You want to get that A1C fully under control? Go Vegan. I did for six months (my wife went vegan, that meant I went vegan). She fell off the wagon after six months, so I did too. But in that six months I lost 60 pounds and my A1C went to the low 5's. My eye doctor commented " I don't have diabetes. You do have diabetes, and your A1C is lower than mine!"