Think about this: The HbA1C can be “fooled” by semi-balanced highs and lows. The test is a measure of control, not variation. To me, diabetes is characterized by the variation in sugar levels.
I’m not a doctor, just a diabetic engineer. BUt I can’t say I agree with this push (much the same as I still disagree with the fundamental redefinition of the “diabetes” blood glucose ranges several years ago).
Newly diagnosed diabetic (A1c of 10.9).
Diabetes is considered a continuum, not a series of isolated events. Considering that all knowledge is to a degree imperfect, the A1C has been accepted as the best way to grasp the state of the continuum
This can be very dangerous and mislead a person who is on a sugar roller coaster that he is doing OK when he is not.