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What are Normal Glucose Ranges?

What are the normal, low, and high glucose ranges for a normal or diabetic person? This is an important question for those who have diabetes or those at risk of getting diabetes. Diabetes changes lives of the diabetic and those who care for them, for better and for worse. Diabetes is where the organ known as the pancreas slows or even stops in the production of insulin. Insulin is a chemical that is used to transform the glucose in the body into fuel that the body can use. Without the insulin to change the glucose…

The Normal Fasting Glucose Level

Not long ago, a normal fasting glucose level was never a chief concern for very many people, as the main health worries of the day were heart disease, cancer, and high blood pressure. Sure there have always been diabetics, but in recent times the number of people diagnosed with diabetes has skyrocketed, even as the number of people diagnosed with heart disease, hypertension, and many forms of cancer have begun to decrease. If the current trend continues, diabetes and diabetes related issues may well become the most important health care concerns of the new millennia.…

What is the normal glucose ranges for an adult

Do you know what the normal glucose ranges are for an adult? Diabetes, also called hypoglycemia, affects 30 million people in the United States only, with much, much larger numbers in other nations. Diabetes is high glucose levels in the bloodstream. This is generally caused by low insulin production by the pancreas. Insulin is the main chemical that converts the glucose (sugar) in the blood into useable fuel. When the body produces too little of this substance the sugar in the blood shoots above high. This can cause many long term consequences such as nerve…

Impaired glucose tolerance

Do you have impaired glucose tolerance? What exactly is impaired glucose intolerance? Impaired glucose intolerance is when a person is normal and doesn’t have diabetes and their body makes regular glucose in order for them to thrive well and healthy on a daily basis. Impaired fasting glucose is when your body has the right amount of glucose in order to thrive well and function on a daily basis. Gestational diabetes can occur when someone is pregnant and develops diabetes or a child under the age of 13 develops diabetes, then they are classified as a…

What are acceptable blood sugar levels?

For a diabetic maintaining an acceptable blood sugar level is key to staying healthy. Diabetics whose blood sugar levels are high must talk with their doctor to find out what their blood sugar level should be which is determined by age, weight, and diet. Diabetes is the high blood sugar in a person’s body. This is because of the small amount of insulin, a chemical that changes the glucose (sugar) in the body into fuel that the body can manage. If the body cannot produce enough of this chemical you become a diabetic and need…