Blood sugar stabilization is essential as each blood glucose spike and dip can cause brain damage. Diabetes increases the risk of heart disease and dementia four fold. Yet persons with normal blood glucose can have the same increased risks because the process towards diabetes starts long before it can be measured in the doctor's office. The risks for diabetes start when the fasting morning glucose levels are 81: the risk for heart disease starts when the the fasting glucose levels are 84. We cannot rely on normal medical laboratory values to be sure that we are healthy. Typically, lab values that are based on 95 % of the population most of whom have chronic diseases. Also, lab values do not typically appear abnormal until a person is 75 % along the path toward the chronic disease. Learn how to look under the hood. to assess the status your metabolic status and risks for diabetes and cardiovascular disease.