Hoʻolaha ka OmegaQuant (Sioux Falls, SD) i ka hōʻike HbA1c me kahi pahu hōʻiliʻili home. ʻO kēia hōʻike e hiki ai i nā kānaka ke ana i ka nui o ke kō koko (glucose) i loko o ke koko. ke kūlana kōpaʻa koko o kekahi i loko o ʻekolu mahina.
ʻO ka pae maikaʻi loa no ka HbA1c he 4.5-5.7%, no laila ʻo nā hopena ma waena o 5.7-6.2% e hōʻike ana i ka ulu ʻana o ka prediabetes a ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe ma mua o 6.2% e hōʻike ana i ka maʻi diabetes. Pono e kūkākūkā nā hopena hōʻike me kahi mea mālama ola.
"Ua like ka ho'āʻo HbA1c me ka ho'āʻo o ka Omega-3 index no ka hopu ʻana i ke kūlana o ke kanaka no kekahi manawa, ma kēia hihia ʻekolu mahina a ʻoi paha. Hiki i kēia ke hāʻawi i kahi kiʻi pololei loa o ka ʻai ʻana o ke kanaka a hiki ke hōʻike i ka pono o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka meaʻai a i ʻole ke ʻano o ka nohona inā ʻaʻole i ka pae maikaʻi loa ko lākou koko koko," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Kelly Patterson, MD, R&D, Nutrition Educator, Nutrition a CSSD. E kōkua maoli kēia hoʻāʻo i ka poʻe e ana, hoʻololi a nānā i ko lākou kūlana kō koko.