Guest guest Posted September 22, 2005 Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 Just to share the shock, I am sending something I just read. A new study from the s Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health shows that a low-glycaemic diet may not only benefit diabetics, but all those at risk for heart disease. The study found that Hemoglobin A1c, which is a measure of high blood glucose level predicts heart disease in both diabetics and non-diabetics. Researchers used data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study, which included 16,000 people from the United States. Hemoglobin A1c levels were taken from the participants and then all participants were tracked for 10-12 years. Those individuals without diabetes, but who had higher levels of Hemoglobin A1c were at an increased heart disease risk. Those people with Hemoglobin A1c levels of 6 percent or higher nearly doubled their risk of heart disease compared to those with levels below 4.6 percent. Below 4.6%? It is a struggle for me to get below 6. Nuts. Helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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