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<blockquote data-quote="Gardengnome" data-source="post: 717549" data-attributes="member: 90244"><p>Thank you Sanguine and Blue tit for your replies. I am a healthy BMI [<19] although 2 yrs ago when diagnosed with hypertension I was quite overweight and had borderline high cholesterol, but I was not classed as obese. I've been a yo-yo dieter as long as I can remember. It was 2 yrs ago that I first had an A1c of 41 and then the same a year later. I took control of my life style and ditched the Weight watcher/NHS diet with its high carb content and low fat. I do watch the carbs but don't actually count them, drink very little alcohol, don't smoke and walk briskly at least 2 miles daily. I do eat a LOT of vegetables and fruit, suspect too many carbs from fruit actually, and very little meat, plenty of fish and eggs though. My feeling is that I've done all that I can to reduce the possibility of prediabetes turning into type 2. I am waiting to be contacted for a follow up A1c which I'm thinking will still be classed as prediabetic, or worse. I am 72 yrs btw. Is there more I should be doing?</p><p></p><p>My dr said a year ago that you don't have to be overweight to get type 2. My grandmother had it latterly in life but did little exercise and wasn't overweight, but my mother didn't. Father I don't know about as he died early.</p><p></p><p>The dr said the A1c numbers would rise and when they reached close to 50 he would put me on Metformin. I did wonder if he was just scaremongering? Would he do that?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gardengnome, post: 717549, member: 90244"] Thank you Sanguine and Blue tit for your replies. I am a healthy BMI [<19] although 2 yrs ago when diagnosed with hypertension I was quite overweight and had borderline high cholesterol, but I was not classed as obese. I've been a yo-yo dieter as long as I can remember. It was 2 yrs ago that I first had an A1c of 41 and then the same a year later. I took control of my life style and ditched the Weight watcher/NHS diet with its high carb content and low fat. I do watch the carbs but don't actually count them, drink very little alcohol, don't smoke and walk briskly at least 2 miles daily. I do eat a LOT of vegetables and fruit, suspect too many carbs from fruit actually, and very little meat, plenty of fish and eggs though. My feeling is that I've done all that I can to reduce the possibility of prediabetes turning into type 2. I am waiting to be contacted for a follow up A1c which I'm thinking will still be classed as prediabetic, or worse. I am 72 yrs btw. Is there more I should be doing? My dr said a year ago that you don't have to be overweight to get type 2. My grandmother had it latterly in life but did little exercise and wasn't overweight, but my mother didn't. Father I don't know about as he died early. The dr said the A1c numbers would rise and when they reached close to 50 he would put me on Metformin. I did wonder if he was just scaremongering? Would he do that? [/QUOTE]
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