Dr.MetabolicMD said:ApoB is the more informative number and it is cheap.
This is where I part company with the consensus forming above. Import rules are jurisdiction-specific and this board keeps giving US-shaped answers to non-US questions. What is a personal-import allowance in one country is a controlled-import offence in another.
Worth separating that from the lipid panel, which this thread keeps folding into the same question. They behave differently and the advice does not transfer.
Correct me if the detail matters more than I have assumed.
Dr.GutHealth said:Living somewhere the domestic route does not exist, which makes most of the advice on this board inapplicable to me.
My experience ordering cross-border ordering internationally: I've ordered from an Australian compounder. Customs can be hit or miss.
Shipping time: 5-10 days
Customs clearance: was seized once, reshipped free
Quality: Janoshik tested at 97.5% purity
International ordering adds complexity but can save 60-80% compared to US prices. Research your country's import laws first.
Dr.ReproEndo said:Import rules are jurisdiction-specific and this board keeps giving US-shaped answers to non-US questions.
Adding the part of the answer the thread has not reached. If two explanations both fit, the useful question is which one predicts something the other does not. That is answerable; arguing about which sounds more plausible is not.
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View ResultsOne thing that is still open after oliver_london’s answer:
Whether an unchanged LDL-C alongside a large triglyceride fall is a good result or a bad one, because ApoB and LDL-C seem to be telling different stories?
Reporting back.
Update, and it is the boring outcome: nothing was wrong. The measurement I was reading had moved less than its own week-to-week variation, which somebody said upthread and I did not believe.