In today's episode, we're talking about why we want to check our A1C and what to do if it's high. The hemoglobin A1c test is a way of measuring your average blood sugar over about a 3-4 month time frame.

Hemoglobin is a protein in our red blood cells that is responsible for transporting oxygen to every cell in our body. It is vital that it can perform its duties.

A hemoglobin A1c reading below 5.6% is considered normal for most standard labs and above 6.5% is diagnostic of diabetes. However, I aim for myself and my patients to keep their A1c under 5.2%.

 

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