Posts Tagged ‘A1c Test’

It’s OK to Incorporate Flexibility Into Your Diabetes Diet

30th July 2009 by admin No Comments

For those newly diagnosed with diabetes, the recommended lifestyle changes can be intimidating. Among the first guidelines are to eat a low-fat diet to help control cholesterol levels and to watch carbohydrate intake in order to keep glucose levels in check. But how do diabetics make these changes without sacrificing the foods they truly love? [...]

Experts Urge New Screening for Diabetes

13th June 2009 by admin No Comments

A diabetes test that measures a person’s average blood glucose control over the preceding two to three months is being recommended as the new diagnostic tool for the condition.

Diabetics have too much glucose in their blood when the condition is uncontrolled, and must monitor it.

A committee of international experts recommended the test, called the [...]