Category: Local Advice

What the numbers are now The test is HbA1c, which measures your average blood glucose over roughly the previous three months. It is a single blood test, usually done alongside whatever else your GP is checking. Under the current New Zealand criteria: 40 to 41 mmol/mol is considered normal 42 to 47 mmol/mol is prediabetes […]

Not liking the gym is not a character flaw A lot of people have the same story. They join a gym in January, go four times, feel conspicuous and directionless the whole time, and quietly stop. Then they conclude they lack discipline. Usually the problem is simpler than that: a gym floor is a terrible […]