New Delhi, Oct. 5 -- The most dangerous misconception about diabetes is that it begins and ends with blood sugar. It does not. Your type 2 diabetes is not merely a glucose disorder; it is a major cardiovascular risk state. If we wait for sugar to cross the diagnostic threshold before discussing the heart, we have already lost valuable time.

What is the fastest way to fix insulin resistance?

The connection often begins with insulin resistance. Your body becomes less responsive to insulin, so it has to work harder to keep blood glucose under control. For years, a person may show a "normal" fasting glucose while accumulating abdominal fat, developing fatty liver, raising triglycerides, and moving towards hypertension. Your glucose report m...