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Is a 6.5% A1c Good Enough for You?

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Is a 6.5% A1c Good Enough for You?

By Sysy Morales of The Girl's Guide to Diabetes

February 18th, 2019

The premise that a 6.5% A1c is great for a type 1 diabetic is based on the widespread belief that we simply cannot expect better results than that and still maintain safety from low blood sugars. The truth is that a 6.5% A1c in a non-type 1 diabetic is medically diagnostic criteria for type 2 diabetes. It is well established that type 2 diabetes is detrimental to one’s health, especially in the long term, and probably also in the short-term, though that is more difficult to quantify due to comorbidities.

It’s possible that a type 1 with a 6.5% A1c is different from a type 2 with a 6.5% A1c because the type 1 might be having more blood sugar variability, which the body doesn’t like. The type 2 in many cases has additional metabolic distress in the form of insulin resistance, obesity, high blood pressure, and fatty liver disease which would also make a difference when comparing their 6.5% A1c to that same A1c in type 1. Therefore, there are factors making this a nuanced issue.

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This is a very interesting article on the comparison between type 1 and 2 Diabetics with a 6.5% A1c.

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I believe 6.5 is a good number whatever be the the type of diabetes.If one is on insulin,like Type 1 and many Type 2 also,attempting further reduction runs the risk of hypoglycemia when situations like delayed food intake.unusually higher activity etc occur.At 6.5 ,chances of diabetes complications manifesting are quite low,to my knowledge.

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