With a 6% HbA1c you are technically pre-diabetic. My HbA1c is 5.7 which is .1 above the cut off for pre-diabetes, so, me too, glucose is fine. Agree with you on the carbs intake, just sugar.
I'm off all statins, I do take Vascepa 2 gm/day. Nothing else, .....however, take a look into this magnesium I've been taking. ReMag ionic magnesium. I hold no interest in this brand, I just couldn't find anything better or safer. Then, start reading the plethora of data there is about low magnesium and the over 300 enzyme systems it regulates. I am 67 years old, I started taking this after I had an ablation for A-fib, in 2018. After reading how worthless the mg test the lab gives you, which measures the 1% of magnesium that is systemic, but ignores the amount of magnesium in the tissue (surprisingly in the heart, when magnesium is low, causes irregular heart beat etc.). When you're low, the ridiculous lab test won't show it. I asked my cardio, he just shrugged.
So I had ablation 5 years ago, (typically only 50% effective), but I haven't skipped a beat since and have been taking the ReMag every day. What's weird is, my back quit having spasms, no more knee pain, my LDL dropped 40 points from 168 to 127, my heart beats as regularly as my well worn Rolex. So what the hell happened. I told my cardiologist, he ask if I changed my diet, stopped drinking, exercise more.....answer to all is NO. I started looking into magnesium's role in the liver and lo and behold it is basically works the same as a HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, AKA a statin. Could the rampant CVD be related to, at least in part low magnesium? Statistics show 60%+ of the country is low. How many on a statin, or on pain meds could be helped? No-one is drinking tap water any longer. We're all drinking filtered water. Our most prevalent source of magnesium comes from good old mountain streams. Also, there is a trifecta with calcium, V-D3 and magnesium. Make sure you are taking all 3 supplements. Magnesium, calcium, and vitamin D3 work together primarily to support bone health, with vitamin D playing a crucial role in enabling the body to absorb both calcium and magnesium, which are essential minerals for building and maintaining strong bones; essentially, magnesium helps activate vitamin D, allowing it to effectively facilitate calcium absorption (If calcium isn't absorbed, does it build up in joints, arteries, etc?). If you're deficient on one, the others won't work.
I'll end my soap box with why I take this liquid Mg. It's fully absorbed and no fillers for max benefit, unlike the tabs you by at CVS. Start slow, put it in your container of water and drink it all day. There may be some GI discomfort, but the results were truly miraculous for me. I hope they are for whoever reads this also.
Bullish
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