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What range of blood sugar levels can be called normal? If one has not eaten for the last eight hours, the blood sugar should not be lower than 70 mg/dL or higher than 100 mg/dL. A blood sugar level above 100 mg/dL at any time may indicate that a pre-diabetes condition is present. If your level falls between 100 and 199, this indicates prediabetes. Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes is indicated by blood sugar levels above 200.

The process of bringing down your blood sugar can be done in several simple steps. If you would like more normal blood sugar levels, attempt the following;

A. Start to slowly lower your carbohydrate consumption. If you are wondering which specific foods to eat and which to avoid, I highly suggest the diet of Dr. Richard Bernstein. A longtime nutritional specialist. Dr. Bernstein has carefully tested our recommended diet, with an emphasis on ensuring that all food constituents may be tracked. Ingredients that cannot be tracked can't be effectively managed. We offer many online recipes for diabetics that wish to prepare tasty meals without many carbs. If you follow the guidelines of a predetermined amount of carbohydrates per meal, the amount of insulin in your blood should remain at a consistent level throughout the day.

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 is tough on the fingers. In order to understand your A1C. This test lets you know your blood sugar levels and they should be under 6.0%.

C. It is crucial to know how and when your insulin medication works. For example, Gloria gets about 2 units of Regular Humalin insulin before meals. Humalin requires about 40 minutes before becoming effective; one should therefore not eat immediately after taking it. A faster acting insulin is Humalog, which starts to be effective about 5 minutes after the dose is taken. Ask your doctor or check online for how long you should wait before eating after you have taken your insulin.

D. Only eat three meals a day and avoid snacks. The habit of snacking can be broken easily.

The severity of complications from either kind of diabetes is predictable given 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. Diabetes should not keep a person from having his blood sugar in this same range.