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The Importance of a Normal Fasting Blood Glucose

If you or someone you know has a family history of diabetes or has already been diagnosed with diabetes a normal fasting blood glucose is one of the most important things that can be had to control the detrimental health effects of the disease. While glucose is important to the body because every cell in the body uses glucose for fuel, when glucose levels rise to the point where a normal fasting blood glucose cannot be maintained the high glucose levels can begin to damage nearly every body system. Most people are familiar enough with…

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. (more…)

Normal Blood Glucose Values

Diabetes rates are on the rise, and normal blood glucose values are becoming increasingly more important to an ever growing number of people in today’s world. Death and disability rates from a number of diseases, even such dreaded diseases as heart disease, stroke, and cancer, are falling, but diabetes rates are steadily climbing and diabetes is rapidly becoming one of the most wide spread health care problems of our time. While there is, as yet, no cure for diabetes the key to heading off the worst effects of the disease is maintaining normal blood glucose values as much as possible. (more…)