Monday, April 23, 2007

What’s Normal?

Your doctor will likely tell you that your blood sugar is high (or even low in some cases.) But, what is a normal reading? Normal glucose levels in the body stay in a small margin throughout the day, depending on what you are doing. A normal range is 4 to 8 mol/L.

It is important to realize that blood sugar levels change throughout the day. For example, they tend to rise after eating a meal. When you get up in the morning, they are at their lowest until you eat your first meal.

For this reason, if you are instructed to monitor your own blood sugar numbers, you will need to do so at the same time every day, following your doctor’s direction. Otherwise, you will not be able to tell any real fluctuations in it.

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