On the BBC piece: aging vs. managing metabolic disease

Haven’t seen the full BBC article yet, just the excerpts going around. But if they’re arguing aging can’t be halted, that’s fair. Though I’d push back on something: the distinction between “can’t halt aging” and “can’t prevent age-related disease.” For someone managing pre-diabetes (A1c 6.1 as of October), the practical question isn’t immortality. It’s whether I can slow metabolic decline. Early read: yes. Fasting glucose down from 119 to 108. That’s not stopping the clock. It’s interrupting insulin resistance. The BBC may make a fair point abt hype. But dismissing interventions that slow age-related metabolic disease seems like throwing out the practical win. Anyone else read teh full piece? Does this distinction hold?