A simple calculation to know your insulin resistance risk but you need to make sure you get these two markers tested when you get a blood draw.

Ask for this biomarker in addition to the fasting glucose, then do this simple calculation.

How to know if you are at risk for insulin resistance

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I have attached a PDF of the transcript of an interview with Dr. Shananhan by Dr. Mercola. I know some people are wary of Mercola, but the bottom line is that he interviews some alternative health practitioners who can offer you valuable information.

In recent months, I have seen more test results that include fasting glucose and insulin. This is great!

To determine your IR risk

Ensure you look at your fasting insulin and fasting glucose from the same blood draw.

Multiply the two numbers together and then divide this number by 405 if you live in the US. If you live in Europe, in that case, because of the different measurements used, divide by 22.

Either way, the value should be less than 1.0 according to Shanahan Less than 1.0 indicates no signs of insulin resistance.

Here is a client example

Fasting glucose: 85

Fasting insulin: 5.3

85 x 5.3 = 450.5

450.5 divided by 405 equals 1.11.

So, this is not a bad result, but it is still preferable to reduce it slightly to minimize IR/diabetes risk.

What if your number is much higher than 1?

There is no magic pill to reduce your risk of type 2 diabetes. Either lose weight or maintain a healthy weight, get fresh air, exercise, and movement into your daily routine, sweat, keep bowels moving daily, hydrate with filtered water, take activated charcoal on an empty stomach to remove recent toxin exposure, consume whole foods and avoid GMOs, additives, coloring/dyes, fragrances, herbicides, heavy metals and so forth as much as you can.

Do not be afraid to eat a non-vegetarian diet and healthy fats.

Know your hs-CRP biomarker and reduce inflammation as needed via diet and lifestyle and possibly supplemental factors such as adding in curcumin.

After making significant changes, retest in 6 months. You can order these tests on your own via Directlabs and, I am sure, other labs as well.

Another important takeaway from the interview

Mercola and Shanahan agree that the overall population's health has vastly changed, and the majority are worse than previous generations. Allopathic medicine has lab test ranges based on the overall current population.

If your lab markers “all look good,” does that mean you are healthy, or are they good compared to the general, unhealthy, inflamed, overweight population?

This is why functional practitioners like myself will tell you that we look at functional ranges. We are focusing on optimal health, not falling into average health within the sick population we currently see.

You may not even know if your practitioner tested fasting insulin and glucose so look at your most recent labs.

If you have the numbers, please share your calculated number. If it is much higher than 1, do you plan to make any diet/lifestyle changes

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