6 month AC1 test
 

Just wanted to share my joy at my latest glycosylated hemoglobin (Ac1) test - 5.2 which I think corresponds to an average of about 90, which is what Dr.B says we should try for. On the ADA diet it was over 8 at one point. Lowcarb certainly works for me. By the way, this is not a lab result, but from a home test - I used the Metrika Ac1Now kit, which actually lots of Drs use in their office instead of waiting for a lab result. But anyhow, I was going to buy one over the web, which was going to be over $25, but found a distributor in my town which sells to Drs but was willing to sell to me too. So it cost $13.70. I should not have been surprised at the 5.2 reading, because I test a lot, and that was my average on the glucometer, but its nice to have this other test confirming it. Bill

That is great News, but I am confused. Carolyn put up this chart that conflicts with the 18 factor.

.http://www.geocities.com/diabetesch...ad.php?t=122071

Congratulations on the great news. Personally I find that the LC WOL brings stability to my overall "health stats".

David

P.S. Maybe you should buy and resell the Metrika kits on Ebay.

That link is kind of weird amd now I can't edit my post!!! Frustration...here is a link to the thread it is in!

http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=122071

congrats bill,
thats a great result.

christine

It really is a great result.

The 5.2 is a percentage, which converts to 108 mg/dl.

That 108 mg/dl can be divided by 18 to convert it to 6 mmol/L.

The hga1c test actually measures something different to get a reading of how much glucose has been in your blood on average - which is why it has a different kind of number.

But still, yours was a good reading, and congratualtions!

Here's the chart, by the way. Somewhere there was a chart that had both US and Cdn units.. but oh well. This is for mg/dl (the US measure)

http://www.geocities.com/diabetesch...sugarchart.html