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Two days of oatmeal reduce cholesterol level (www.uni-bonn.de)

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[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Check your insulin sensitivity (homa-ir, or tg/HDL ratio, or fasting insulin) to see what type of ldl you have.

Unfortunately that's not something measured by the company that my employer sells the data to. Or at least it isn't a stat that's revealed back to me.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 1 points 2 days ago

Almost all checkups do a lipid panel. You just have to look at your triglycerides and your HDL, take the ratio of them TG over HDL. You want that to be less than two, and for bonus points you want that to be less than one. Anything above two you have room for improvement. This ratio is a fairly good analog for insulin sensitivity and metabolic health.

Signs of poor metabolic health:

obesity
high blood pressure
Ed
snoring
fatty liver
skin tags
diabetes