Am I still prediabetic?

KennyA said:

Well done! If your HbA1c shows anything under 42 you are not "pre-diabetic" anymore. "Normal" levels are usually described (in the UK anyway) as being 38-42 - that is "normal" in the sense that the A1c of most people who are not diabetic falls in that range. Graph attached (from a Dutch study) might be helpful. You'll see though that it doesn't neatly fall into the 38-42 range that the UK medical system normally uses. View attachment 57027

36 is therefore slightly low. It happens to be the same as my last reading - I'm not worried at all about it being slightly under where most people are. My take on this has always been that while current BG has been fine for a while now, if I ate carbs the way I used to I would very soon have rising BG levels again. So the low levels avoid the harm that a higher level does, but for me anyway it doesn't in any way imply a "cure".

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MrsA2 said:

In brief, yes and well done
BUT you may always be sensitive to carbs and could tip over the line again

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Robbity said:

Well done!

While you've achieved a definite non-diabetic HbA1c level, it's still possible to remain "diabetes prone"... and sometimes issues other than carbs may be the culprits in pushing your glucose levels up again , often on a temporary basis. So take care!

I've been able to stay mainly at low end pre-diabetic levels long term, and see the occasional non-diabetic results - my glucose tends to bounce around slightly, generally for non-dietary reasons. However there are many low carbers here who have done far better than me and have kept their non-diabetic status.

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