Originally Posted by Cajunboy47

An A1c of 4.2 to 5.8 can be accomplished with BG readings that swing from 50-500 (assuming anything under or over that would eventually kill you, although I'm aware people can survive lower and higher than that)

I think a healthy A1C of 4.2 to 5.8 is one that is achieved while keeping the BG between 70-110 away from meals with a high bg reading under 150 at 1 hr after meals. I also believe an A1C of 4.2 to 5.8 that is achieved without medications is a lot healthier than if achieved with the use of medications.

In my opinion, we should never delude ourselves into believing if we control our blodd sugars with medications that we are as helathy as "normal" people who achieve same A1C levels as we do with medications... At the same time, it is better to control blood sugars with medications, than to not control blood sugars...