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by ooyy 1836 days ago
Metabolic syndrome is on the same spectrum of chronic illnesses as type 2 diabetes. It's not surprising that even non-diabetics can benefit from t2d drug metformin considering that only 11% Americans are fully metabolically healthy meaning they meet none of the criteria for metabolic syndrome. But if you are one of these metabolically healthy people, you probably wont benefit from metformin.