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You can drastically reduce your risk of developing many types of diabetes complications by keeping your blood glucose levels in check. The Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) has established these target blood glucose levels for most adults living with diabetes:

✔ Blood glucose before meals: 4.0 to 7.0mmol/L

✔ Blood glucose two hours after meals: 5.0 to 10.0mmol/L (5.0 to 8.0 if your A1C is above 7.0)

The A1C is an important test to determine whether your blood glucose control is where it should be. The A1C, which is performed on a blood sample taken from a vein in your arm at the lab, and should be done about every three months or so, reflects your overall blood glucose levels over the preceding several months. It uses a different scale from the usual blood glucose test, and the target value is 7 percent or less for most adults with diabetes.

Although the preceding blood glucose targets are appropriate for the great majority of adults, targets differ for elderly infirm or frail individuals, and for people with a limited life expectancy. In these circumstances targets are:

✔ Blood glucose before meals: 5.0 to 12.0mmol/L.

✔ A1C up to 8.5 percent.

You can learn more about the A1C on Ian’s website (www.ourdiabetes.com/key-definitions.htm).

Although you should strive to achieve CDA target blood glucose (and A1C) levels, it is important to be aware that nobody with diabetes has every single blood glucose reading within target; that is virtually impossible. It’s also unnecessary. If you can keep the majority of your blood glucose readings within target, you’ll be at low risk of developing most complications.