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Strong Support
Even if your blood sugar isn’t high enough to be diagnosed with a problem, it might still be quietly harming your blood vessels as you get older.
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Normal LDL-Cholesterol Levels Are Associated With Subclinical Atherosclerosis in the Absence of Risk Factors.
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2017 Dec 19The study found that even in healthy middle-aged people, higher blood sugar levels (not high enough to be diabetes) are linked to early signs of artery damage, which supports the claim.
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