High Blood Sugar Increases Death Risk for Non-Diabetics, Too. by Jonni Good

For years high blood sugar has been a known risk factor for people with diabetes. A test called hemoglobin 1c (HbA1c) measures the average blood sugar levels over the past three months. A high HbA1c level increases a diabetic's risk for blindness, kidney disease and nerve damage. It also increases the risk of heart disease, which accounts for 80% of deaths in people with diabetes.

A new study from the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine has recently discovered that non-diabetics are also at much higher risk of heart disease and other fatal illnesses if their blood HbA1c levels are above normal.

The study, headed by Kay-Tee Khaw, M.D., appears in the September 21 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine.

4,662 men and 5,570 women between the ages of 45 and 79 years old participated in the study from 1995 to 1997, with a follow-up period to 2003.

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Jonni Good is the author of a self-help book for sugar addiction, and the owner of Stress-Free-Weight-Loss.com, which is filled with articles on natural weight loss.

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