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Using Blood Glucose Charts

Diabetes is quickly becoming one of the greatest health care concerns of modern times, and if you are a diabetic the best way to keep a handle on your diabetes is by keeping track of your blood sugar by using blood glucose charts. Diabetes, if not properly treated, can lead to heart problems, kidney failure, peripheral neuropathy, coma, and even death. The only way to keep these things from happening is to keep your blood sugar as close to normal as possible for as much of the time as possible and this can be done with blood glucose charts. (more…)

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…

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.

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AccuCheck glucose meter

Are you or someone you know a diabetic and use an Accucheck glucose meter? The AccuCheck glucose meter is a very reliable and dependable glucose meter that is found in almost every home, doctor’s office or ambulance across the country. AccuCheck glucose meter rates high on the charts for glucose meter reviews.

Are you a recently diagnosed diabetic and hate the thoughts of having to stick yourself multiple times a day in order to monitor your glucose levels? If you already find yourself cringing at the thoughts of needles and just don’t want to stomach the thoughts of pricking your arm or finger each and every day in order to monitor your blood glucose level then the AccuCheck glucose meter is at home meter for you! (more…)

American Diabetes Association Recipes

Are you diabetic or know one and would love a place to get great recipes? The American Diabetes Association Recipes can be found in various places such as online, printed cookbooks, and at the local library.

There are many different kinds of diabetes recipes available to you such as gestational diabetes recipes that come in handy when someone is pregnant and needs to keep her calorie intake up because she is eating for two as well as is battling diabetes.

Diabetic recipes can be found wrote by people such as loved ones who has been there as a family member or loved one has battled diabetes or themselves has had diabetes. Diabetic recipes can also be found in cookbooks that can be purchased by the American Heart Association recipes. (more…)