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HbA1c results

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McGints11

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Hi,

I had my second HbA1c test results today and my doctor was very happy. I was 13.9 mmol/l and I am now 6.2 mmol/lafter 4 months on a LCHF diet. I am really happy about this, because I consume about 20 grams of carbs per day and I find it difficult to cope with this diet.

I will be increasing the amount of carbs that I consume. I will introduce some fruit and see how that affects my BGLs. If that is not too bad, I may introduce some rice. The plan is to stay under 6.5 mmol/l with a little bit more carbs.

Thank you to everyone on this forum, I have learned a lot from you all. More importantly, I have gained so much encouragement from others with diabetes. The most difficult thing about diabetes is meeting other people with this condition and to be able to learn from their experiences.

Thank you

Peter
 
Well done @McGints11 but can I encourage you to keep going. By all means try out a few more carbs but test to see if your body can cope with them, It took me a long time for my body to cope with more carbs but I can manage more now. For me I think losing all my excess weight really helped and I did need to add a few more carbs when my BMI got down to 19.6 to increase my weight. My GP wanted my BMI over 20.
 
Great reduction, well done.

When you say your HbA1c was 6.2mmol/l do you mean 6.2% (DCCT) which is 44mmol/mol , which equates to 7.3mmol/l as per our meter measurements?
Or have you converted it to 6.2mmol/l?
You need to be clear on this before you start planning to increase your carbs too much.
 
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Bluetit1802 said:
Great reduction, well done.

When you say your HbA1c was 6.2mmol/l do you mean 6.2% (DCCT) which is 44mmol/mol , which equates to 7.3mmol/l as per our meter measurements?
Or have you converted it to 6.2mmol/l?
You need to be clear on this before you start planning to increase your carbs too much.
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Diabetes make my hurt. Why are there two types of numbers and do they mean the same thing? Can't they just make one number universal? Why confuse the issue?
 
The HbA1c test measurements are meant to be universal. Prior to 2011 (I think it was 2011) they were all measured the same way, producing a percentage figure, such as 6.2%. From 2011 the measurement units changed, almost universally, to mmol/mol such as 44mmol/mol. However, some labs in the UK and a few countries elsewhere haven't yet adopted this new measurement system.

Our meters measure in different units again - mmol/l such as 7.3mmol/l, unless you are in America or a few other countries where they use yet another measurement unit mg/dl. All the conversion charts are on the main DCUK website if you look for them.
 
Canada (where I am) we use mmol/l for our meters and percent for our a1c. Just as an FYI.
 
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