In the last article I explained the three primary markers we use to track blood sugar: fasting blood glucose (FBG), oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and hemoglobin A1c (A1c). We also looked at what the medical establishment considers as "normal" for these markers. The table below summarizes those values. Marker Normal Pre-diabetes Diabetes Fasting blood glucose (mg/dL) 126 OGGT / post-meal (mg/dL after 2 hours) 200 Hemoglobin A1c (%) 6.4 In this article, we're going to look at just how "normal" those normal levels are ...
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In the next two articles we're going to discuss the concept of "normal" blood sugar. I say concept and put normal in quotation marks because what passes for normal in mainstream medicine turns out to be anything but normal if optimal health and function are what you're interested in. Here's the thing. We've confused normal with common. Just because something is common, doesn't mean it's normal. It's now becoming common for kids to ...
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