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What range of blood sugar levels can be called normal? Your blood sugar level after fasting for at least 8 hours should be between 70 and 100 milligrams per deciliter. A blood sugar level above 100 mg/dL at any time may indicate that a pre-diabetes condition is present. You are prediabetes if your blood sugar level is over 100 but under 200. Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes is indicated by blood sugar levels above 200.

You can lower your blood sugar in several steps. If you want to have more normal blood sugar levels, the following suggestions can help;

A. Lower your carbohydrate intake slowly first. If you are wondering which specific foods to eat and which to avoid, I highly suggest the diet of Dr. Richard Bernstein. He has completed much sophisticated testing and removed all foods with an untraceable composition. Ingredients that cannot be tracked cannot be effectively managed. Low-carbohydate diets do not have to sacrifice flavor, as the meals on our diabetic recipes page demonstrate. Your insulin amounts should be the same each day provided you stick to a pre-determined amount of carbohydrates per meal.

B. Run a test on your blood sugar level often. We make 5 - 10 tests daily. Frequent blood sugar readings are required to properly calibrate the amount of insulin you require, even though it's tough on the fingers. The A1C test is a vital indication of your blood sugar level. Blood sugar levels, which should be less than 6%, can be revealed easily with this test.

C. Understanding when and how your insulin works is also important. For instance Gloria gets about two units of Regular Humalin Insulin for before meals. This special insulin type is given about 40 minutes before eating, since it takes this long to start being effective. A faster acting insulin is Humalog, which starts to be effective about 5 minutes after the dose is taken. Consult your physician to ensure that you are taking your insulin in such a way as to make it effective, and make your own observations.

D. Limit yourself to three meals a day without snacking. The habit of snacking can be broken easily.

Complications from both types of diabetes are strongly correlated with poor management of blood sugar levels. Therefore, keeping one's blood sugar level in the normal range eliminates most of the risk of complications from diabetes.

Normal blood sugar for a non-diabetic ranges from 70 to 100. This level of blood sugar should be achievable for anyone, whether diabetes is present or not.