Lyle Wallace has a twin, but not the kind you might picture.
Wallace—a pastor in Texas, warm and with a flowing Southern drawl—was diagnosed with diabetes in early 2023, with an A1C of 7 and a prescription for Metformin. A few months in, Wallace decided he didn’t want to rely on drugs alone, taking on a digital twin, a virtual rendering of his body built by startup Twin Health. For more than two years, that twin has been linked to his glucose monitor and activity tracker—at Wallace’s side, through grocery stores, church events, and in his yard with his kids. He says that, without a doubt, the technology has helped him reframe how he thinks about his diabetes.
