Diet For Diabetes

11 Responses to “diabetes glucose levels what is classed as high and what is low and what is normal?”

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   Gary S Says:
   January 29th, 2010 at 11:38 pm

   Normal blood sugars run 70 to 110 anything over that is classed as high.

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   mlgable Says:
   January 29th, 2010 at 11:47 pm

   Normal is 70-110. Low would be anything below 70 and high is what ever your doc considers high.

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   sparman20 Says:
   January 30th, 2010 at 12:08 am

   I am not sure but you can buy the equipment fairly cheaply to check it for your self from most chemists, if you are in Uk.

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   Michelle O Says:
   January 30th, 2010 at 1:06 am

   High levels would be over 130 , low below 50, and normal 80-90, these would be fasting blood sugar levels..12 hours w/o food or drink (except water)

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   Dr Frank Says:
   January 30th, 2010 at 1:30 am

   You want a fasting level which is as near to 6.9 as possible. Anything during the day above 12 is a little high.

   Simple sugars however are not a good guide to diabetic risk and some doctors feel that few tablet diabetics should have meters. The best guide to control is the HbA1c, which your doctor measures periodically (hopefully). This should be 7.4% or less for low risk=good control.

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   mdw Says:
   January 30th, 2010 at 1:57 am

   Your bg levels should be between 4/5 if you haven’t eaten for a while up to about 8 after a meal.

   These are mmol levels. If you are in USA then your monitor will give mg/dl levels in which case multiply the above by 18 for an approximate conversion

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   Delannie Says:
   January 30th, 2010 at 2:20 am

   People’s answers to your question will depend on various things. Firstly, if you’re measuring in mmol/l or mg/dl.

   Also, when people are diagnosed with diabetes, the info changes. It also depends on the person educating them. And on people’s personal opinions.

   Some people’s answer also changes on who you’re asking for. For example, about 10yrs back, I was told to stay between 5-10mmol/l (or 90-180mg/dl) as a diabetic. But that a non-diabetic should stay at 3.5-8 (63-144). In more recent years, they’ve suggested I try and stick more to the 3.5-8 reading.

   Most diabetics would be concerned if their BSL was above 10 (180) too often. Me, personally, I never listened and spent a lot of years in the 20’s (320-540), with my personal “record” being 44 (792) – I STRONGLY advise against this lifestyle. It’s important to form good habits early

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   geordie_lass_15 Says:
   January 30th, 2010 at 2:38 am

   Normally, blood glucose levels stay within narrow limits throughout the day: 4 to 8 mmol/L (70 to 150 mg/dL), thus the total amount of glucose in the bloodstream is 3.3 to 7g (5L blood estimated). Levels rise after meals and are usually lowest in the morning, before the first meal of the day.

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   heathermagoo13 Says:
   January 30th, 2010 at 2:44 am

   60-105 for non diabetics. For diabetics a range will be given to you by your endo. Mine’s 70-140. Your hemoglobin A1c should be below 7.

10. 
    hookiesbabe Says:
    January 30th, 2010 at 3:41 am

    blood sugar sould be between 4 and 7 mml anthing above 7 is high and anything below 3 is low

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    amfies Says:
    January 30th, 2010 at 4:27 am

    You need your sugar levels to be below 9 anythink higher is not good.

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