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I was diagnosed with diabetes about 5 months back with HBA1c 6.7. BG before and after meal was in diabetic range. I tool a lot of care of my diet, especially sugar and oil intake and checked BG at home on regular basis. It gradually decreased. In 3 months my HBA1c decreased to 5.8. and after 4...

I don't think so because this pen doesn't make any contact with the blood. It's only pin of the Lancet that makes connection with the blood.

Diabetes can't be transferred from one patient to another. Since you are using new Lancet so there is no danger of receiving ant disease

Few days back I went a lab for blood glucose fasting test. Result was 117. I checked it on my personal meter as well and result was 105. What could be the reason? Are domestic glucose meter reliable to give accurate results? Or there could be little deviation from actual result?

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That's good. But butter in Pakistan is very expensive. My nutritionist recommended me Lurpak brand of butter which is good for diet conscious people. Its 200g pack costs about $3 whereas vegetable oil is only $1.5 per litre.

I also don't want to use vegetable oils and replace them with olive oil and coconut oil and butter but they are expensive to afford. But I will try to minimize using vegetable oil

Which cooking oil is best for diabetics who are willing to lose weight? I heard that coconut oil is better even than olive oil but coconut oil should not be used in meals regularly.

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My HBA1C level was 6.7 three months back when I have it checked first time. I took a lot of care of my diet and especially of sugar intake. My weight has reduced little bit. My HBA1C level now is 5.8. How can it be interpreted? My glucose fasting result is always around 110 which was about 140...