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#211 - Understanding your cholesterol panel & metabolic health blood tests | Dr. Robert Lustig & Dr. Casey Means - (Replay)

LEVELS – A Whole New Level

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The Role of Insulin in Diabetes

The triglyceride to HDL ratio, as Jerry Reven demonstrated, is the poor man's marker for insulin resistance. When your liver starts storing fat, your pancreas has to make more insulin to make the liver do its job. Insulin takes whatever's in your blood that you're not burning right now and puts it into fat for storage. It will grow your dress size, but it doesn't necessarily mean it's dangerous or it can put it into visceral fat which is very dangerous.

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