Friend of mine told me that a few years ago, the allowable A1C used to be higher. But they discovered that by lowering the number, more money could be made.
We have a winner!
Over 35 years ago, before the A1C, my fasting blood sugar was routinely 120ish. I weighed much less than I do now, walked a hard 6 miles a day, and ate practically no sugar. Any GTT was negative. According to the clinical norms of these days I would be firmly diabetic. Oh, and my total Cholesterol was always 210+. Somehow I soldier on doing a full day’s labor most days in the middle of my 7th decade. An angiogram just a few years ago showed completely clean arteries. Guess I’m an exception for now but living on borrowed time.
Yeah, in a day and time of blame for everything and the continued desire to make money they have lowered the clinical norms to lasso in all possible fees and liability. I’ll leave it to the reader to decide on which is the greater motivation.
I can tell when I don’t follow a good diet so I try not to transgress too often with sweets, too many fats, refined products like white bread and just too much of anything save for good fruits, vegetables, nuts and a reasonable portion of meat and fish. White stuff is a killer. Just work to stay away from it all you can.
Only because the ‘official diet’ includes so many carbs that medication to ‘cover that’ becomes necessary.
If it makes your sugar go over 120 post prandial. Don’t eat that.
Saw my doctor, and he told me I had six months to live, then gave me the bill.
I told him I couldn’t pay it.
He gave me another six months.