I'm just curious, we have a friend who was recently diagnosed with diabetes and his stats are: LDL-145, HDL-47, Total-236
Tryglycerides-220
A1C-7.3
Fasting bl. sugar- (12 hours)-162

Is this terribly high? Can it be controlled by excercise and diet? He is on Vytorin for his Cholesterol every day.

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I'm just curious, we have a friend who was recently diagnosed with diabetes and his stats are: LDL-145, HDL-47, Total-236
Tryglycerides-220
A1C-7.3
Fasting bl. sugar- (12 hours)-162

Is this terribly high? Can it be controlled by excercise and diet? He is on Vytorin for his Cholesterol every day.

Those sugar levels are pretty high. Normal fasting blood glucose is 70-90. And normal A1c is 4.3%-4.8%. He may not be able to control his diabetes by diet alone. But it is a good place to start. Reducing his carbs will lower those blood sugar levels. It should also reduce those Triglycerides, which is the main cause of the high total cholesterol.

Mark