Welcome to the Commune Podcast. My name is Jeff Krasnow. So five years ago, I was suffering from many of the most

anodyne symptoms of modern life. Brain fog, chronic fatigue, insomnia, excess fat around the middle.

Maybe you can relate. These symptoms are so common that we've normalized

them. But it wasn't until I slapped a continuous glucose monitor on my triceps that I got a rude

awakening. I was teetering on the edge of diabetes with pre-diabetic fasting blood glucose levels

of 125 milligrams per deciliter.

So in today's episode, I'm diving deep into pre-diabetes and early metabolic dysfunction,

what the latest research says, how common it really is, and spoiler alert, more common than

you think, and most importantly, the practical protocols I use and still use to reclaim control of my

blood sugar. We'll talk about food, movement, testing, and even some supplemental ideas that might

help. All of that wrapped in the real experience of someone who has walked this path. So if you've

ever wondered whether your blood sugar is quietly creeping upward, even if you

feel fine, well, this episode is for you. By the way, if you want more of my musings like this very

episode started out as a trickle of ideas that I had while I was walking down the West Side Highway

in New York City, I do a lot of this over on my substack. So you can find me at jeff

crasnow.substack.com. I'm also doing a lot more in YouTube these days, including releasing

all of my interviews I've done on the show as video episodes. And you can watch those over on my

YouTube channel at Jeff Krasno. Okay, so the statistics are just staggering. Approximately

38 million Americans have diabetes and nearly 98 million adults have prediabetes. That means more than one in three American adults are living with prediabetes. And what is even more concerning is that over 80% of the people with prediabetes don't even know they have it. I was one of them. Before we dive in, let me clarify

something really important. When I talk about diabetes in this episode, I'm specifically referring

to type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is fundamentally different. It's an autoimmune condition,

often appearing in childhood or adolescence in which the immune system attacks and

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