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What the HbA1c blood value really measures
Original: What the HbA1c blood value measures, and why it rates two very different people the same. Prediabetic on Zero Carbs? htt
A blog post examines the HbA1c blood value, which reflects average blood sugar over roughly three months, and argues it can give identical readings to people with very different metabolisms. The author, describing themselves as prediabetic and following a zero-carb diet, questions how meaningful the marker is for someone whose carbohydrate intake is minimal, and explains the physiology behind the measure.
Why now: Debate continues about whether standard diabetes markers like HbA1c are reliable for people on very low-carbohydrate diets.
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- What the HbA1c blood value measures, and why it rates two very different people the same. Prediabetic on Zero Carbs? https:// butterbei.de/en/posts/prediabe tic-on-zero-carbs/ # Nutrition # Food # diabetes · ButterBeiDieFische@norden.social · 2
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