Normal Blood Sugar Levels ARE Possible for a Diabetic!
By Lisa Bishop
What are normal blood sugar levels? Fasting (blood sugar level after not
eating for 8 hours) blood sugar should be between 70 milligrams per
deciliter to 100 mg/dL. Your blood sugar should not be above 100 at any
given time; If it is, this suggests a pre-diabetes condition. A level of
100 - 199 suggests prediabetes. A level over 200 suggests that you have
either Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes.
There are several steps in lowering your blood sugar. Try the following if
you are interested in more normal blood sugar levels.
A. Begin slowly lowering your carbohydrate intake. If you want to get very
specific on which foods you can and cannot eat, I recommend the diet as
per Dr. Richard Bernstein. He has done all the testing for us and
eliminated all foods that had a make up that could not be tracked. After
all, if you can't track it, you can't manage it. Also, check out our
diabetic recipes page for some delicious low carb meals. If you stick to a
pre-calculated amount of carbohydrates per meal, your insulin amounts
should be the same every day.
B. Test your blood sugar more frequently. We test from 5 - 10 times per
day. If your fingers can take it, the blood sugar readings are imperative
to helping understand if the insulin amounts are correct or not. Know your
A1C. This test is very revealing as to how you are doing with blood sugar
levels and should be under 6.0%.
C. Pay attention to how and when your type of insulin works. For example,
before meals, Isobel gets about 2 units of Regular Humalin insulin. This
particular insulin is given about 40 minutes before a meal because it
takes that long to begin working. Humalog on the other hand is a more fast
acting insulin and if given for meals, should only be given about 5
minutes before eating. Check with your doctor or do your own research on
your insulin to make sure you are giving it enough time to start working
before you eat.
D. Stop snacking and limit yourself to three meals per day. Snacking is
habitual and can easily be broken.
The level of blood sugar control predicts the onset and severity of
diabetes-related complications for both types of diabetes. This means that
if you have diabetes, if you can keep your blood sugar levels as close as
possible to normal, you can live a normal life span with few or even no
complications at all. A non-diabetic's normal blood sugar range is from 70
- 100. There is no reason why a diabetic can't strive for the same levels.
For more information, visit our website at www.libertybella.com.
Lisa Bishop is raising Isobel - diagnosed as a Type 1 Diabetic in
2001. She has extensively researched this topic and through years of
hands on experience enjoys sharing her conclusions. Lisa works for
Mannix Marketing as an Optimization Specialist.
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