Diabetic Diet & Blood Gluecose

1. Tom Said,

   Try to keep it above 80.
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2. youngladyintxsa Said,

   The fasting blood sugar should be somewhere between 80-120 so you should be good. You should keep your blood sugar 80 and above.. anything below 80 you need to eat something and make sure you come up with your numbers. 2 hours after you eat should be no more than 140.. and if you do have a ‘sugar issue’ as you call it..you should have a level of 100 before you go to bed also.
   This is what I have learned. I have had pre diabetes for 8 months.
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3. micksmixxx Said,

   A fasting blood glucose level for a non-diabetic should be in the range between 70 and 99 mg/dL.

   If the reading is between 100 and 125 mg/dL this COULD indicate what some doctors call pre-diabetes, but a one-off test does NOT mean that this is what’s happening with you. For instance, was the blood test carried out correctly? (Hands need to be freshly washed and dried as various foodstuffs and other compounds can alter the apparent levels offered.)

   Also, if you have an infection, this can cause blood glucose readings to be higher than would normally be the case. Stress, too, can cause higher than ‘normal’ readings.

   Fasting blood glucose readings between 100 and 125 mg/dL MAY have your doctor requesting that further testing be carried out. This could result in you needing to undergo an OGTT (Oral Glucose Tolerance Test), where you fast overnight, have your blood drawn … to give the testers (laboratory) a baseline on which to compare further readings from blood that they will draw within the next few hours. (After the first blood draw, you will be asked to drink a sickly sweet compound called glucola. The blood tests done at 1 hour, 2 hours, etc., dependent on exactly which test your doctor has requested, will indicate how efficient your body is at dealing with a sudden influx of glucose.)

   Based on the results of this test, your doctor will determine whether any treatment should be offered, and will advise as s/he sees fit.

   Another blood test that MAY be considered is called a glycated hemoglobin or HbA1c test. This test shows what your blood sugar levels have been like over the previous 90 to 120 days.

   If your fasting blood glucose levels are 126 mg/dL or more on two separate occasions, your doctor is most likely to request the further testing that I spoke of as this is indicative that diabetes MAY be the cause.

   Two hours after eating, a non-diabetic’s blood glucose level would not normally be expected to rise above 140 mg/dL.
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4. john e russo md facm faafp Said,

   I have complimented micksmixxx before and I will do so again. There is a great deal of confusion in this forum as to what the normal range for glucose is. Part of the reason is that respondents tend to rely on personal opinion, personal experience, or an internet search. An internet search will yield a wide variety of reference ranges and non-physicians are really not in a position to evaluate their validity. There is one ‘Top Contributor’ who cites a research study – not a clinical trial – suggesting very ‘low’ normal glucose values. Thus it is common to find competing opinions which adds to the confusion of the person answering the question. Based upon the most recent clinical trials nearly all physicians agree with the following. A non-diabetic’s fasting glucose is typically 70 to 100 mg/dL or 3.9 to 5.6 mmol/L. A non-diabetic’s post-prandial (after meal) glucose typically does not exceed 140 mg/dL or 7.8 mmol/L. This is essentially what micksmixxx has stated. Note that I say typically as there is some variation in glucose from day to day. In addition no single reading should be used to establish the diagnosis. It is best to obtain both fasting and 2 hour post-prandial glucose readings. It does not sound as if you have diabetes so I would suggest that testing once a week should be more than enough. I ask my patients to create a spread-sheet on their computer and to email me their readings once a month. There is also a glucometer with a USB port that when plugged into the physician’s computer prints out 5 pages of data. These are the glucometers that I prefer my patients to use. The goal for glucose readings in a diabetic is similar to those for a non-diabetic but not necessarily identical. I must wonder why you are checking your glucose. Is your physician concerned that you may have diabetes? I answer any and all health questions free of charge as a public service – all I ask is that you provide me with detailed information – johnerussomd@jhu.edu. I wish you the very best of health and in all things may God bless.
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5. bledi d Said,

   Both of your fasting blood sugar levels are within the normal range. Perhaps last night you ate a "heavy" dinner that explains your slightly increase of fasting sugar level. However, again they are still within the normal range.

   Take care.
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   http://www.all-about-beating-diabetes.com/normal-range-blood-sugar-levels.html

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