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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sally and james" data-source="post: 501243" data-attributes="member: 93504">My husband is very definitely T2 diabetic, with complications to prove it and a diagnosis reading of 24 mmol/L, but his fasting and pre-meal readings are now in the 4's, sometimes even 3's.  Low to modest carb meals give a two hour  increase of less than one.  This is after 3 stone weight loss and upping his gym visits to 5 or 6 a week.My understanding (and I can't remember my source, I'm afraid) is that "normal" fasting/pre-meal is 4 to 5.9 and T2 is 4 to 7.  This is mmol/L and is measured with a finger prick test, which shows the amount of sugar in the blood at that exact moment.HbA1c is a test carried out in a laboratory, following having a blood sample taken from the arm by a medic.  Fasting is irrelevant to this test.  In simple terms is shows the build up of sugars, which have become attached to the blood cells  over a two to three month period, so is a kind of average.  It is measured in mmol/mol, with "normal" being 41 or less, or in "old money" in percentages, where less than 6% would be considered normal.  So Jakjo's readings, like James', taken in isolation, would not be considered diabetic.  However, if Jakjo were to regain weight and re-adopt a lazier lifestyle and push his/her luck with the jam donuts, diabetic readings could return, as they would for James.Hope this clarifies things.  There is a lot of information on the main site, which is well worth a look.sally.</blockquote>

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