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You probably have heard that you can prevent diabetes-related complications such as heart, eye and kidney disease, by maintaining your blood sugar.
So you checked your blood sugar regularly and assumed you were doing enough. Unfortunately, you were wrong. Daily finger-prick checks provide a limited measure of your diabetes management, because the test is only a snapshot of your health at any moment.
The American Diabetes Association urges people with diabetes to take an AIC test (pronounced A-one-C). This measures average blood sugar levels over a three-month period and is the only...