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The NICE guidelines are to take two HbA1c tests to diagnose T2 diabetes: "If the person is asymptomatic, do not diagnose diabetes on the basis of a single abnormal HbA1c or plasma glucose result." https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/diabetes-type-2/diagnosis/diagnosis-in-adults/ So they will do...

You are not skinny. Your BMI is just below the middle of the 'good' range. I suspect you are one of life's extomorphs. Whatever you do, you don't want to gain fat, visible or viseral. You can gain muscle if you work out with weights - not cardio - at a gym, and eat plenty of protein.

Who gave you the advice?

Heart disease, cancer, T2, etc. are more common in middleaged to old people. We live longer now, life was often short until relatively recently. Men often died young in workplace accidents, women did as well and had the hazard of childbirth. So I think it's a bit rash to say that 'we have more...

To add: at 6' tall and 150 pounds, your BMI is just over 20. It's very slightly below the middle of the healthy BMI range. Yes, BMI isn't always the best way of determining if someone is the right weight or not, but it's quick & easy and works well for most people. So in my view there is...

What leads you to think that not gaining weight is unhealthy? Some people are always going to be thin, unless they get fat. They are ectomorphs. It sounds like you are one of them. I envy you - you are built for hill walking, which I love and which I am not. However, with an HbA1c of 6% - 42...

Which ancestors are you thinking of? Hunter-gatherers or farmers?

I know. :)

How salty? Something like a teaspoon of salt in a litre of water? If you make it too salty it doesn't counter dehydration.

But I don't like hard-boiled eggs!

How many would you have to eat?

There is lots of crazy stuff on YouTube that is wrong, and sometimes downright dangerous. There are a few good, reliable, reputable sources but they are massively outnumbered by the crazies.

There is also a 'dawn surge' in blood pressure and heart rate. :)

They are readily available! I have a set, I use one of them when I make Yorkshire Puds as it's just about the same size as a large egg.

Processed foods, over-large portions, cheap foods (e.g. lots of carbs & very little in the way of vegetables), regular heavy drinking, lack of exercise, unfortunate genes, oral steroids, some other medications, and more.

Everyone with a gall bladder releases bile when they eat a meal containing fat - any kind of fat. And AFAIK consuming fat with carbs slows down the blood glucose spike.

And that really is the knub of the problem. You eat a lot of carbs and probably not much in the way of vegetable - except, I'm guessing, potatoes! You don't mention alcohol, but beer is usually high in carbs as well as bread, pasta, rice, cous-cous, potatoes, and so on... Another guess is that...

Not all diabetes is inherited, and it's a tendency to diabetes - an increased risk of it - which is sometimes inherited.

He's a Vegan and I suspect that colours his advice

I make my own sourdough with mostly wheat flour plus some wholemeal rye. Except for the day I bake it, I have two think slices per day. My last HbA1c was 44 so not doing too badly with it. Baking day I make sure I have some super-stinky cheese to hand!