Hello February and happy heart month! Expect a ton of content this month on heart health! 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 ...