In this video Dennis Pollock walks you through the steps to giving yourself a home A1C test. He tests himself and reveals his own A1C score, and then shares some thoughts about why blood sugar testing is so vitally important – not only to give you information but to give you inspiration!
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Thank you for the great information in your videos. My ac levels have been 5.6 – 5.7.
It’s a struggle to keep the blood sugar normal. My fasting level can go from 100 – 110 usually. I did lose weight, 22 pounds since 2015. I haven’t seen my current weight in about 25 years. Again, thank you and Happy New Year.
Happy New Year, my friend.
Dennis, you make a valid point about testing. I get a kick out of seeing my good numbers and find it very motivating to continue and to do even better.
Went from a 6.8 in November 2018 down to a 5.3 as of this morning!!!! It all started when I started watching your messages. You, my friend, are an inspiration. 🤗 Please keep sharing all your knowledge. I will be watching. THANK YOU and THANK GOD!
That’s wonderful, Maureen! I love to hear stories like yours!
Great job! I’m hoping for a similar result here. Just diagnosed as diabetic in December, but I’m working hard to reverse it.
Congrats ma’am on such amazing results. May u share which keto fasting diet you used to reduce the A1c? Thank you
@Nathaniel Portney LCHF and Intermittent fasting (if) 18/4 hour. I lost 35 pound. My a1c was 8.93 now test today at 4.8 on 6/14/2021. If you really want to lower it, avoid sugar, whole grain, rice, oats, wheat, bread, corn, seed fats, fry food, process foods, and high carbs. I did this for three months and it helped me. Good luck!
Newly diagnosed type 2diabetes, 3 months ago my A1C was at 6.5, this last Friday my A1C was down to 6.1. Slowly getting there. 😃
I.got diagnosed in late january. It,s 6.6 and I’m diet and excercise. I will go buy this kit. My next A1C will be in May. This I can find if, what I am doing is working?
Dennis, thanks for this great video. I’m in Canada and ordered a Walgreen’s kit from Amazon. Reading the instructions is one thing but seeing it done is much better, so this was a great help. I agree with you that seeing good numbers is very inspirational and it has the same effect on me as you describe. That’s why I was so disappointed my doctor stopped my A1C tests, thinking I am cured of T2 diabetes. I will always continue to use my Mike meter daily and check my A1C every 6 months because I know T2 diabetes does not just go away. If it wasn’t for the work I put into it, I would not have results like the 4.9% I received today. God bless.
Wow!!
I just took my A1C test and it was 5.2 from 11..thanks to listening to you and Dr. Jason Fung I am off all my medications…it took me about 5 months …thanks again for all your information
Wow! That’s just great!
Five months that was fast. What are you blood sugars running now?
@James Kantor Now it is 5.0
@James Kantor My blood sugar is now 5.0 I will never go back to eating processed foods, I feel great.
5.2 is too low should be 6.5
Thank you SO MUCH! Your video was extremely helpful for our family. We all took the test and were so worried that the box was on our counter for 3 months before we decided to crack it open. We found your video, you put us at ease with your instructions and we had a positive experience. Thank you SO MUCH!!
P.S. Our numbers were very low and we were quite relieved. 🙂
Wonderful!
Thanks in large part to listening to you I have reduced my A1C to really good numbers. I was put in the hospital in January 2020 with a blood glucose of 14.7. I was sleeping all the time, except for the often trips to the bathrooms to urinate. Sometime before I had to go to the hospital I had a hear attack; they found the heart enzyme that accompanies a heart attach when they ran my blood workup. When I left the hospital I was feeling much better, but I was using insulin four times a day. On the advice of diabetic training people I began to watch my carb intake, and I watched a lot of your videos. Celery and salads were a large part of my early diet food, but I eventually learned of the other things I could safely eat without running my sugar up to the extremes. My A1C recently was 5.2 and three months later a 5.4. I owe you my sincere gratitude, and I tell others about your encouraging videos. God bless you and your wife, and I pray God wonderfully blesses your ministry. Your brother in Christ. Steve McLaughlin
Wow! That’s quite a story, Steve. You are doing great!
