I think 8-9 falls within the range of what normal people
may get (we are all different). Some people quote 11 as 'normal'. But the key thing is that normal people only hit those numbers for a few minutes, occasionally, after pigging out. Not every day, for up to an hour, after ordinary medium carb food.
My partner (who has patiently submitted to prick testing when I feel the need to persecute him) has never been tested above 6.6
Yet I have a friend whose bg regularly rises to above 8 after carbs.
HOWEVER, who is to say that this friend (curvacious 50+ years) isn't heading towards diabetes? She hasn't had a test with the doc in years, and gains weight really easily. She thinks I am a scaremonger and enjoys eating toast. And feels she is immune.
After reading the
www.bloodsugar101.com website I decided to set my own preferred upper bg limit at around 7 to 7.5 and I only hit that on a bad day. I want to be in the 5s as much as possible. I have to be very low carb to achieve this.
It is lower than the official guidelines, but I don't place much faith in the official guidelines. The same people who set them believe T2 to be a progressive condition. But I believe it is only progressive if keep abusing our bodies with high blood glucose...