A normal A1C level is below 5.7 percent; 6.5 percent or above indicates diabetes; 5.7 to 6.4 percent is prediabetes. To monitor your overall glucose control, diabetics should have an A1C at least twice a year. Anyone who has had diabetes for any length of time knows that A1C tests havenât been reliable until recently.
Roughly one third of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year â approximately 1.3 billion tonnes â gets lost or wasted. Food losses and waste amounts to roughly US$ 680 billion in industrialized countries and US$ 310 billion in developing countries.
Top Yam Producing Countries In The World Yams are largely produced in the nations of Africa accounting for 95% of the total production of yam in the world. Nigeria is the world's leading producer of this food crop with an estimated 32,318,900 tons in 2012.