensated symptoms for detailed analysis (everybody has them)
MET (metabolic equivalents) analysis
Fasting insulin is a better indicator for diabetes than fasting blood sugar. By about ten years.
I’m 72, and my doctor had never run an a1c test or insulin test. A year ago, my blood test showed blood sugar was 117. He circled the number but didn’t say anything.
I asked for a copy of my blood test, then went online and discovered I was pre-diabetic and probably had fatty liver (high AST reading of 48).
Went keto, then six months later requested a1c and fasting insulin with my blood test. A1c was 5.6, insulin was 11.7, AST was 18, and down 43 pounds.
Still keto/carnivore, one meal a day, feel great. Working to get the sugar and insulin down some more.
If you are a man, you need to add PSA and a DRE.