wishbone
I can't answer your question. I haven't read enough about statins to know. My default position would be to say that I didn't try hard enough, and work harder to fix it with diet.
Right now, I eat under 1k calories a day. Been doing it for a few months now. It's actually very simple and I feel GREAT. Once in awhile, I may exceed 1k, but not by much, and I make it up the next day through exercise and lowering my calorie intake next day to balance it out, so overall I stay below 1k calories.
What I can say is that if I was to be diagnosed as a diabetic, I would NEVER touch Metformin, Farxiga, etc. I would take Berberine which is one of the natural substances that actually works as well or better than drugs.