Diabetes Care Coalition: A1C TV Spots

"Don't you wish there were warnings to protect you from life's risks?"

I stumbled upon the Diabetes Care Coalition website today and wanted to share it with you all.

The commercials are very well done and I think they get the point across quite well! The website also makes things very simple to understand.

A1C is Important, says everyone

So I was reading up on some diabetes news yesterday and I found out that the Ad Council, ADA, JDRF, AADE and NCLR are "launching the first ever national public education campaign geared to raise awareness of A1C."

Now that's a nice string of acronyms I just typed out there... but A1C?

"A1C is an important tool to reduce the risk of deadly complications like heart attack and stroke." (simply states the press release)

Ohhhh.... Now being new to everything here, I'm still not entirely sure what the A1C is, but I'm pretty sure it's a big deal. I've also been familiarizing myself with the diabetes online blogging community and I definitely seen A1C mentioned every now and then in some popular blogs. That warrants a little more research on my end.

For now, at least I know that 7% is the magic number everyone aims for.

So if you happen to be reading this blog and have diabetes, I have a question for you: "Do you actively keep track of your A1C?"

Here are a few useful links regarding A1C (that I have yet to read):

• Wikipedia Entry for A1C
• ADA on A1C Testing
• Expert Column about Glycermic Variability on dLife