# @amandanighbertrd on Instagram - **Type:** Video - **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Co8Hiz3rTYf - **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/19066577-amandanighbertrd-instagram - **Posted:** 2023-02-21T21:23:46.000+00:00 - **Account Owner:** Amanda Nighbert, Registered Dietitian (@amandanighbertrd) — https://gondola.cc/amandanighbertrd ## Caption Hello February and happy heart month! And just because your total CHOL is normal does not mean your risk for heart disease is low. Those that have followed me for some time know that my health journey started with a diagnosis of high cholesterol (over 300) at the young age of 30. Yet I was eating a low fat diet, exercising, and doing all the healthy things! This started the long journey of educating myself, learning a better understanding of the lab values that matter and making small shifts in my lifestyle to correct this issue! So I promise so much more to come! But today I share with you the easiest way to determine your current cardiac risk and even if you are insulin resistance! You can do this by calculating a triglycerides to HDL ratio! Labs you have probably had drawn already in the last 6 months! Ideally triglycerides will fall under 100 and your HDL will be over 60. Once you know these numbers then you should determine your Triglyceride to HDL ratio! Do this by taking your fasting triglyceride number and divide it by your fasting HDL number Ex: Triglycerides = 150 and HDL= 60 150/60 = a ratio of 2.5 Less than 1.1 is optimal! This means you are insulin sensitive and your risk for a cardiac event is very low! The lower your ratio, the better! Normal range 1:1-1.9:1 Above 2:1 indicates early insulin resistance and risk of cardiac event. Above 2.9:1 indicate significant insulin resistance and high risk of cardiovascular disease. Achieving a good triglyceride to HDL ratio should be your main goal! In my next video I will share how to optimize these two labs so stay tuned! Share your ratio in the comments below if you like! Based on labs I had drawn last September my current ratio is: Triglycerides 73 / HDL 75 = .97:1 which is optimal!!! Be your own health advocate and know your numbers! ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #beprepared #bloodpressure #cancer #cardio #diabetes #healthychoices #heart #heartattack #heartdisease #heartdiseaseawareness #hearthealth #hearthealthy #highbloodpressure #hypertension #intermittentfasting #ketocommunity #medicine #nationalwearredday #obesity #womenshearthealth ## Stats - **Views:** 0 - **Likes:** 781 - **Shares:** 0 - **Comments:** 60 ## Tags heartdisease, heart, beprepared, nationalwearredday, highbloodpressure, medicine, hearthealthy, obesity, cancer, healthychoices, cardio, bloodpressure, womenshearthealth, hypertension, hearthealth, intermittentfasting, heartattack, ketocommunity, diabetes, heartdiseaseawareness --- Copyright (c) Gondola