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Blood sugar, also called blood glucose, comes from digesting carbohydrates in food. Normal blood sugar levels are less than 100 mg/dL when fasting and less than 140 mg/dL two hours after eating. High blood sugar levels can lead to diabetes or prediabetes and increase the risk of health issues like heart disease, strokes, kidney disease, and vision loss. Keeping blood sugar close to normal through diet and exercise can help avoid health complications.

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Smart Blood Sugar

Blood sugar, also called blood glucose, comes from digesting carbohydrates in food. Normal blood sugar levels are less than 100 mg/dL when fasting and less than 140 mg/dL two hours after eating. High blood sugar levels can lead to diabetes or prediabetes and increase the risk of health issues like heart disease, strokes, kidney disease, and vision loss. Keeping blood sugar close to normal through diet and exercise can help avoid health complications.

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Smart Blood sugar

Blood sugar, also known as blood


glucose, comes from the food you eat. Your body creates blood
sugar by digesting some food into a sugar that circulates in your
bloodstream.
How much sugar in the blood is too much? And why is high glucose so
bad for you? Here’s a look at how your levels affect your health.
What Are Normal Blood Sugar Levels?
They’re less than 100 mg/dL after not eating (fasting) for at least 8 hours. And they’re less than
140 mg/dL 2 hours after eating
During the day, levels tend to be at their lowest just before meals. For most people without
diabetes, blood sugar levels before meals hover around 70 to 80 mg/dL. For some people, 60 is
normal; for others, 90.What’s a low sugar level? It varies widely, too. Many people’s glucose
won’t ever fall below 60, even with prolonged fasting. When you diet or fast, the liver keeps
your levels normal by turning fat and muscle into sugar. A few people’s levels may fall
somewhat lower.

Diagnosis :
Doctors use these tests to find out if you have diabetes:
Fasting plasma glucose test : The doctor tests your blood sugar levels after fasting
for 8 hours and it’s higher than 126 mg/dL.

Oral glucose tolerance test : After fasting for 8 hours, you get a special sugary
drink. Two hours later your sugar level is higher than 200.

Random check : The doctor tests your blood sugar and it’s higher than 200, plus
you’re peeing more, always thirsty, and you’ve gained or lost a significant amount
of weight. They’ll then do a fasting sugar level test or an oral glucose tolerance
test to confirm the diagnosis.
Any sugar levels higher than normal are unhealthy. Levels that are higher than
normal, but not reaching the point of full-blown diabetes, are called
prediabetes.According to the American Diabetes Association, 86 million people in
the U.S. have this condition, which can lead to diabetes if you don’t make healthy
lifestyle changes that your doctor recommends. It also raises the risk for heart
disease, although not as much as diabetes does. It’s possible to keep predicates
from becoming diabetes with diet and exercise.
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Sugar and Your Body
Why are high blood sugar levels bad for you? Glucose is precious fuel for all the cells in your
body when it’s present at normal levels. But it can behave like a slow-acting poison.
High sugar levels slowly erode the ability of cells in your pancreas to make insulin. The organ
overcompensates and insulin levels stay too high. Over time, the pancreas is permanently
damaged.
High levels of blood sugar can cause changes that lead to a hardening of the blood vessels, what
doctors call atherosclerosis.

Almost any part of your body can be harmed by too much sugar. Damaged
blood vessels cause problems such as:
• Kidney disease or kidney failure, requiring dialysis
• Strokes
• Heart attacks
• Vision loss or blindness
• Weakened immune system, with a greater risk of infections
• Erectile dysfunction
• Nerve damage, also called neuropathy, that causes tingling, pain, or less sensation in
your feet, legs, and hands
• Poor circulation to the legs and feet
• Slow wound-healing and the potential for amputation in rare cases
Keep your blood sugar levels close to normal to avoid many of these complications. The
American Diabetes Association’s goals for blood sugar control in people with diabetes are 70 to
130 mg/dL before meals, and less than 180 mg/dL after meals.

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