Why would my doctor order an HBA1C test?
Dear Dr. Mirkin: I'm not diabetic; why would my doctor order an HBA1C test?
HBA1C is a blood test that measures how much sugar is stuck on cells.
When your blood sugar rises too high, sugar sticks to the surface membranes of cells and can never get off.
It is eventually converted to sorbitol which destroys the cell to cause heart attacks, strokes, nerve damage and more.
A recent study from Australia followed women for 3.5 years and showed that HBA1C is one of the most important predictors of heart attacks.
Normal HBA1C is under 6.0. A woman who had a HBA1C of 5.7 had twice the chance of getting a heart attack as a woman whose HBA1C was below 5.1 (Obesity, January 2009).
HBA1C was a better predictor of a future heart attack than fasting blood sugar or abdominal obesity.
HBA1C is a blood test that measures how much sugar is stuck on cells.
When your blood sugar rises too high, sugar sticks to the surface membranes of cells and can never get off.
It is eventually converted to sorbitol which destroys the cell to cause heart attacks, strokes, nerve damage and more.
A recent study from Australia followed women for 3.5 years and showed that HBA1C is one of the most important predictors of heart attacks.
Normal HBA1C is under 6.0. A woman who had a HBA1C of 5.7 had twice the chance of getting a heart attack as a woman whose HBA1C was below 5.1 (Obesity, January 2009).
HBA1C was a better predictor of a future heart attack than fasting blood sugar or abdominal obesity.
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