Mark Hyman

Physician, functional-medicine advocate, podcaster, and entrepreneur; co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Function Health, a health-testing platform. He also founded The UltraWellness Center and hosts The Dr. Hyman Show.

Insulin Testing Could Reveal Metabolic Risk Before Blood Sugar Rises

Dr Mark Hyman argues that US healthcare is built to treat diagnosed disease rather than identify the metabolic and nutritional problems that precede it. Through Function Health, Hyman is making the case for patient-held, longitudinal records that combine laboratory tests, imaging, wearables and medical history, with AI used to organize the data under clinician supervision. He says routinely overlooked measures such as insulin and ApoB can reveal risk hidden by normal blood-sugar readings, while warning that wider testing and GLP-1 use require careful interpretation, follow-up and muscle-preserving care.

This Week in StartupsSep 4, 202613 min read