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Rolla, ND | A1c of 100 means you are averaging right about 100 for blood glucose. So of course you get some readings over 100.
100 to 125 is the arbitrary prediabetic range. 126 and above diagnoses diabetes.
For heart disease, over 4.7 is where risk rises. That’s about 85.
I would guess you have elevated insulin. They will never test your insulin levels, just tell you to lose weight while the high insulin packs it on.
If you get any higher, standard is to give metformin. And that drug is helpful. Lowers blood sugar a bit, seems to make it easier to lose weight.
The weight isn’t the problem, it’s a marker for the problem. Lower insulin levels and you lose weight, raise them, you gain.
You at this stage can very likely do one thing and improve. Get rid of fructose. That would be table sugar and high fructose corn syrup. If you must use sweetener, use glucose which your body recognizes as food. Cheapest is called dextrose from corn. About 75% as sweet as table sugar.
The fructose is what really drives the fatty liver and pancreas which produces the diabetes problem. Effects are like being alcoholic except you aren’t drunk. Overal weight doesn’t mean much, it’s the fats in those two organs. Is you ALT test getting elevated? Liver screams for a decade generally before everything falls apart unless you drink sugar, then it's often faster. Drinking alcohol loads the liver the same as fructose. | |
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Higher fasting blood sugar on a low carb high protein diet
