@lecowing, I found the article after looking deeper into possible causes for my neuropathy and other things I could work on to help. That along with learning more about low carb healthy fat eating along with intermittent fasting was when I started thinking there was a relationship between the metabolic syndrome and neuropathy. There is another discussion on the low carb eating and why here:

-- Low-carb healthy fat living. Intermittent fasting. What’s your why?
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/low-carb-healthy-fat-living-intermittent-fasting-whats-your-why/