Jaiwant Rangi, MD, FACEEndocrinologist | Founder, Lower The Dose® | Speaker

Diabetes Redefined: Moving Beyond the Type 2 Monolith

9 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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Dr. Jaiwant Rangi discusses a Swedish and Finnish study of nearly 15,000 newly diagnosed diabetes patients that identified five separate sub-types within type 2 diabetes by looking beyond glucose levels at insulin secretion, resistance, body composition, and genetics. The American Diabetes Association and European Association for the Study of Diabetes have acknowledged the findings, which have been validated across India, China, Germany, and the United States.

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The breakthrough came from Scandinavian researchers who analyzed nearly 15,000 newly diagnosed diabetes patients in Sweden and Finland. And what they did was they looked beyond blood sugars and examined the insulin production, the insulin resistance, the body composition, the age and genetics. And what they discovered was revolutionary. You know, type 2 diabetes isn't just one kind. Type 2 diabetes has 5 distinct conditions that come under that umbrella. So American Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes have acknowledged this research, and it's been validated in India, China, Germany, and United States.