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Debate grows over HbA1c readings in prediabetics on zero-carb diets
Original: What the HbA1c blood value measures, and why it rates two very different people the same. Prediabetic on Zero Carbs? htt
A German writer with prediabetes has published an account of following a zero-carb diet and what the HbA1c blood value actually measures. The piece explains why the long-term glucose marker can rate two metabolically different people the same, and questions how meaningful the test is for someone eating almost no carbohydrates.
Why now: Interest in low-carb diets and how standard diabetes metrics apply to them is ongoing.
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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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