Heart disease doesn’t usually begin with chest pain or a dramatic ER visit. It starts quietly years, sometimes decades earlier deep inside your metabolism. The real culprit behind many heart attacks isn’t just cholesterol. It’s insulin resistance. And most people never hear about it until it’s too late. Let’s talk about the blood markers that actually connect insulin resistance to heart disease and why they’re often ignored. What is Insulin Resistance? Insulin resistance happens when cells in your muscles, fat and liver don’t respond to insulin as…

You finally get your lab results back. Your doctor smiles and says, “Good news—your cholesterol is normal.” Relief washes over you. You check the box in your head labeled heart disease risk and move on with life.But what if that reassurance is incomplete?Every year, thousands of people suffer heart attacks despite being told their cholesterol was fine. If that sounds confusing or unsettling you’re not alone. Let’s unpack why normal cholesterol doesn’t always mean a healthy heart, and why LDL-C…

If you’ve been told your LDL cholesterol is “normal” but your doctor still seems concerned or mentioned ApoB you’re not alone. More clinicians are shifting away from LDL cholesterol alone and toward ApoB as a more accurate way to assess heart disease risk. Here’s what ApoB really measures, how it compares to LDL, and why it’s becoming a go-to marker in modern cardiovascular risk assessment.What Is ApoB?ApoB (apolipoprotein B) is a protein found on every cholesterol particle that can cause…