The Claim
In Australian adults of European ancestry, insulin sensitivity indices derived from fasting glucose and triglycerides (TYG) and insulin and glucose (McA) exhibit stronger associations with resting energy expenditure than QUICKI, indicating that fasting metabolic profiles incorporating triglycerides and insulin may be more relevant to energy expenditure than insulin sensitivity indices based solely on glucose.
What the research says
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In people of European descent living in Australia, scientists found that two ways of measuring how well the body uses insulin—using both sugar and fat levels in the blood—are better linked to how many calories you burn while resting than a simpler method that only uses sugar. This suggests that looking at both sugar and fat might tell us more about your metabolism than sugar alone.
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In Australian adults of European ancestry, insulin sensitivity indices derived from fasting glucose and triglycerides (TYG) and insulin and glucose (McA) are more strongly associated with resting energy expenditure than QUICKI, suggesting that fasting metabolic profiles may be more relevant to energy expenditure than insulin sensitivity indices based on glucose alone.
What the research says
1 studyThe study found that using blood levels of insulin and fat (triglycerides) to measure insulin sensitivity better predicts how much energy your body uses at rest than using just sugar (glucose) levels — which is exactly what the claim says.
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