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<blockquote data-quote="Resurgam" data-source="post: 2224740" data-attributes="member: 355878"><p>What caught my attention was that you are not testing after eating - for a type two that is the significant test time - as the amount of carbs in a meal will be what pushes your BG level up.</p><p>I keep my two hour tests to 7mmol/l - perhaps a point or two higher if I have a dessert after dinner, but that is usually only once a week. These days I rarely need to test, having settled what I can eat and when, but from this I know that my Hba1c will be around the top end of normal, or to be more precise, 42.</p><p>This is actually higher than predicted but my blood corpuscles might live longer than normal - it is a figure everyone seems happy with.</p><p>Weightloss, steady weight and fasting blood glucose level seem to have no effect at all on Hba1c for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Resurgam, post: 2224740, member: 355878"] What caught my attention was that you are not testing after eating - for a type two that is the significant test time - as the amount of carbs in a meal will be what pushes your BG level up. I keep my two hour tests to 7mmol/l - perhaps a point or two higher if I have a dessert after dinner, but that is usually only once a week. These days I rarely need to test, having settled what I can eat and when, but from this I know that my Hba1c will be around the top end of normal, or to be more precise, 42. This is actually higher than predicted but my blood corpuscles might live longer than normal - it is a figure everyone seems happy with. Weightloss, steady weight and fasting blood glucose level seem to have no effect at all on Hba1c for me. [/QUOTE]
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