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Katra <[email protected]> wrote in news:KatraMungBean-
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> my A1C is 2.6.
Way too low! 3.9mmol is where a diabetic coma can start. That's where
you run outa glucose (required food for ALL your body/brain cells). No
food no live.
Something ain't right either Find a New lab or get a Better meter.
A A1C is the average per centage count of Blood Glucose over 120 days
about 7% higher than a random BG meter reading (which can be 10% plus
inaccurate). Home or personal BG meters aren't that accurate.
Important testing times are: upon awakening in the morning before eating
anything (called fasting), just before any meal and 1 and 2 hours after a
meal (called 1PP and 2PP). The before meals gives you a starting
point. The 1PP and 2PP show/chart how your blood glucose are reacting to
the food you ate. Too high/too fast and you NEED to exercise to burn it
off. Too low/too fast and you need glucose (sugar). 7.8 mmol or 140 mg/dl
is where permenent damage is being done to your body, so avoid going over
that number. Try hard.
And below 3.9 mmol (70mg/dl) you'll feel like **** and be very weak. You
won't like it at all. Not at all pleasant.
Your 1PP and 2PP also can help you remove dangerous foods that spike your
BG levels from your diet. These dangerous foods vary from person to
person. Some have better resistance than others to carb overloads from
certain food types. Nobody reacts the same. You need to find your own
foods and your own carb limits.
I find rice (a favorite food) is now a thing of the past as it used to
spike me bad. Same with flour, white bread, potatoes and also corn
products. Tomatoes,Onions and carrots spike me but I just restrict my
consumtion of those as the spikes aren't as high and portion control
reduces the spike.
I suspect I'll be lower/better on my next A1C test as I'm getting high
in the 4's mmol readings all this month due to weight loss and light
exercise. To convert mmol (like 2.6) to mg/dl (like 90) multiply by
18.06.
'Normal' people rarely leave the 5's mmol (80-110 mg/dl).
Type 2 diabetes is 'THE' new killer plague, very few people who have it
know that they have it. IIRC it was discovered in the 50's. 10's of
Millions have it. It is estimated 1 in 10 people have type 2 diabetes.
I ain't a doctor but what I do works for me.
--
No Bread Crumbs were hurt in the making of this Meal.
Type 2 Diabetic 1AC 5.6mmol or 101mg/dl
Continuing to be Manitoban
[email protected]:
> my A1C is 2.6.
Way too low! 3.9mmol is where a diabetic coma can start. That's where
you run outa glucose (required food for ALL your body/brain cells). No
food no live.
Something ain't right either Find a New lab or get a Better meter.
A A1C is the average per centage count of Blood Glucose over 120 days
about 7% higher than a random BG meter reading (which can be 10% plus
inaccurate). Home or personal BG meters aren't that accurate.
Important testing times are: upon awakening in the morning before eating
anything (called fasting), just before any meal and 1 and 2 hours after a
meal (called 1PP and 2PP). The before meals gives you a starting
point. The 1PP and 2PP show/chart how your blood glucose are reacting to
the food you ate. Too high/too fast and you NEED to exercise to burn it
off. Too low/too fast and you need glucose (sugar). 7.8 mmol or 140 mg/dl
is where permenent damage is being done to your body, so avoid going over
that number. Try hard.
And below 3.9 mmol (70mg/dl) you'll feel like **** and be very weak. You
won't like it at all. Not at all pleasant.
Your 1PP and 2PP also can help you remove dangerous foods that spike your
BG levels from your diet. These dangerous foods vary from person to
person. Some have better resistance than others to carb overloads from
certain food types. Nobody reacts the same. You need to find your own
foods and your own carb limits.
I find rice (a favorite food) is now a thing of the past as it used to
spike me bad. Same with flour, white bread, potatoes and also corn
products. Tomatoes,Onions and carrots spike me but I just restrict my
consumtion of those as the spikes aren't as high and portion control
reduces the spike.
I suspect I'll be lower/better on my next A1C test as I'm getting high
in the 4's mmol readings all this month due to weight loss and light
exercise. To convert mmol (like 2.6) to mg/dl (like 90) multiply by
18.06.
'Normal' people rarely leave the 5's mmol (80-110 mg/dl).
Type 2 diabetes is 'THE' new killer plague, very few people who have it
know that they have it. IIRC it was discovered in the 50's. 10's of
Millions have it. It is estimated 1 in 10 people have type 2 diabetes.
I ain't a doctor but what I do works for me.
--
No Bread Crumbs were hurt in the making of this Meal.
Type 2 Diabetic 1AC 5.6mmol or 101mg/dl
Continuing to be Manitoban
