Where I'm at right now, all I really need to be is aware of the added sugar, and make sure I'm not overdoing other intake. A piece of two of fruit is OK, for instance, or juice without added sugar. It's been really annoying with breakfast foods; Plain yogurt, toast, fruit, or cereal with the lowest sugar we can find. I've tried the steel-cut oats and, well, I think I'd get more flavor out of the cardboard. I'll probably have to see about dusting that with cinnamon.
I think they really just ran the A1C number because they had my sample and wanted as much of a baseline as they could get. And, as I noted, I'd probably noshed way more candy than I should've that day. Officially, I'm not prediabetic unless it keeps reading high on the next bloodwork, and it wasn't far into the zone, but I'm choosing to treat it as if I am actually prediabetic.
But then, there's family history on my Mom's side of the fence, so it really doesn't hurt to make that change to the diet.
I think they really just ran the A1C number because they had my sample and wanted as much of a baseline as they could get. And, as I noted, I'd probably noshed way more candy than I should've that day. Officially, I'm not prediabetic unless it keeps reading high on the next bloodwork, and it wasn't far into the zone, but I'm choosing to treat it as if I am actually prediabetic.
But then, there's family history on my Mom's side of the fence, so it really doesn't hurt to make that change to the diet.
"You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor