NORMAL LEVELS

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helenbran

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Hi
My mum has been diagnosed with Type 2. She is currently being "monitored" and her readings seem to differ greatly.

They were 7.8 in the morning and 5.8 in the evening one day, the next they were 9.8 in morning and 10.8 in the evening.

This is all new to me and I have no idea what a normal reading should be, are these too high, low??

Can you recommend any books to explain.

Thanks all.
 
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fergus

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
Hi helenbran,

Very briefly, a healthy non-diabetic blood sugar will usually be in a pretty tight range around 4 or 5mmol/l. After eating it can rise as high as 8mmol/l, but will fall back to its normal range within a couple of hours. Your mum's figures are a bit higher than that, but if she reduced the amount of sugars and starches in her diet she will find immediate improvement.
The best reference book for these sorts of things is Dr Bernstein's Diabetes Solution. Dr Charles Clark's 'The Diabetes Revolution' is another good source of information and currently on the shelves in the big bookshops.

All the best,

fergus
 
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