Liver

Total bilirubin — optimal range for vegans & vegetarians

A pigment from red-cell breakdown.

Optimal range

≤ 1.2 mg/dL

How a value is read

Optimal≤ 1.2 mg/dL
Above optimal1.2 – 2 mg/dL
Markedly high> 2 mg/dL

Bands are given in the marker's canonical unit; values in other units are converted automatically.

Why it matters on a plant-based diet

A hemoglobin breakdown product. Mildly high often from benign Gilbert's syndrome; markedly high with liver/bile issues.

A single marker decides nothing

Deficiencies mask one another: high folate hides low B12, inflammation inflates ferritin, low zinc mimics iron deficiency. VEGALYSIS reads the whole picture and explains the links.

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Units

  • mg/dL
  • µmol/L× 0.059 mg/dL

VEGALYSIS accepts any of these units and converts the value to the canonical one.

Names seen on lab reports

bilirubin · total bilirubin · билирубин · билирубин общий

Sources

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Educational material; not a substitute for a clinician's advice.