05/06/2026
This is the metabolic marker I look at first. Every time. Without exception.
And it is sitting right there on your standard, lipid panel, the one your doctor already ran.
Here’s how to read it:
🧮Take your triglycerides. Divide by your HDL. That number tells you a lot.
Below 1 — metabolically flexible. Goal.
1 to 2 — healthy range
2 to 3 — early insulin resistance
3 to 5 — metabolic dysfunction
Above 5 — significant cardiovascular risk
your triglycerides rise when your liver is converting excess sugar into fat. Your HDL falls when insulin stays elevated. So that ratio becomes a window into your insulin sensitivity years before anything else shows up.
You’ve already paid for those labs. You deserve to know everything that they are telling you.
Go listen 🎧 to this week’s podcast episode for the full picture, linked in bio.