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<blockquote data-quote="jjne" data-source="post: 2426020" data-attributes="member: 544975"><p>I'm not sure that chart is correct (someone with an average bgl of 8.4 is a fair way above being pre-diabetic) ; this converter I believe is accurate though.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.ngsp.org/convert1.asp" target="_blank">http://www.ngsp.org/convert1.asp</a></p><p></p><p><strong>8.5 % NGSP = 69 mmol/mol IFCC = 197 mg/dL eAG = 11.0 mmol/l eAG</strong></p><p></p><p>It's high but not the end of the world. I have managed to go from an A1c of 12.6% (114, which really *is* bad!) to an estimate of around 7.8 in a couple of months, with metformin and strict keto. And my body seems to be on a go-slow (although recent numbers are tending very much toward low 7s now). So you can do it for sure.</p><p></p><p>As a quick guide, 6.0% is the golden number which is non-diabetic (42 in the UK/EU system). The NHS in the UK treats anything up to 6.5% as pre-diabetic (48 here), and this is apparently the target for diabetics. I've read that the US has a higher target of 7.0% (56 here). 8.5% isn't really all that far of a stretch from 7.0%.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jjne, post: 2426020, member: 544975"] I'm not sure that chart is correct (someone with an average bgl of 8.4 is a fair way above being pre-diabetic) ; this converter I believe is accurate though. [URL]http://www.ngsp.org/convert1.asp[/URL] [B]8.5 % NGSP = 69 mmol/mol IFCC = 197 mg/dL eAG = 11.0 mmol/l eAG[/B] It's high but not the end of the world. I have managed to go from an A1c of 12.6% (114, which really *is* bad!) to an estimate of around 7.8 in a couple of months, with metformin and strict keto. And my body seems to be on a go-slow (although recent numbers are tending very much toward low 7s now). So you can do it for sure. As a quick guide, 6.0% is the golden number which is non-diabetic (42 in the UK/EU system). The NHS in the UK treats anything up to 6.5% as pre-diabetic (48 here), and this is apparently the target for diabetics. I've read that the US has a higher target of 7.0% (56 here). 8.5% isn't really all that far of a stretch from 7.0%. [/QUOTE]
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