On Wed, 7 Nov 2018 01:11:40 -0000 (UTC), Jinx the Minx
> wrote:

>Brice > wrote:
>> On Tue, 06 Nov 2018 17:38:48 -0500, Boron Elgar
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 20:15:45 -0000 (UTC), Jinx the Minx
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I?m no doctor but I am a T2, and I agree with that! My last A1C was 5.4.
>>>
>>> Guidelines have recently been revised based on long term studies of
>>> risks and benefits. The suggestion used to be lower HbA1C levels in
>>> thinking that it would help reduce microvascular complications.
>>> Studies have not borne that out, thought so...
>>>
>>> T2 goals are now between 7.0 and 8.0.
>>>
>>> http://annals.org/aim/fullarticle/26...nt-adults-type
>>
>> Well, there you go.
>>
>
>Relevant article, thank you. I think it bears noting that A1C targets for
>those diagnosed and being treated for diabetes are higher than used to
>diagnose diabetes.

It's clearly not as black and white as you thought.