Dr. Jason Fung

I think it's from the lipoprotein panel or something.

It's FASH-IR.

I actually don't use it because I just use C-peptide.

But there are other measures of insulin resistance, which is the same as hyperinsulinemia.

So they're the same thing.

that you probably could use, but I don't think that's covered either.

Is that a good?

It is.

So there's fairly well established criteria that are easy, right?

So if you look at the metabolic syndrome, it's actually a five sort of things.

And it's sort of high blood sugars, which you measure with the A1C.

It's the high blood pressure, which you use a blood pressure cuff.

It's high triglycerides, low HDL, which is a standard cholesterol panel.

And waist circumference, which is just measuring, right?

So that's the five criteria of metabolic syndrome.

And what's interesting is that all of those are manifestations of the excess insulin.

So therefore, if you really want to know about it, then you can check your A1C, your blood pressure, your triglycerides, and HDL, right?

So remember, it's not the LDL, which is the number that people sort of obsess over.

It's the other numbers, which are actually way more important.

And people forget that HDL is actually a way more powerful predictor of future events than LDL.