What is the normal blood sugar level?

What is the normal blood sugar level? This is one of the most important questions for diabetics. Diabetics have to know accurate measurements on their blood sugar levels or risk having to high blood sugar and damage their body. Diabetes is a disease were the body produces to little of the chemical insulin. Insulin is a chemical created by the pancreas; the job that does is in turning the glucose (sugar) in the body into fuel that the body can use. When insulin is not created in high enough amounts, glucose soars. This has many…

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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…

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What is a high blood sugar level?

  What is a high blood sugar level? That is a tough question to answer, because everyone is different, everyone has different body types and there are many factors to take into consideration such as age. Determining what is a high blood sugar level or a normal blood sugar level can be tricky and often times difficult. The blood glucose level is the amount of glucose or sugar in your blood. The sugar comes from what we eat and also from what has been stored inside the body. Our energy comes from this sugar or…

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What is Normal Glucose Level?

Understanding what is normal glucose level will give you a target to aim for when you are checking your blood sugar levels. Depending on if you live in Canada or the United States, the Diabetes Associations in each country reports the blood sugar numbers slightly different because of the differences in imperial and metric measurement systems. American and Canadian Diabetes Associations Normal Glucose Levels Chart Association Fasting Glucose 2 Hours After Eating A1C** American Diabetes Association (mg/dl) < 100 < 140 < 6% Canadian Diabetes Association (mmol/L) < 6.1 < 7.8 < 6% **A1C is the…

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