Peter Attia· MD
as imperfect as the A1C is as you said it is an integrator and it's so hard to find integrators
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
as imperfect as the A1C is as you said it is an integrator and it's so hard to find integrators
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Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
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HDL cholesterol while not causally related to disease is sort of like an hba1c for cardiovascular risk factors it's an integrator of information related to insulin resistance related to triglycerides related to inflammation that in one number in most people when it's low it's telling you something about cardiovascular risk even though itself it isn't directly impacting on risk