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

The Foundation Years: How Early Diabetes Control Casts a Lifelong Protective Shadow

21 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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Dr. Jaiwant Rangi explains the legacy effect: tight blood sugar control in the first ten years after a diabetes diagnosis protects your eyes, heart, and kidneys for decades to come. Early intensive management sets a protective trajectory that lasts.

So the legacy effect is basically in the first decade of life diagnosis of diabetes, the better control of diabetes goes a long way. So it really protects your blood vessels, your organs, your eyes, your heart, your kidneys. They respond to the good control for years to come. So that is why we call those as foundation years. And you want to make sure that their diabetes is under excellent control because that's going to reflect years down the road.

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