Mon, Oct-29-18, 15:17
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Plan: atkins, carnivore 2023
Stats: 225/224/163
BF:
Progress: 2%
Location: Massachusetts
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Researchers found that the lifetime of hemoglobin cells of diabetics turned over in as few as 81 days, while they lived as long as 146 days in non-diabetics.
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The result is that people with normal blood sugar often test with unexpectedly high A1c levels. This confused me early in my practice. I was testing blood sugar in three different ways for all new patients: fasting blood glucose, post-meal blood sugar (with a glucometer) and A1c. And I was surprised to see people with completely normal fasting and post-meal blood sugars, and A1c levels of >5.4%.
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On the other hand, if someone is diabetic, their red blood cells live shorter lives than non-diabetics. This means diabetics and those with high blood sugar will test with falsely low A1c levels
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From the link above Chris Kresser
For me this could mean I need to do a better job watching the carbs, or even the protein, to drive down the A1c and shoot for under 5.4 ...... but I am already pretty low carb. |