My fasting glucose was raising steadily up to 99, but I didn't think much of it as my A1C was always around 5.0 to 5.2. Then my A1C jumped to 5.5 (when I was losing weight) after being at 5.0 (when I was gaining weight). Then I started having kidney failure.
I eat mostly Mediterranean-ish diet. But I would eat late, foods like tortilla pizzas and Larabars.
But those weren't the issues. I think the root cause of my issues is/was leaky gut, probably SIBO. I'm still working on resolving the SIBO but it is better managed now than what it was before.
I wonder if gut issues are the root cause of our issues. I also wonder if the cause of the gut issues are from highly processed diets along with agriculture that puts a lot of chemicals all over our food.