In Module 1, Lifestyle Medicine was described as an “upstrea…
In Module 1, Lifestyle Medicine was described as an “upstream approach” to Medicine, which was defined as identifying pre-pathological changes in an individual, rather than waiting for the downstream diagnosis to occur. Review each of the following examples of a lab result and provide your rationale regarding whether each example would or would not depict an opportunity to intervene early using an “upstream approach”) when viewing the following lab results: A. Fasting glucose 97, fasting insulin 21, Hemoglobin A1c 5.2 B. Fasting glucose 79, fasting insulin 31, Hemoglobin A1c 5.3 C. Fasting glucose 107, fasting insulin 27, Hemoglobin A1c 6.8