Unnecessary for type 2 illness, doctor tells forum. Other expert
insists data show monitoring useful.

From the article:

"Indeed, the doctor said there is virtually nothing type 2
diabetics can do about the results of their blood tests, which
Canadian medical guidelines still recommend once a day. And a
test now available to physicians that can be given every three
months can tell just as much about overall glucose fluctuations
as a daily self-test diary."

Nothing you can do about the results? This guy has got to be
kidding. Has he ever heard of food, exercise and the GI? A1c
tells all about glucose fluctuations? Yikes!!

"But Dr. Ehud Ur, who debated Majumdar at the conference
yesterday, said patients can use daily monitoring to make
judgments about their eating and lifestyle habits."

Yes, and we do.

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