IIRC, we've seen references from the
Annals of Internal Medicine documenting a rise in risk for any A1c above
4.6%, incrementally along the spectrum:

one of the pictures that gave me a lot of trouble yesterday is
on the link below.
if anyone is willing I would love to know how you would have made this
picture better with out using

Hi guys - came across you and hoping to learn anything beneficial in
relation to my recently diagnosed diabetes.
I may as well jump right in!.......
I was feeling ill for many months - lethargic, chronically tired,

Alzheimer's Disease Could Be A Third Form Of Diabetes
Science Daily - Insulin, it turns out, may be as important for the mind as
it is for the body. Research in the last few years has raised the
possibility that Alzheimer's memory loss could be due to a novel third form

Combining aerobic and strength training doubles the improvement in A1C
over either exercise alone.
http://tinyurl.com/yq2ksh

I'm contradicting myself here in a big way, namely by refuting a reference I
made some weeks ago as to the current reduction in useful information
provided by the mhd (and more recently the asd) newsgroups. I feel I missed
some important facts.

I'm trying to help my dad get educated on a dietbetes meal plan.  In
doing so, i'm being educated myself.  I'm here to ask if you guys
could suggest snacks that's not perishable my dad could eat during his
work days. He's a taxi driver so he has no access to fridge and I

I have long felt that the body has a mechanism that try's to stop you
gaining weight after you get so fat.
(  I was the guy looking for Metformin.)
I decided that I wanted to loose my extra 60 lbs, so adopted a 1,000 cal

http://www.isletsofhope.com/diabetes/treatment/hba1c_1.html
I'd be curious in knowing what others think of the HBA1c chart and
"comments" section at the above link which evaluates A1c scores for 5%,
6%, and 7% relative to the average mg/dl equivalents.

Public release date: 24-Sep-2007
Contact: Wolf Frommer
wfrommer@stanford.edu
650-325-1521 x208

Hi fellow Brits.  You'll find me frequenting a.s.d with our foreign
counterparts.  I sent the post below today and one of the regulars has
suggested I post it here.
Feedback greatly appreciated.

I highly recommend the book "Live like You Have No Diabetes" by Jayne
Boykin and Bonny C. Damocles.
It covers the lives of several people with diabetes but was able to
enjoy life living drug free.

Three months on Actos 15mg.
My Dr. was very pleased. Really good lipids. A1C remains 5.8, Fasting
Glucose 90. Total Cholesterol 92.
HDL 43 (the highest I've been in years). LDL 38. Triglycerides 35.

I'm contradicting myself here in a big way, namely by refuting a reference I
made some weeks ago as to the current reduction in useful information
provided by the mhd (and more recently the asd) newsgroups. I feel I missed
some important facts.

http://www.diabetes.org/diabetesnewsarticle.jsp?storyId=16003897&filename=200709
20/reuters20070920health00000023reutershealthewEDIT.xml
or
http://tinyurl.com/25wddt
(excerpt)