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My Story

-Trina Krug

Doctoral Candidate

I’m a doctoral candidate in Functional Nutrition specializing in early insulin resistance detection and metabolic biomarkers. My research directly informs the science-based education I bring to The Insulin Resistance Lab.

Certified Dietary Supplement Professional

I’m trained in evidence-based supplement use, helping women understand which nutrients truly support metabolic health and which ones don’t.

Certified Health & Wellness Coach

With a background in health and wellness coaching, I translate complex metabolic science into realistic, sustainable lifestyle strategies.

Certified Running Coach

My running coach certification gives me a strong understanding of metabolism, movement, and energy systems.

About My Journey…

For more than a decade, I’ve worked in the world of metabolic health, nutrition science, and women’s wellness. But the deeper I went into the research, and the more women I worked with, the clearer one truth became:

Most women don’t learn about insulin resistance until it’s already impacting their energy, hunger, hormones, weight, mood, or long-term health. And by the time glucose rises, the process has been progressing silently for years.

Standard bloodwork often misses the earliest signs.
Symptoms get dismissed or mislabeled.

Women are told their labs are “normal” when their bodies are saying otherwise.

That gap — the space between “normal labs” and actual metabolic dysfunction — is where my work lives.

My Background

I am a Doctoral Candidate in Functional Nutrition, with a research focus on early insulin resistance detection and biomarker-guided metabolic interventions. My academic work explores how triglycerides, fasting insulin, the TyG index, and metabolic pattern recognition can reveal insulin resistance long before glucose changes.

In addition to my research, I bring over a decade of experience in:
• metabolic and low-carb nutrition
• functional and integrative health education
• insulin resistance awareness and prevention
• women’s metabolic challenges in midlife
• sustainable behavior and lifestyle change strategies

I’ve taught hundreds of women how to read their own metabolic signals clearly, confidently, and without fear.

Why I Created The Insulin Resistance Lab

Women deserve a place where metabolic science is explained in plain English, not hidden behind jargon, fear, or vague advice.

The Insulin Resistance Lab exists to:
• teach women how insulin resistance actually develops
• make biomarkers understandable and approachable
• decode early metabolic patterns
• bring clarity to confusing symptoms
• provide evidence-based strategies grounded in research
• empower women to advocate for their health more effectively

This isn’t a coaching program or a quick-fix solution. It’s an educational lab — a place to learn, interpret, and finally understand what your metabolism has been trying to tell you.

My Mission

  1. To change the way women think about insulin resistance.
  2. To make early detection accessible and actionable.
  3. To help women understand their metabolism long before problems escalate.
  4. And to ensure no woman feels dismissed or confused when seeking clarity about her health.

A Personal Note

You shouldn’t need an advanced degree to understand your own metabolic health, so I’m putting mine to work for you. My goal is to translate the science clearly, respectfully, and without overwhelm.

Welcome to The Insulin Resistance Lab.
You’re in exactly the right place.

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Join Me Today In This Metabolic Journey to Health!