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Do you think that some HbA1c measurements could be inaccurate?

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yetta2mymom

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I exist on a very low-carb diet. I can do so since I have the "hunter" gene. That means I put out hormones which create insulin resistance most of the time. All of the time with my diet. This means that my fasting blood sugar would almost certainly be very near the low blood sugar for the day. I have been writing a web site read throughout the world (most countries over 20000 hits, but many hits are either repeats and/or of very short time duration). I have a fasting blood sugar and HbA1c taken once every year. I am a klutz, so I only self check under extreme circumstances. My readings were U.S. readings 112 and 5.3%. With my insulin resistance this is strange. I pressed my present physician for a possible explanation. He indicated that some of his HbA1c measurements seemed low and maybe that was the problem. I have guessed 2 possibilities. 1 is his, the second is I had a sugar release on the day of the tests. Any comments?
 
One comment .. the sugar release is not possible as the HbA1C is an average of the preceding 3 months, not what you eat on the day
 
A low carb diet would give you no problems no matter what your genetic inheritance - it is a natural state to be in. Humans don't need carbs - despite the rubbish most dieticians come out with.
A 'sugar release' is also a natural reaction to daily life, but it would not effect Hba1c unless you regularly do not eat in a morning. I know that for me not eating triggers a release of glucose from the liver - it is what happens, it is not a fault, it is so we can run off to catch breakfast.
 
Resurgam said:
A low carb diet would give you no problems no matter what your genetic inheritance - it is a natural state to be in. Humans don't need carbs - despite the rubbish most dieticians come out with.
A 'sugar release' is also a natural reaction to daily life, but it would not effect Hba1c unless you regularly do not eat in a morning. I know that for me not eating triggers a release of glucose from the liver - it is what happens, it is not a fault, it is so we can run off to catch breakfast.
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I do not lose weight on a very low carb diet. I have written that I have been on this weird diet (I mean avoid almost all starch/sugar can't avoid a little) for over 12 years. I do not think people without the "hunter" gene can do this (or does my doctor) since they would continuously lose weight. The reason is that you use insulin to process protein. Otherwise you get a build up of ammonia and die. Once the insulin is in the blood it does not know that it should only process protein. So it changes sugar into starch. All humans (doctors don't know this) produce hormones (possibly the same ones produced by the placenta) to produce insulin resistance if very low blood sugar threatens, but in any case you end up with a lower blood sugar than the body is comfortable with and your liver produces sugar from fat. This process sugar into fat and then fat into sugar is very energy intensive. I have read that up to (obviously usually less) 1/3 of the energy is lost in this process. So you lose weight. The more protein you eat the more insulin you produce, the more weight you lose. In humans only a limited amount of protein can be absorbed at one time so more protein does not lead to an increase weight. I have written that my blood fats are fine, my circulation is fine, my blood pressure has improved. We "hunter" people produce the hormones that lead to insulin resistance all the time until our blood sugar gets to high. At that point we turn off the hormones. Women with the "hunter" gene who are pregnant do not turn off the hormones since that would effect the hormones produced by the placenta (the fetus/baby needs to be insulin resistant) and the fetus would die. They are the women (with some exceptions) who have gestational diabetes.
 
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