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Normal blood glucose readings

A normal blood glucose reading may seem nearly impossible to obtain but with the right amount of diet and exercise anyone can achieve one. A blood glucose test measures the amount of a certain type of sugar called glucose which is in your blood. Glucose almost always comes from starchy foods such as carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are the main source of energy that is used most often by the body. This is why most diabetics have to have routine diabetic screenings which will monitor their blood sugar readings after meals which will show what types of foods give them high amounts of glucose. Diabetes readings are key and essential in being able to control diabetes.

Do you know the average glucose level?

We hear all the time from our doctor’s to watch our weight, watch what we eat, but why? Doctor’s want us to watch everything we do because they want us to maintain the average glucose level in order to stay healthy.

The average glucose level plays an important role on our health, how we feel, the length of our life and many other important factors. There is a standard average glucose level that is used widely for almost everyone no matter of race, age, heredity or any other factors. The average blood glucose level is used to calculate many other numbers throughout our body such as the mean glucose level, range glucose level and what the normal glucose level should be for you according to what time of day it is.

Glucose Intolerance Test?

If you have a family history of diabetes chances are that at some point you will have to take a glucose intolerance test. If your doctor recommends a glucose intolerance test, don’t worry, it isn’t the kind of test you have to study for or really even the kind of test you can fail. A glucose intolerance test is designed to test the way your body metabolizes the glucose (sugars) that you ingest.

The most common type of glucose intolerance test is the oral glucose tolerance test. For this test you will usually be asked to fast for several hours before the test begins. Upon arriving for your test your blood sugar will be checked, then you will be given a glucose solution to drink. You blood will then are sampled at intervals after you have ingested the glucose solution so that the doctor can see how well your body manages the glucose.

Normal Blood Glucose Ranges and Other Ranges

Normal blood glucose ranges, normal cholesterol ranges, normal calcium ranges, nowadays it seems as if modern life depends on keeping all these “ranges” in some sort of arcane numerical boundaries in order to live long and happy. Not long ago no one worried about whether their normal blood glucose ranges were normal or not, they got up in the mornings, ate a pound of greasy bacon, three fried eggs, gravy, a couple of biscuits and washed it all down with a cup of strong coffee. Then it was off to work.

An Acceptable Blood Glucose Level

Many people who suffer from diabetes wonder what life would be like with a constantly acceptable blood glucose level. Diabetes Mellitus usually referred to simply as diabetes can be any one of a group of metabolic diseases in which the affected person has a measured blood glucose which is outside the range for an acceptable blood glucose level. This is as a result of either the body does not produce enough insulin, or the cells do not respond to in a normal fashion to the insulin which is produced. Glucose, which is used for energy by every cell of the body, can also become quite toxic if levels build up in the blood.