Metabolic & Insulin Resistance Panel

Your blood sugar level at the time of the draw; the basic screening marker for diabetes and prediabetes.

Blood Urea Nitrogen — a waste product filtered by the kidneys; used alongside creatinine to assess kidney function.

A muscle breakdown product filtered by the kidneys; the primary marker used to assess kidney function.

Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate — a calculated estimate of how well your kidneys are filtering blood, derived from creatinine, age, and sex.

An electrolyte that regulates fluid balance, nerve function, and blood pressure.

An electrolyte essential for heart rhythm, muscle function, and nerve signaling.

An electrolyte that works with sodium to maintain fluid balance and acid-base status.

Carbon dioxide (bicarbonate) level, used to assess your body's acid-base balance.

Essential for bone health, muscle function, nerve signaling, and blood clotting.

The combined amount of albumin and globulin in your blood, a general marker of nutrition and liver/kidney health.

A protein made by the liver that maintains fluid balance and transports hormones and nutrients through the blood.

A group of proteins involved in immune function and blood clotting; calculated as Total Protein minus Albumin.

A calculated ratio of albumin to globulin, used to help identify liver disease, kidney disease, or chronic inflammation.

A calculated ratio that helps distinguish between different causes of kidney function changes, such as dehydration versus kidney damage.

A byproduct of red blood cell breakdown, processed by the liver; elevated levels can indicate liver or bile duct issues.

Alkaline Phosphatase — an enzyme from the liver and bones; elevated levels can indicate liver, bile duct, or bone conditions.

Aspartate Aminotransferase — a liver enzyme; elevated levels can indicate liver stress or damage.

Alanine Aminotransferase — a liver enzyme considered more specific to liver health than AST.

Measures insulin levels after fasting; elevated levels are one of the earliest signs of insulin resistance, often appearing years before blood sugar becomes abnormal.

Reflects your average blood sugar over the past 2-3 months, used to screen for and monitor prediabetes and diabetes.

A waste product of normal metabolism; elevated levels are linked to gout and can also indicate cardiovascular or metabolic risk.

The combined measure of all cholesterol carried in your blood, used as a baseline cardiovascular risk marker.

A type of fat in your blood; elevated levels are linked to cardiovascular risk and often reflect diet, alcohol intake, or insulin resistance.

"Good" cholesterol that helps clear excess cholesterol from your bloodstream; higher levels are generally protective.

"Bad" cholesterol that can build up in artery walls; typically calculated from your other lipid values rather than measured directly.

A calculated ratio of total cholesterol to HDL, used as an additional cardiovascular risk indicator.

Total cholesterol minus HDL, capturing all the potentially artery-clogging cholesterol particles in one number.

A sensitive marker of low-grade inflammation in the body, widely used to assess cardiovascular risk beyond cholesterol alone.

Measures magnesium stored inside red blood cells rather than in blood serum, giving a more accurate picture of your body's true magnesium status than a standard test.

The storage form of vitamin D measured in blood tests; essential for bone health, immune function, and mood regulation, and one of the most common nutrient deficiencies.