Understand Your CHOLESTEROL PANEL & Metabolic Health Tests - The ULTIMATE Guide - Dr. Robert Lustig

A metabolic blood test and cholesterol panel can be confusing, so in this ultimate guide, our Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder Dr. Casey Means talks with Levels advisor and author of Metabolical, Dr. Robert Lustig, to give you advice on how to interpret your panels to better understand the status of your metabolic health. <br> <br>Dr. Robert Lustig walks through what HDL, LDL, triglycerides, and total cholesterol mean, how fasting insulin tests relate to your cholesterol panel, how to improve your cholesterol numbers, and how to interpret ratios of your cholesterol numbers like the triglyceride-to-HDL ratio. <br> <br>#metabolicHealth #cholesterolPanel #LDL #triglycerides #bloodPanel <br> <br>? What Dr. Robert Lustig and Levels’ Dr. Casey Means discuss: <br> <br>00:00 - Intro <br>02:17 - Understanding cholesterol <br>02:44 - The correlation between LDL and heart disease <br>05:12 - The connection between LDL and triglycerides <br>07:14 - Good cholesterol <br>16:48 - Measuring LDL <br>30:04 - Portal systems in the body <br>44:51 - The importance of liver function tests <br>54:05 - How to reduce liver fat <br> <br>? WHO WE ARE: <br> <br>Levels helps you see how food affects your health. With real-time, personalized data gathered through biosensors like continuous glucose monitors (CGM), you learn which diet and lifestyle choices improve your metabolic health so you can live a longer, fuller, healthier life. <br> <br>? LINKS: <br> <br>Become a Levels member: https://levels.link/youtube?ut....m_campaign=cholester <br>Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/C3rsNCFNAw8 <br>The ultimate guide to understanding your cholesterol panel and metabolic blood tests: https://levels.link/youtube/bl....og/the-ultimate-guid <br>Show notes: https://levels.link/youtube/po....dcasts/the-ultimate- <br>Learn about metabolic health: https://levels.link/youtube/blog <br>Connect with us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/levels <br>Connect with us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/levels <br>Subscribe here on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelsheal....th?sub_confirmation= <br>Connect with Casey on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrCaseysKitchen <br>Connect with Casey on Instagram: https://instagram.com/drcaseyskitchen Connect with Rob on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobertLustigMD <br>Connect with Rob on Instagram: https://instagram.com/robertlustigmd