Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Redefining Normal Bloodwork

2 Jul 2025

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This is a YouTube video titled "Redefining Normal Bloodwork" containing a monologue or lecture-style explanation about the limitations of traditional lab reference ranges and the need for more optimal health markers, recorded in July 2025. The content focuses on interpreting blood test results in the context of modern health challenges such as diabetes, obesity, and metabolic syndrome.

Typically, lab ranges are based on two standard deviations of the mean, meaning the average typical person, 95% of the population falls in that range. Well, today's normal quote, unquote, people are sick, we're diabetic, we're obese, we're inflamed, we have high blood pressure, we have metabolic syndrome, we have toxicity issues. So that that concept of a normal range isn't super helpful anymore. So let's go through a couple other labs like that. Are you looking at a comprehensive metabolic panel? You might see your liver on some levels and have a normal range, but actually optimal for your liver is actually a level less than 20.