Is fasting sugar level 105 and after food 130 - 145 ok?

QUESTION: I have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes six months ago. After confirmed and discussed with my doctor, I start to use Glugophage 500 mg, which I use only one month.

5 months ago, we stopped medicines and control my sugar level through walk before dinner 45 mint and control oily food.

Please advise: know that my fasting sugar level is 105 and after food 130 - 145. Is it ok?


ANSWER: Hi Raja Khalid,

Interesting fact in your case is that after stopping your medicines, you are completely controlling your diabetes.

For your information, the normal fasting blood glucose level is between 64.8- 104.4 mg/dl, but small variations are acceptable, just like in your case - 105mg/dl.

Other important thing is that your post-prandial blood glucose concentration is 130-145, which is absolutely good, because the normal post prandial value is under 180.

The only reasonable explanation for your situation is that your diabetes type 2 is characterized with slight reduction in the insulin secretion.

As you probably know diabetes type II is also known as not-insulin dependent, because your body has the ability to produce insulin.

It seems that exercises and diet are really helping you to improve the glucose metabolism of yours. However, I will give you one more advice in purpose to achieve greater results.

One other natural option that you might consider is to start using herbs. Specific Herbs have shown to be very useful in patients with diabetes type 2 and especially those patients, who are having slight variations in the insulin secretion and in the blood glucose level, like you.

So, the combination between diet, exercises and herbs will be even more effective in the blood glucose concentration management and the only thing, which you have to do, is to keep up with the good work as you are actually doing.

In addition, you are obligated to continue with the blood glucose tests, because sometimes aggravation of the diabetes appears with a sudden stop in the insulin secretion.

In this case, the only solution is to start the anti-diabetic treatment again, so be prepared to start using Glucophage (metformin) in case of bad control.

Hope it helped!

Dr.Alba