No. After I lost weight, I was no longer FAT. Let's just stop kidding ourselves. I would never ostracize a kid or challenged person or even a person making the effort and succeeding. He can proudly say he is no longer fat. That is not putting anyone down!
Everybody, regardless of age should get an HbA1c, aka called A1c, once a year, and those with an elevated A1c should get it done more frequently. People can go with too-high blood glucose levels for years and remain asymptomatic. And by the time they are symptomatic much of the mostly avoidable and most serious damage is done. An A1c test is $20 to $100 wisely invested in one's health. You can get an A1c lab order from your primary care physician, you can buy a home test kit for about $50 at your pharmacy, or you you use a service like Sesame.
I think people will be looking at insulin levels as much as or more as glucose in the not to distant future.
That would be nice but I would not hold your breath. How much did your test cost?
Right now, even getting an insulin resistance test done is difficult. The A1c is the primary tool for detecting a problem with sugar metabolism.
I'll post back when I get real bloodwork back sometime.
. Though I don't think it was usually that high. Typically I'd say 150's/90s.
Great work Nick. My blood psi is similar to yours since cutting a lot of junk out and walking more.I'll post back when I get real bloodwork back sometime.
Just logged into my doctor's portal and looks like I last had blood work in 2019, didn't realize it was that long ago. My A1C was 5.2 and EAG was 103.
Blood pressure was 170/102
I did go to the doctor last spring but didn't get blood work, blood pressure was 118/76.
I'll post back when I get real bloodwork back sometime.
Just logged into my doctor's portal and looks like I last had blood work in 2019, didn't realize it was that long ago. My A1C was 5.2 and EAG was 103.
Blood pressure was 170/102
I did go to the doctor last spring but didn't get blood work, blood pressure was 118/76.
I’ll pick one up.
