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<blockquote data-quote="KennyA" data-source="post: 2421410" data-attributes="member: 517579"><p>They really left you in the dark with this. Well done on the low carb/low sugar start. It worked for me really quickly. </p><p></p><p>HbA1c is a proxy measure for your average blood glucose over the lst three months. It is how the medics now "diagnose" T2 diabetes via blood test - above 48 millimoles per mol, you're diabetic. 48 mmol/mol was chosen because diabetic retinopathy (damage to eyes caused by diabetes) is relatively rare below a reading of 48. "Normal" range is under 42; between 42 and 48 is an odd place called prediabetes, where people often have diabetic symptoms but aren't officially diabetic. It is basically an indication of your blood glucose level. The fingerprick test does the same thing but measures your blood glucose directly: it's a snapshot rather than an average and is affected by the food you eat, exercise, illness, and many other things. It tells you what your BG is right now, but not what it was an hour ago or might be in three hours. </p><p></p><p>Generally you'll want your blood glucose to be back in normal range, because that should avoid you developing diabetic symptoms, or any you have getting worse, and if you do have symptoms, they should improve as your BG improves. Once you have your meter you can test what each food does to your BG, and cut out the things that lift your BG unacceptably.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KennyA, post: 2421410, member: 517579"] They really left you in the dark with this. Well done on the low carb/low sugar start. It worked for me really quickly. HbA1c is a proxy measure for your average blood glucose over the lst three months. It is how the medics now "diagnose" T2 diabetes via blood test - above 48 millimoles per mol, you're diabetic. 48 mmol/mol was chosen because diabetic retinopathy (damage to eyes caused by diabetes) is relatively rare below a reading of 48. "Normal" range is under 42; between 42 and 48 is an odd place called prediabetes, where people often have diabetic symptoms but aren't officially diabetic. It is basically an indication of your blood glucose level. The fingerprick test does the same thing but measures your blood glucose directly: it's a snapshot rather than an average and is affected by the food you eat, exercise, illness, and many other things. It tells you what your BG is right now, but not what it was an hour ago or might be in three hours. Generally you'll want your blood glucose to be back in normal range, because that should avoid you developing diabetic symptoms, or any you have getting worse, and if you do have symptoms, they should improve as your BG improves. Once you have your meter you can test what each food does to your BG, and cut out the things that lift your BG unacceptably. [/QUOTE]
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