Cinnamon is great to lower blood sugar after meals
Watching this kind of video is very uplifting. Thank you! I am diagnosed as a pre-diabetic of 5.9 A1C. It’s been over two weeks now since I started changing my diet to less to no rice but more on veggies, a lil fish and meats. I am just wondering if I should completely eliminate rice from my diet. Pretty difficult as rice has been my staple foods since. I am also doing light exercise everyday. My waist was 35 inches and in two weeks it is now down to 32 inches. I also did 16/8 intermittent fasting. I felt really good about myself so far. I cannot wait to learn my A1C in my next lab test. I am really hoping to reverse my sugar level for good.
I was recently diagnosed also as a prediabetic. I am having a huge problem with carbs as my grandkids live with me full time.
How were your numbers on a1c?
I’m definitely not a Christian or believer of faith in general, but I do appreciate your science based knowledge, it was extremely motivational. Thank you.
Glad to be helpful.
Dennis, you are so articulate-
A pleasure to watch.
Viewers surely appreciate that you’re non-judgemental & so encouraging.
Thankfully, my last A1C score was 4.8.
Wow! That’s awesome!
First time viewer and very pleased to hear these test kits are available to us. Over the past 3 months my a1c went from 8.9 down to 5.8! Now it’s fine tuning from here on. I like the idea of checking my a1c inbetween the doctor’s blood work. Thank you. Liked, Subscribed and Rang the bell. 🙂 ✝️🕊
Appreciate it!
Dennis … I recently bought your book “60 Ways To Lower Your Blood Sugar”. Great info and easy to understand. I recommend it for anyone trying to figure out how to beat diabetes. I recently got my first A1C test and it came out at 5.6 just a digit from pre-diabetic at 5.7. I was SHOCKED. I rarely eat junk or processed food – I am a largely organic plant based with some pasture raised – wild caught animal protein – I am not overweight and I exercise about 4 to 5 times a week. WOW … never would have guessed. So, after much research I am going to a high fat – low complex carb – animal protein diet like Dennis suggests to see how it goes. Bye bye rice – pasta – potatoes … my true loves. Just not worth it … this morning I had bacon and eggs for the first time in I don’t know how long and let me tell you it was delicious. OK … y’all for you “newbies” out there wish me luck. I will be getting tested again in 3 months … cross fingers I make some progress in lowering my A1C.
Through Keto I’m at 5.2. Previously, undiagnosed, untreated diabetes drove my blood pressure so high I had a stroke. Glad to have recovered and turned my live around. Praise Lord Jesus.
Praise God you caught it in time! God bless you, brother.
Hallelujah 🙌🏽
Amen
Praise Keto 😀
Thanks Dennis! I’m fighting that battle right now. I have been doing what you suggested. High healthy fats, low to moderate protein, and I try to not eat carbs at all. Except where I have no choice because they are built into some of the foods I’m eating.
I use this test every 3 months. In 1 year on very low carb I have gone from 10.7 down to 4.7. Keto for 3 years. Lost a total of 85 lbs. so far. 15 more to go. Keto for life.
Awesome!
Mine is a 5.6, but compared to a year ago when it was 14.8 that is pretty good. I am not eating perfectly but I did manage to lose 60 lbs in a year, down from 260. Anyways nice video, sir.
That’s amazing progress!!
Very informative, sensitive, encouraging & not boring☺️….
Thank you for posting these instructions on how to use the Walgreens home A1C Testing Kit….And for the sincere positive inspiration✴️
Peace & Blessings To You Brotha’ Dennis🙏🏽❣️✨
Pastor Dennis, you have motivated me to ask my doctor to perform an A1c test every three months. I think that would help me continue the hard work of my reduced carb diet and time restricted eating. God bless you. Greetings from Kalispell, Montana.