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New ways to express how to control your blood sugar levels
If you have type 2 diabetes, there are many numbers to remember and none of these are at your age! Some people have levels of blood glucose per day, three months in HbA1c levels of … is actually the most important figures who know a diabetic.
Monitor Most people with type 2 diabetes, their glucose levels every day. The amount of sugar in the blood of evil
* Less than 120 mg / dL (6.7 mmol / L) for workers in many health care
* approximately 90 mg / dl (5 mmol / L), if you are really great.
* A number less than 100 mg / dL (5.5 mmol / L) is considered normal
* List of suppliers of health care many encourage their patients to keep them at $ 70-85 mg / dl (3,9-4,7 mmol / L)
Some studies show that levels of blood glucose above 85 mg / dL (4.7 mmol / L) and increased risk of heart disease.
With these values of blood sugar every day is your doctor in another interesting point … measurement of HbA1c. This figure helps to regulate the diet and exercise that helps your doctor adjust your medication. Of course you are looking for a level below 6.0%. The A1C test gives an average rate of blood sugar during the last three months.
Doctors at the University of California, Irvine is toying with the idea that another type of molecule glycosylation, glycosylated albumin, could be used in a test laboratory for new short-term indicators such as diabetics are well established. The doctor’s report in the November 2008 edition of Journal of Diabetes Science & Technology, glycated albumin is a detailed report of diabetes complications such as kidney damage and heart disease.
Other studies have shown that glycated albumin is important for detecting subtle changes in glucose control and the test is highly recommended when users diagnosed with the glycemic index in pregnant women with gestational diabetes.
The researchers also found that using this test to save costs in health care.
So be careful in the coming years! You could save much time and suffering and being conducted in one month to another. Instead of waiting three months for the results show that the indicator of how much damage has been done … are in a month and correct the cause. In addition to controlling your blood sugar in the blood, which may develop fewer complications.
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