A fasting insulin level of 8.6 micro IU/mL is likely too high for most people, contributing to the high prevalence of metabolic syndrome.

“Looking at population levels of fasting insulin in Americans the average fasting insulin for men is 8.8 micro IU per ml the average fasting insulin for women is 8.4 micro IU per ml if you look on a lab study the reference range for fasting insulin goes to 15 or sometimes 20 micro IU per ml”

“that's why we are missing pre-diabetes consider the fact that the average American fasting insulin is 8.6 micro IU per ML and then consider that 87.8 percent of Americans have at least one indicator of the metabolic syndrome and realize that 8.6 micro IU per ml is probably much too high for most people”

“if your fasting insulin is eight you've got a problem that's the average in the country and remember most of the country is pre-diabetic and has metrics which suggests that they have metabolic syndrome”

“if the middle of that curve is 8.9 and 90 of people have at least one risk factor for metabolic syndrome we can say uh probably should be significantly lower than 8.6 or 8.4 for men and females respectively”

“if you look at a gaussian distribution of fasting insulin in the U.S population the average is nine the average is nine”

“the fasting insulin rate it should be around four most people are around under 10”