Monday, April 23, 2007

What Is Blood Sugar?

Your blood sugar is the concentration of sugar in your blood. It tells doctors how well your body processes sugars, called glucose. In a normal body, sugars are processed and used as energy for the cells in the body.

By measuring your blood sugar levels, doctors can determine if you are suffering from diabetes mellitus which is a disease characterized by the body’s failure to regulate blood sugar.

Sugars including glucose, fructose and galactose are all in the blood normally. But, only glucose levels are regulated.

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