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Prediabetic and scared - will this actually prevent diabetes? — need advice

JessicaH_TX Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 8:37 AM 21 replies 910 viewsPage 3 of 5
ben_calgary
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Feb 20, 2026 at 3:34 AM#11
traveltech_sara said:
Insulin sensitivity test (HOMA-IR) on glycaemic control — arguably the most important metabolic marker most people aren't tracking: HOMA-IR = (fasting…

Genuinely useful, thank you. I had the facts and not the framework. Adding it to my notes with a link back to this thread.

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Feb 21, 2026 at 1:29 AM#12

Clinical perspective, offered as context rather than as advice. It helps to say which part of this you are uncertain about. A precise question gets a precise answer; a general one gets everybody’s favourite anecdote.

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Feb 21, 2026 at 11:25 PM#13
Dr.ObesityMed said:
My labs after 12 months on glycaemic control: A1C 5.3%, fasting glucose 78 mg/dL, fasting insulin 7 uIU/mL.

Filing a mild objection. Mild because I might be wrong; an objection because nobody has addressed the case that does not fit. Filing an objection on the n=1 problem. Personal experience is genuine evidence about one person and very weak evidence about anybody else, and this thread keeps promoting the first into the second.

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Feb 22, 2026 at 9:21 PM#14

The figures, for anyone assembling their own picture. The boring version of this is the one that works, and the boring version is: measure a baseline, change one variable, wait, measure again under the same conditions. Nobody wants that answer and it is still the answer.

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Feb 23, 2026 at 7:17 PM#15

Moderator note: leaving this open. It is being argued well and the disagreement is the useful part.

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