Peter Attia· MD
at the next morning we do a fasting blood glucose level on them this is now 12 hours after their meal the patient who does not have type 2 diabetes might arrive with a blood sugar of 100 milligrams per deciliter which we will say is normal his counterpart with type 2 diabetes may actually at that time have a blood sugar of 200 milligrams per deciliter which is obviously abnormal and consistent with the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes