{"id":38207,"date":"2026-10-04T08:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T06:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/04\/pros-and-cons-of-at-home-a1c-testing-for-type-2-diabetes\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T08:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T06:36:09","slug":"pros-and-cons-of-at-home-a1c-testing-for-type-2-diabetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/04\/pros-and-cons-of-at-home-a1c-testing-for-type-2-diabetes\/","title":{"rendered":"Pros and Cons of At-Home A1C Testing for Type 2 Diabetes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Going to a lab for regular blood draws can feel overwhelming and exhausting, especially when you\u2019re managing a chronic illness like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.everydayhealth.com\/type-2-diabetes\/guide\/\">type 2 diabetes<\/a>. At-home A1C tests offer the convenience of testing your blood sugar from home.\u00a0Some other benefits include:<\/p>\n<p>Fast Results<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome tests provide results right away,\u201d says <a href=\"https:\/\/researchers.cedars-sinai.edu\/Ruchi.Mathur\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ruchi Mathur, MD<\/a>, an endocrinologist and the director of Cedars-Sinai\u2019s Diabetes Outpatient Treatment and Outpatient Education Center in Los Angeles and the director of clinical research and clinical operations for the <a href=\"https:\/\/csmast.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Medically Associated Science and Technology<\/a> program.<\/p>\n<p>Once you add your blood sample to the testing device, you can see your A1C result in as little as five minutes. To use these tests, you draw a small blood sample by pricking your finger, then follow the instructions for testing the blood with the device provided.<\/p>\n<p>Other test kits have you send samples to a lab,<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"echo_read_more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.everydayhealth.com\/diabetes\/pros-and-cons-of-at-home-a1c-testing-for-type-2-diabetes\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0More Info >>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Going to a lab for regular blood draws can feel overwhelming and exhausting, especially when you\u2019re managing a chronic illness like type 2 diabetes. At-home A1C tests offer the convenience of testing your blood sugar from home. \u00a0Some other benefits include: Fast Results \u201cSome tests provide results right away,\u201d says Ruchi Mathur, MD, an endocrinologist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":38208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","wpai_meta_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[2891,36],"class_list":["post-38207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-diabetes","tag-mixtv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}