Kinda what I figured...related to the metabolic syndrome. I had a heart
attack last year at age 45. I was also diagnosed with diabetes that I didn't
know I had. Although I was never much overweight, about 175 at 5' 8", I was
out of shape and carried my excess weight around the middle. Curiously my
testosterone levels were normal, but I did have all the other signs,
slightly elevated blood pressure, low HDL and sky high triglycerides along
with an A1c of 7.2.

The key to my recovery was dropping 15 pounds, exercising and eating a
healthy diet much lower in carbs than I was eating before. This resulted in
normalized blood glucose (A1c's in the 5.4-5.7 range), BP of 120/80 at my
last doctor's visit and normalized cholesterol numbers. Although some things
are inevitable, the metabolic syndrome can be controlled with a little
effort and an awareness of what we put in our bodies.

I've since gone off all diabetic meds, controlling it with diet and exercise
and have cut my BP meds drastically.

Now if only my biopsy comes back negative....

John

Oh, great!  I'm going to live to 2015, take the curative anecdote, and keel
over with a heart attack!