Zinzino blog

Type 2 diabetes and its precursor prediabetes has been classed a pandemic by the WHO in our modern society. Once thought of as a disease associated with aging, diabetes is hitting younger populations due to poorer choices in food and lifestyle. Diabetes prevention holds the most promise for these emergent cases. One test has become the gold standard in this public health crisis: the hemoglobin A1c or HbA1c diabetes diagnosis test.

Blood sugar health has become a critical public health issue worldwide, especially in the West. Diabetes has soared in the modern era, with over 6.3% of the world’s population, or 422 million people, suffering from diabetes today. This disease was exceedingly rare in the past. It was never hard to maintain normal blood sugar levels in pre-industrial society. After all, the human body evolved to maximize the energy and nutritional value of foods found in nature. Ironically, the post-industrialized global food economy has made food less nutritious, predictably far more abundant, calorically dense, and packed with sugars.