What is acceptable blood glucose level for diabetics? - How to achieve it?

As a diabetic, you'll try to find out what your acceptable blood glucose level should be?

Actually, the results you get from measuring blood glucose are really high and worrisome.

And you're right to be worried. Diabetes itself brings a lot of complex complications for you and your body.

W

hen you fail to manage your diabetes, these complications can be very hazardous for your health, til causing infinite sufferings or death.

Now, you must understand that I'm not telling you all thee to frighten you up. No way. The only aim is to put you synchronized with the right energy to fight your diabetes.

You deserve that positive energy for the hard battle against diabetes and any other negative consequence to your body.

Acceptable Blood Glucose Level Readings - What figures to look for?

They are something between the normal and ideal blood sugar level.

That means that you should look for 120 mg/dl before meals, less than 180 mg/dl two hours after meal, and around 150mg/dl at bedtime.

As you may see, these are high but not worrying figures for a diabetic. Although the ideal sugar level is under 100mg/dl; however, you cannot achieve this. Therefore, there exist a "tolerance level" for diabetics.

Type of testNormal Blood glucose level Acceptable blood glucose level
Before meal
80 – 100 mg/dl
Till 120 mg/dl
Two hours after meal
Less than 140 mg/dl
Less than 140 mg/dl
At bedtime
Around 100 mg/dl
Around 150 mg/dl
Click here to know how to convert mg/dl to mmol/l.

Please take note that although there exists this tolerance, you should put afford to control better your diabetes and to have near normal blood sugar levels. At the beginning you cannot succeed, but with the passing of time, this should be your main goal.

Do not sleep over and think that persistent levels of higher than 120mg/dl are good for you although acceptable. By optimizing your blood glucose levels, you will keep also safe from diabetes complications .

What I can suggest to you is to build up your own table of blood glucose levels , write down all the results anytime you measure, and see how well you're been managing your diabetes.

The following blood sugar chart can a be an example for that.

Before meal
_______ to _______
Two hours after meals
_______ or less
At bedtime
_______ to _______

Beating diabetes is a hard battle, which includes fighting against your own greediness to eat everything you see.

In addition, it includes a hard fight of restraining yourself from the old bad habits which can have a bad influence on your diabetes.

If you find it difficult and want to try other alternative to keep your blood sugar level under normal range, click here to check this review page. However, keep in mind that YOU are the only one who can help yourself fighting diabetes by making your natural step by step changes.

Related topics:

Find out what the Normal Blood Glucose Level is.

Get to know the Fasting Blood Glucose Level and what to do in case of high figures.

Understand the numbers and limits related to Average Blood Glucose Level.

How near to Ideal Blood Glucose Level are you?

Your knowledge on Diabetes Blood Glucose Levels and the correlation with Heart Disease.

How to read and interpret the results of a Blood Glucose Tolerance Test?

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