Insulin Resistance Tests

#1

Well, pretty sure I am doing this wrong so I apologize in advance. I found this link through a comment on Dr. Fung’s IDM website. I thought it would be cool to get some idea about insulin resistance.

(G. Andrew Duthie) #2

Maria, I modified your post to move the link to the body, instead of the title.

You can just paste links into the post editor, and for many (though not for a PDF) it’ll provide a preview of the content.

#3

Back to the drawing board as the link does not work. Sorry! It is a blog by Dr. Georgia Ede regarding insulin resistance. She offers an equation to determine if you are, involving blood glucose and triglycerides. I found it interesting.

(G. Andrew Duthie) #4

Link worked fine for me…what happens when you click it?

#5

Thank you, thank you. Normally I would not have attempted such a thing but I found her interesting and informative. The link does work fine thanks to you.

(Erin Macfarland ) #6

Mine is 3.23, that seems low, is that good? It says women need to be below 8.

#7

Mine worked out to 8.14​:grinning::grinning::grinning::grinning::grinning:
Maybe I’m not as insulin resistant as I thought. I know that’s borderline though, so I need to get that down. What a wonderful quick tool. Thanks Maria. I go to IDM a lot…I’ll have to book mark this for my next labs in march

(Cathy Schroder) #8

I’m assuming that triglycerides have a different measurement scale in the U.S. If not I may have the worse case of insulin resistance ever recorded!

(Carla) #9

I wonder how much that is affected by medication? When I do the calculation, I am just on the border of insulin resistance. But I have T2D; my numbers are not what they would be if I wasn’t on meds. I am sure that without them, given my current weight, etc., I would be above the 8.73 threshold for women.

(Richard Morris) #10

Before Keto I was: 9.8
I’m currently: 8.31

Score :slight_smile:

(Richard Morris) #11

Yup multiply mmol/l of triglycerides by 88.57 to get mg/dl of triglycerides
also multiply mmol/l of glucose by 18.0182 to get mg/dl of glucose

(Blyss (Old @Charmaine)) #12

Currently, my reading is 7.16. That means I’m still insulin resistant, just not as much?

(G. Andrew Duthie) #13

If I’m running the conversions right (@richard, to convert from md/dl to mmol/l, you’d divide by the numbers you cite, correct?), mine is 2.36.

Lower is better, yes?

(Richard Morris) #14

Yes. Higher is worse.

Glucose and Triglycerides are markers of energy in circulation. The more energy there is not being used the more resistant you are. I guess it makes a funny kind of sense.

(Cathy Schroder) #15

Thanks @richard. I worked out the conversion for triglycerides but missed that of blood glucose. Had a lovely day feeling smug!

#16

I just used this calculation because on my latest blood tests, by triglycerides were 135, which I thought were a bit high. They had been 61 six months ago. I took a fasting blood test 4 days after an extended 19 day fast, so I didn’t know if that caused by triglycerides to be higher than what I thought they would be. My Total Cholesterol was down to 161 and my LDL was 85! My HDL was 49, so borderline for me (I’m female). This calculation showed by IR to be 8.606!

I’ve been Keto for about 10 months now. I’ve been totally off processed food, sugar and grains for probably 90% of the time, except for holidays and celebrations, when I can definitely feel and see my weight and glucose numbers rise. Right now I’m on a 5 day egg fast to counter Memorial Weekend! I love keto and I love the 2 Keto Dudes. You guys are an inspiration.

I go today to see my doctor again. I saw her 6 months ago and she told me not to eat so much saturated fat and to eat a more balanced diet. I’ve ignored her advice and keep Keto’ing on. She cannot discount my lipid numbers that I will be showing her today! Before I was Keto, my Triglycerides were in the 180 range, and my tri/HDL ratios were above 5. Also my Chol/HDL as running above 5. Point is, Keto works for me no matter what my doctor says!