50. Can Your Triglycerides Reveal Insulin Resistance? The Overlooked Blood-Sugar Clue

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Can Your Triglycerides Reveal Insulin Resistance? The Overlooked Blood-Sugar Clue

What if your triglycerides are revealing something about insulin resistance that your fasting glucose alone does not show?

In Episode 50 of the Health Beyond Weight Loss Podcast, TaShawn Davis, RN, explains the relationship between triglycerides, fasting glucose, blood sugar, and metabolic health.

She introduces the triglyceride-glucose index, also called the TyG index, and explains how this calculation may provide an additional clue about insulin resistance.

The TyG index is not a diagnosis. It is one tool that may help healthcare professionals evaluate patterns related to metabolic health.

In This Episode

What triglycerides are

How triglycerides may relate to insulin resistance

Why fasting glucose does not always tell the complete story

What the triglyceride-glucose index, or TyG index, is

How the TyG index is calculated