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My gall bladder and liver went to hell after I started taking creatine and those other suppliments so I think I’m going to stop taking them as soon as the bottles run out. I think that fact that they are processed may make them harder to process in the body. I had a blood test and found out that the bile or "bilirubin" in my gallbladder is 2.1 and the average for a healthy person is .2-1.2 so that’s almost double. That’s weird because I’m a vegetarian so where did all that extra backed up fat come from? I still have energy issues but I still did some lifting today. I benched 135lbs 25x today and that’s better than yesterday so I’m at least getting stronger. We’ll see how it goes tomorrow working out at home.
May 17, 2009 at 10:26 pm
hey buddy just thought I’d ask, did you have a blood work up done before you started the creatine and other supps, if not then you shouldn’t blame those products for your higher level of bilirubin, first of all there are no normal levels of bilirubin just a variety of suggested levels and it is not a form of fat either, Billiruin is a byproduct of the breakdown of red blood cells a process known as hemolysis it can be caused by a great deal of things such as Gilberts syndrome, rises in hormone levels and liver failure amongst other things. my bilirubin levels are normal according to the figures in your blog but my Girlfriends are higher than yours, she had a complete medical work up done and was told it was nothing to worry about. get yourself to the Docs and ask for an explanation for your higher levels
May 19, 2009 at 10:08 pm
Thanks for the comment. I did it after I started the Creatine. It could be from another reason. My mom did some research and found out that Jaundice starts at 2.5 and I was at 2.1 so that sounds strange about your girlfriend. It probably wasn’t the creatine, although it affects some other things in blood tests.