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Diabetes & Glycemia – An Easy Way to Grasp A1C

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Diabetes & Glycemia – An Easy Way to Grasp A1C

So I’m kind of ashamed to say this, but what the hell.

Have any of you heard about eAG?

I certainly never had.

I suspect eAG is a measurement used in the United States since the 2013 Canadian Diabetes Clinical Guidelines made no mention of this.

A Recap on A1C

If you are a long-term diabetic, you must have heard your healthcare team rambling about your A1C levels. A1C, properly known as glycated hemoglobin, is a test that indicates your average blood sugar levels in the last three months. Generally, people with diabetes are asked to perform this test every three to six months, depending on their glycemic control. They should aim for a A1C levels below 7% or 8% in some cases.

So jumping on the detox bandwagon just a week before your visit to the doc is most likely not going to hide the dozen of cheeseburgers you devoured over the past few months. Just saying.




What’s eAG?

A1C and eAG are very similar in that both of them give you the “average glucose.” The difference lies in the unit. eAG uses the same unit (mg/dl) as your glucometer while A1C unit is a percentage. For some folks, understanding A1C is a bit challenging due to a different unit system, so eAG appears to be an easier concept to grasp. For instance, a 7% A1C value is the equivalent of 154 mg/dl.

To learn how to convert your A1C levels to eAG, head over to the American Diabetes Association (ADA) website by clicking here.

If you love math, here is the formula to calculate manually: 28.7 x A1C – 46.7 = eAG.

Hopefully, you guys can wrap your head around the A1C test and finally not have that lost look whenever a healthcare provider mentions the word A1C.