Originally Posted by
rickair7777
A1C is the gold standard for long term health.
It would be interesting to see if the magnitude or timing of routine glucose excursions has a correlation to anything. Tend to suspect somebody already has an idea.
There are multiple biological feedback loops involved and a statistically valid study would take decades, be very expensive, and would likely show a trivial attributable risk compared to already well established factors like exercise and BMI. That won’t stop the true believers from buying them today though - or entrepreneurs from getting rich selling the latest version of snake oil.