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Hi I work in mg/dL e.g. 151 mg/dL = 6.9%

Hi I've been taking all the advice given above and taking regular readings throughout the day. I have to change my breakfast away from my whole grain oats, but more to the point of this message, when I go dancing (usually 2/3 hours in the evening before dinner) I take Granny Smith apples and...

Does it make any difference when (what time of day, before or after a meal) you draw the blood for the Hba1c? Yes, I am on 3x 1g Merformin

... but I like carbs! I don't want to give up on life just because I am diabetic. You can control things by proper behaviour; avoid excesses, exercise, etc.

Thank you KK123 Well, I eat fruit often because I need sugar in between my dance classes. And then because I DON'T like sweet things (never did, not even women!) once I see fruit laying around I go for it. I need to do some testing as my fasting levels had convinced me I had found the answer...

Thank you xfiekdok, Yes, I will do as you suggest. ...and think you all the others who contributed.

it's the 'average' over the whole 24 hours in every day (over 3 months or the week/months before your previous one). Hi KK123 Yes, I take your point, but... if once in a blue moon I have a silly dinner and get maybe 220 the next morning, it takes me 3 to 5 days to recover to my normal levels...

morning: whole grain oats with yogurt lunch : small, normal but no bread dinner: late without carbs other than fruit Plenty of fruit during day (apples, oranges, avocados) ; no alcohol But my question is the relation from fasting daily results to hba1c. irrespective of diet.

Hi For several years now my daily fasting results are somewhere between 150 and 180. Since August I changed my diet drastically and now get somewhere between 110 and 130. So from an average of , say 160 my average now is 120, day after day for the last 3 months. In September I did an Hba1C and...