ph!l!p
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i have just taken my first reading about and hour after eating and it was 7.5, good, bad ??. How often should i be checking my levels without getting paranoid.
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first reading,
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Here's the NICE recommendations for Type 2:-
Blood glucose ranges for type 2 diabetes
Before meals: 4 to 7 mmol/l
2 hours after meals: under 8.5 mmol/l
I'd have thought your reading was ok, but I'm not an expert.
I usually do a fasting morning test and then 2 hours after breakfast, though at the moment I'm doing a week or so of concentrated testing (before and after each meal, bedtime and during the night if I wake up) to get a handle on my levels during the rest of the day.
Blood glucose ranges for type 2 diabetes
Before meals: 4 to 7 mmol/l
2 hours after meals: under 8.5 mmol/l
I'd have thought your reading was ok, but I'm not an expert.
I usually do a fasting morning test and then 2 hours after breakfast, though at the moment I'm doing a week or so of concentrated testing (before and after each meal, bedtime and during the night if I wake up) to get a handle on my levels during the rest of the day.
ph!l!p
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Thanks, i have a starting point and wasn't sure if i should be taking the erading at work as well
Daibell
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Hi
7.5 isn't too bad. Do take readings around 2 hours after a meal mainly to find out which foods affect you most. I would tend to take readings after a main meal rather than in the morning as your early morning readings can be affected by a glucose (glycogen) dump from the liver to get you ready for the day.
7.5 isn't too bad. Do take readings around 2 hours after a meal mainly to find out which foods affect you most. I would tend to take readings after a main meal rather than in the morning as your early morning readings can be affected by a glucose (glycogen) dump from the liver to get you ready for the day.
