Dr. Jason Fung

You actually see it a lot in South Asians.

So we have a big South Asian practice where we are and they're, you know, they're 120 pounds, right?

And so it's like, your weight is perfect.

Your BMI is like 20 something.

But you look at them and you go, well, you also have this,

really big belly, right?

You have very skinny arms and a big belly.

That's trouble.

Like, because that's the sort of, so you need to look at your blood sugars, your blood pressure, your triglycerides, HDL, and your waist circumference.

Because those are your markers and those are all well-established, right?

Those are easy to do.

They're standard.

Anybody can get them.

The fasting C peptides, a little bit more sort of advanced when you're really trying to say, hey, what's my risk?

So then the question you're asking is, do I have a lot of excess insulin, like too much insulin?

Insulin is a normal hormone, but do I have too much?

And keep in mind that the C-peptide is also quite variable.

So it can vary sort of, you do it one week, you do it the next week.

It's going to change, but you're looking for trends, right?

If it's always up, yeah, that's a problem, right?