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My GP: After eating blood sugar of 19 doesn't matter...only A1C matters
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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 624840" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>Having read bloodsugar101 (see link in my signature), I am firmly convinced that it isn't so much the severity of the spike, or the length of the spike, it is the area under the spike.</p><p></p><p>Imagine a graph.</p><p>You drink Full sugar cola. Your BG flies up, then drops down sharply. The graph shows that as a very steep, pointy mountain.</p><p>You eat a pizza. Your BG rises slowly, then drops slowly. The graph shows that as a wide, gentle hill.</p><p></p><p><strong><em>But they both have the same amount of space under the line.</em></strong></p><p></p><p>There is considerable evidence that having your BG above a certain level (roughly equivalent to an HbA1c of under 6.0%) means that the body's organs are exposed to blood glucose that damages the organs causing the longterm complications that we all dread.</p><p></p><p>Follow the link in my sig. Read the studies and the commentaries and make up your own mind.</p><p></p><p>I aim to have a BG level of <strong><em>below</em></strong> 6.6 at all times (though I'm not there yet!). I think that translates to about 120 in US units), and an A1c of 5.9 or below (that's below 40 in new money).</p><p></p><p>And I think your doctor is an ill informed idiot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 624840, member: 41816"] Having read bloodsugar101 (see link in my signature), I am firmly convinced that it isn't so much the severity of the spike, or the length of the spike, it is the area under the spike. Imagine a graph. You drink Full sugar cola. Your BG flies up, then drops down sharply. The graph shows that as a very steep, pointy mountain. You eat a pizza. Your BG rises slowly, then drops slowly. The graph shows that as a wide, gentle hill. [B][I]But they both have the same amount of space under the line.[/I][/B] There is considerable evidence that having your BG above a certain level (roughly equivalent to an HbA1c of under 6.0%) means that the body's organs are exposed to blood glucose that damages the organs causing the longterm complications that we all dread. Follow the link in my sig. Read the studies and the commentaries and make up your own mind. I aim to have a BG level of [B][I]below[/I][/B] 6.6 at all times (though I'm not there yet!). I think that translates to about 120 in US units), and an A1c of 5.9 or below (that's below 40 in new money). And I think your doctor is an ill informed idiot. [/QUOTE]
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