Say hello to your insulin.
Your glucose can look normal for twenty years while your insulin quietly climbs. Glucose is the last thing to change. Insulin is the first. Measure the first.
- Results in minutes
- No lab visit
Normal glucose is not the same as a healthy metabolism.
Most people only find out something is wrong when the damage is done. It does not have to work that way.
Curious about your metabolism
Your glucose came back normal. Good. Now find out how hard your body is working to keep it there.
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Worried about insulin resistance
Insulin resistance builds quietly, often for years, while glucose tests stay normal. Your insulin level is where it shows first.
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Changing how you eat and move
Test, change one thing, test again. See whether your diet, training and sleep are actually moving the number that matters.
Read moreThe twenty-year gap
Your glucose is the last to know.
Here is what nobody tells you at your annual check-up. When your cells stop responding well to insulin, your pancreas compensates. It makes more. Your glucose stays right where it should be, and your blood test says you are fine.
That can go on for a very long time. In one study of people with diabetic parents, high insulin showed up one to two decades before diabetes did. The glucose test only catches the problem at the end of that road.
Insulin is the early warning. Glucose is the alarm that goes off after the fire has started.
Illustration of the typical pattern, not individual data.
The scale of it
Most of it starts with insulin resistance. Most of it is found late.
Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and fatty liver are linked by the same underlying problem: metabolic syndrome, with insulin resistance at its centre. The World Health Organization notes that type 2 diabetes is often diagnosed years after it begins, when complications have already arisen.
830 million
people living with diabetes in 2022, up from 200 million in 1990. More than 95% have type 2.
1 in 7
people worldwide, 1.1 billion, were living with obesity in 2024. Adult obesity has more than doubled since 1990.
1.4 billion
adults aged 30–79 had high blood pressure in 2024. 44% of them did not know.
19.8 million
deaths from cardiovascular disease in 2022, about a third of all deaths. The world’s leading cause of death.
Source: World Health Organization fact sheets on diabetes, obesity, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases.
The reader
Simple. Compact. Affordable. Accurate.
One button, one screen, one number. The IN5ULIN reader measures insulin from a small blood sample using immunofluorescence, the same principle many laboratory analysers use.
- Repeatability
- CV ≤ 10%
- Stability
- CV ≤ 10%
Manufacturer's analyser specification. CV is the coefficient of variation between repeat measurements.
How IN5ULIN works
Take a small blood sample
A few drops on a test cartridge. No lab appointment.
Insert and read
The reader measures your insulin and shows the result in minutes.
Track what changes it
See every reading on the reader, in the app, or fed to your favourite fitness tracker. Watch your trend over weeks, not just one day.
Your body is talking. Start listening.
Food is information. Sleep, stress and movement are information. Insulin is how your body answers. When you can see the answer, you stop guessing and start changing the things that matter.
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Everything you need to know your insulin.
A reader you keep, and refills on subscription with free postage. Pre-order now and pay nothing until we confirm your order.
IN5ULIN starter kit
The handheld reader with cartridges for 4 tests, so you can start testing straight away. One button, one screen, one number.
€350
Pre-orderMonthly cartridge refills
Single-use reader cartridges with a batch ID card. One cartridge per insulin reading.
- 10 cartridges
- €35
- 25 cartridges
- €75
- 50 cartridges
- €100
Per month. Free postage. Cancel anytime.
Pre-orderQuestions
Why insulin and not just glucose?+
Glucose is the last number to change. Your body holds it steady by pushing out more insulin, sometimes for years. By the time glucose rises, insulin has often been high for a long time. Measuring insulin shows you the strain while there is still room to act.
Is IN5ULIN a diagnostic tool?+
No. IN5ULIN is not a diagnostic tool. If you have concerns about your health, or a result you do not understand, talk to a qualified healthcare professional.
What is a good fasting insulin level?+
There is no single agreed optimal value, and reference ranges differ between laboratories. That is why tracking your own trend over time is more useful than any one reading. See the Learn page for how insulin and glucose combine into HOMA-IR.
Where can I see my readings?+
Three ways: on the reader’s own screen, in the IN5ULIN app, or through an API feed into your favourite fitness tracker, so your insulin sits alongside your sleep, steps and training.
Do I pay when I pre-order?+
No. A pre-order reserves your place in the queue. We email you to confirm price, delivery date and availability before anything is charged, and you can cancel until then.
What do I need to buy?+
Start with the IN5ULIN starter kit: the reader, which you keep, with cartridges for 4 tests. After that, a monthly refill subscription of 10, 25 or 50 reader cartridges (€35, €75 or €100 a month), with free postage. Cancel anytime. One cartridge per reading, and each pack comes with its own batch ID card.
Pre-order your IN5ULIN.
Reserve your reader and cartridges now. No payment until we confirm your order.
Estimated launch date: 1 January 2027.