Sugar from food enters your bloodstream and attaches to your red blood cells, specifically to a protein called hemoglobin. A doctor may test your A1C level if you have or are at risk of developing ...
“Your overnight blood sugar levels make up one-third of your next A1C,” says Ben Tzeel, CDCES, RD , and founder of Your Diabetes Insider. A1C is an estimate of your average blood sugar levels ...
During COVID-19 pandemic, he was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. At the time, his A1C, a measure of blood sugar levels over three months, was 10%. A normal A1C is less than 5.7%, an A1C for ...