I was reading through this website Healthy Blood Sugar Targets and came across some figures for BG.
It states the optimum BG levels should be:
Fasting blood sugar under 100 mg/dl (5.5 mmol/L)
One hour after meals under 140 mg/dl (7.8 mmol/L)
Two hours after meals under 120 mg/dl
With a maximum of 140 mg/dl (7.8 mmol/L) 2 hours after meals.
Basically states that post-meal blood sugars of 140 mg/dl (7.8 mmol/L) and higher and fasting blood sugars over 100 mg/dl (5.6 mmol/L) cause permanent organ damage and cause diabetes to progress.
So these are the numbers I am trying for. But I have come to a point that I am confused. The Fasting blood sugar, would this only be in the morning?
Since we are breaking up meals into smaller meals, I eat 6 times per day, so I have breakfest, mid morning snack, lunch, mid afternoon snack, dinner and before bed I have something as well such as tea and crackers. The question is for example with my numbers for today which are the following, am I achieving the optimum levels? Or are these levels blurred because of the overlaping or closeness to each meal?
ºwoke @ 9:30: 106 ovbiously over 100 so not optimal.
ºLate breakfest, took before reading @ 12:26 with 112 also over 100.
º2 hours after @ 14:22 had 108 so good, its below the 120.
º Before Lunch @ 15:04 with 108 and here is where my confusion is as its above 100. But is this considered fasting?
ºAfter lunch 2 hours @ 17:04 with 93
ºBefore diner @ 21:40 with 110, so again above 100 but I had some cheese and a toast at 19:00 or so.
º1 hour after dinner @ 126 so below the 140
º2 hours after dinner @ 89 so below the 120
I hope I can get my point across. This was an odd day today as I woke to take my insulin shot yet stayed in bed with my 2 year old daughter and fell asleep so thats why the late breakfeast, but I usually eat between 9:30-10:00, then snack at 12 or so then we usually eat around 14:30 – 15:00, snack around 18:00 and dinner at around 21:30 – 23:00. So the time for the BG to come down might not be optimal for achieving these figures, if the fasting level is supposed to be before every meal.
Thanks 😉