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<blockquote data-quote="Member496333" data-source="post: 1938679"><p>The problem with HbA1c is that it tells you nothing about your insulin. That is to say that it’s no indicator of how much insulin your pancreas is having to secrete in order to maintain a reasonable blood glucose concentration.</p><p></p><p>A more practical indicator would be if you are putting on weight without a change in diet and/or finding it very difficult to lose any. This would indicate hyperinsulinemia (too much insulin in the blood). Your HbA1c is, in my view, slightly on the elevated side form where I’d expect a metabolically healthy person to be, but it’s by no means bad.</p><p></p><p>A good strategy moving forward would be to try and heavily cut back on the carbohydrate and see if it affects your weight. If it does then keep it up and don’t worry any further <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>EDIT: I see that you’re already eating lower carbohydrate. This is a good thing and should be all you need to do. Be sure to add fat though in order to make up the energy deficit, otherwise you’ll just feel hungry and deprived.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Member496333, post: 1938679"] The problem with HbA1c is that it tells you nothing about your insulin. That is to say that it’s no indicator of how much insulin your pancreas is having to secrete in order to maintain a reasonable blood glucose concentration. A more practical indicator would be if you are putting on weight without a change in diet and/or finding it very difficult to lose any. This would indicate hyperinsulinemia (too much insulin in the blood). Your HbA1c is, in my view, slightly on the elevated side form where I’d expect a metabolically healthy person to be, but it’s by no means bad. A good strategy moving forward would be to try and heavily cut back on the carbohydrate and see if it affects your weight. If it does then keep it up and don’t worry any further :) EDIT: I see that you’re already eating lower carbohydrate. This is a good thing and should be all you need to do. Be sure to add fat though in order to make up the energy deficit, otherwise you’ll just feel hungry and deprived. [/QUOTE]
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