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<blockquote data-quote="HSSS" data-source="post: 2052559" data-attributes="member: 480869"><p><a href="https://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes_care/blood-sugar-level-ranges.html" target="_blank">https://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes_care/blood-sugar-level-ranges.html</a></p><p></p><p>Hb1ac is a measure of how much glucose your red blood cells have been exposed to. As cells last around 12 weeks on average this means the results gives you an average level for the last 3 months. Over 48mmol is diabetes between 42 and 47 is prediabetic.</p><p></p><p>Sadly I’m a bit confused why your dr has called it prediabetic as fasting glucose tests state that over 7 is diabetic so your 8.1 puts you potentially in that range if you did fast as instructed. However it can be higher than an hb1ac would suggest if you are susceptible to high morning sugars (called dawn phenomenon and it is a result of insulin resistance which is what prediabetes also is about) but the rest of the day is ok. That’s why they do the hb1ac to get a fuller picture.</p><p></p><p>Whatever the outcome there’s things you can do to help and quite possibly reverse it and even lose some weight as a bonus if you need to. Primarily reduce carbs. </p><p></p><p>I’ll tag [USER=25759]@daisy1[/USER] who will provide a good overview of what it’s all about. Nothing to stop you doing a bit of reading and making some simple swaps whilst you wait to find out more from your dr. It won’t do anyone any harm if their carb levels are quite high.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HSSS, post: 2052559, member: 480869"] [URL]https://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes_care/blood-sugar-level-ranges.html[/URL] Hb1ac is a measure of how much glucose your red blood cells have been exposed to. As cells last around 12 weeks on average this means the results gives you an average level for the last 3 months. Over 48mmol is diabetes between 42 and 47 is prediabetic. Sadly I’m a bit confused why your dr has called it prediabetic as fasting glucose tests state that over 7 is diabetic so your 8.1 puts you potentially in that range if you did fast as instructed. However it can be higher than an hb1ac would suggest if you are susceptible to high morning sugars (called dawn phenomenon and it is a result of insulin resistance which is what prediabetes also is about) but the rest of the day is ok. That’s why they do the hb1ac to get a fuller picture. Whatever the outcome there’s things you can do to help and quite possibly reverse it and even lose some weight as a bonus if you need to. Primarily reduce carbs. I’ll tag [USER=25759]@daisy1[/USER] who will provide a good overview of what it’s all about. Nothing to stop you doing a bit of reading and making some simple swaps whilst you wait to find out more from your dr. It won’t do anyone any harm if their carb levels are quite high. [/QUOTE]
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