The reference range for fasting insulin, which extends up to 22-26 micro IU/mL, is too high and doctors do not flag levels within this range as problematic.

“9 micro iu per ml is again about the average for the american population and i feel that's inappropriate yet probably 98 99 of physicians would look at that and say it's within the reference range it's fine we're not going to worry about it”

“fasting insulin levels are average around eight to nine in the general american population which is much too high in my opinion”

“the fasting insulin reference range is probably one of the most like incredibly uh wrong things in western medicine in terms of reference ranges”

“the normal range for fasting insulin goes up to 24 for many in for many labs or 16 which is massively disordered”

“if a doctor did do a fasting insulin they wouldn't even flag it they'd say you're in the middle of the range your fasting insulin is 14 yeah that's ridiculous”

“The reference range for fasting insulin is like it goes up to 22 or 26 micro IU per ml that's wild dude ... The fact that the healthy range goes to 22 and your your doctor won't flag that until you're at 22 is nuts man this is in my mind as a doctor's perspective on Western medicine this is one of our biggest blind spots”

“if a doctor did do a fasting insulin they wouldn't even flag it they'd say you're in the middle of the range you're fting is 14 yeah that's ridiculous”

“The reference range for fasting insulin is like it goes up to 22 or 26 micro IU per ml that's wild dude everyone you and I bet do you know you're fasting insulin at the moment no no every time I check mine it's three it's three you know so like everyone I know that's healthy is less than five the fact that the healthy range goes to 22 and your your doctor won't flag that until you're at 22 is nuts man”