Blood Sugar Test Magic
So last year my annual health screening came back with my blood sugar in the pre-diabetic range for the sixth straight year. I was already doing CrossFit and biking, so I added a resolution to further reduce the amount of sugar I ate at work. Since that's the main place I ate sugar, this seemed like a good call.
As previously documented, this year I've crush my goal of eating less junk food at work, and I kept up the exercise at the same level or higher as last year. So what happened when I got my health screening? For the seventh straight year, my blood sugar was in the pre-diabetic range, and worse it was at easily its highest point ever; I nearly crossed over into the "probably have diabetes" zone.
At this point I was advised to take an A1C test to screen for diabetes, which looks at the last three months instead of the last 12 hours. I did... and naturally I get completely normal results. In fact, they were really good, or so I was told. So, I do not have diabetes, and am now more cynical about tests. It helps that I don't have any other symptoms at all.
In other good news, my good cholesterol went up, so fish oil is apparently helping. All other numbers were good.
As previously documented, this year I've crush my goal of eating less junk food at work, and I kept up the exercise at the same level or higher as last year. So what happened when I got my health screening? For the seventh straight year, my blood sugar was in the pre-diabetic range, and worse it was at easily its highest point ever; I nearly crossed over into the "probably have diabetes" zone.
At this point I was advised to take an A1C test to screen for diabetes, which looks at the last three months instead of the last 12 hours. I did... and naturally I get completely normal results. In fact, they were really good, or so I was told. So, I do not have diabetes, and am now more cynical about tests. It helps that I don't have any other symptoms at all.
In other good news, my good cholesterol went up, so fish oil is apparently helping. All other numbers were good.