Dr. Nathan Bryan

Number one, you have to avoid sugar and high glycemic index foods.

Because sugar is a toxin, it's a poison.

And let's think about what sugar is.

So when we eat sugar or drink sugar beverages, right, whether it's sucrose, whether it's fructose, whether it's high fructose corn syrup, the end result inside the human is we see an increase in glucose.

So elevation in blood sugar or blood glucose is diabetes, right?

And now there's continuous glucose monitors that you can get anywhere.

And everybody does this.

So if you eat something and it causes an increase in your blood sugar, blood glucose, then you should avoid that.

Because glucose, as the name applies, is glue, right?

It's sticky.

And if you have a soda and you spill it on your countertop, you come back the next day, it's sticky, right?

That's what happens inside the body.

That sugar sticks to everything.

It sticks to proteins.

It sticks to enzymes.

It binds to hemoglobin.

And sugar stuck to hemoglobin is what we call hemoglobin A1c.

And what is that?

It's a marker of long-term glucose control.

If you have hemoglobin A1c of greater than 5.7, you're diabetic.