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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Do you know the average glucose level?

Average Glucose LevelWe 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.

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An Acceptable Blood Glucose Level

Acceptable Blood Glucose LevelMany 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. (more…)

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Diabetes Today, the Disturbing Truth

Diabetes is the fifth-deadliest illness. Considering that 1987 the demise rate has enhanced 45 %. In 2002 diabetes claimed an astonishing 224,092 lives in the United States alone. It is considered that the range was in fact greater since most deaths of the elderly had many chronic conditions related with their death like diabetes. Numerous men and women do not know that they have diabetes till they develop other existence threatening situations this kind of as, heart condition, high blood stress, blindness, kidney damage, nervous technique harm, dental disease, sexual dysfunction, and a amount of…

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