What A1C threshold does the presenter use to define diabetes reversal/remission?

Jeff LangmaidFounder, The Evidence Based Chiropractor

How to Reverse Diabetes

2 Feb 2026 · 0 min

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Short excerpt from a YouTube video (creator/uploader: Jeff Langmaid) in which the presenter (SPEAKER A) distinguishes diabetes management — using medications to keep blood sugar normal — from diabetes reversal/remission, defined here as achieving an A1C of 5.9% or lower without taking medications. The presenter emphasizes that reversal is remission (a dormant state), not a cure.

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An A1C of 5.9% or lower, achieved while taking no diabetes medications.

Management is when you take meds to keep your blood sugar normal. Reversal is when you get your A1C to 5.9 or lower, taking no meds. And so that's what we do. We reverse it. We get people completely after meds and reverse the condition. So it's like putting a dormant or into remission, because this is not a cure. You can't cure diabetes, but you can put it into that dormant remission state where the blood sugar is normal, taking no meds.