Blood glucose 2 hours after eating

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In going for my glucose test tomorrow and I was wondering if it was OK to eat before the test or not. I have heard it was ok but I have also heard that you shouldn't because it will mess the test up. What should I do?

I had eaten half a hamburger and a few fries 2 hours prior to the blood test, and I'm wondering how much of an effect this food would have had on my glucose levels. I'm getting a fasting glucose test tomorrow, but I'm kind of stressed out that I might have diabetes or pre-diabetes. Do you have any ideas of just how abnormal my glucose level is? Thanks...

"What does this indicate and how serious is it?" Testing one hour after eating results in a false/positive. Glucose [blood sugar] from food consumed has not plateaued in your bloodstream and still is on the rise. Proper test times are: 1. Fasting - 8-10 hours no food or colored liquids, usually done first thing in morning. 2. Preprandial - Before meal to get a baseline measurement 3. Postprandial - 2-3 hours after a meal to see how foods consumed affected glucose levels. 4.

For the one hour I was told you just cant eat 2 hours before....the 3 hour would be the fasting one. So they drew blood for the one hour before you drank anything??? They didn't do that for my 1 hour...which was last week.

My fasting blood glucose is 110-125 mg/dl.hba1c is 7.96. My age is 57 years.After 2 hrs of b/f 165-190mg/dl. No medication.Glucose level slightly increase after exercise in the morning .What action is to be taken?

fasting, two hours after breakfast, 2 after lunch, 2 after dinner. That way you can get a sampling of where you're at different times of day. Also testing two hours after meals is a good way of seeing how different foods affect your blood glucose and knowing then what is good and not so good for you to eat. So bottom line is there is no absolute time you have to test but it does provide you with important information about managing your diabetes.

Hi Angel, target levels for pregnancy or trying to get pregnant are:- Fasting: 70 - 95 Before eating: 70 - 95 1 hour after eating: < 140 2 hours after eating: < 120 I think you are going to need to be adding in insulin to get your levels down. Some eating advice: you need to severely restrict your carbs for now (1 whole wheat bun is too much). Don't eat low fat foods. The fat is very important to help slow down the digestion of carbohydrates.

If it is still below 70 mg/dl, eat another 15 grams of carbohydrate. If your blood glucose is not low but your next meal is an hour away, have a snack with starch and protein, such as: Crackers and peanut butter or cheese Half a ham or turkey sandwich Crackers or cereal with a cup of milk Try to do all that and if you still have any of the sympthoms above, contact your doctor and discuss it with him/her. Also, you can find a lot of information about that in google.

This pg I have to have 3 tests. My first will be at 26 wks and then 2 after that. It is alot of waiting. You can eat before the test but while you wait to have your blood drawn no you can't. Just to warn you if you have the orange flavor you will never like orange soda again...LOL. Good luck and let me know what happens....

I had to monitor my blood sugar four times a day - fasting in the morning and one hour after every meal. I did really well during the day after meals...I quickly figured out what effected my blood sugar and what worked well for me. I kept my BS levels under the max (under 140 after meals). But my fasting blood sugar in the morning was too high - and I couldn't do anything about that. (MD wanted it below 90 in the morning.) So my MD put me on 5 units of insulin before bed.

Thanks, I will dfinetely keep you all posted. For the 1 hour, I ate something exactly 2 hours prior to the test, maybe I shuldn't of. The nurse told me the cutoff was 140 and I was at 164 so it's not sky high. I surely hope I pass since I am not the diet type! I will cut out some sugar from now on anyway.

The first one gives some pros and cons to using it that are interesting -- apparently, it tests tissue glucose instead of blood glucose and can be inaccurate at times. Check out these two websites to find out more information about location of the device, how it is used and how it works: http://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/ofhc/news/DB/4149.asp http://www.diabetesuffolk.com/Managing%20Diabetes/The%2072%20hour%20glucose%20sensor%20monitor.

They told me what the levels should be, but I would like a second opinion. (I havent been able to find info on this on the web - only for 2 hours after eating.) Also, my levels dont seem to always correlate to what I ate. They do seem to be raised more easily in the morning, but sometimes even if I eat some dessert in the afternoon or evening, they are very normal. Does that make any sense? I also suspect that the ORDER in which I eat my food may be affecting the numbers.

Most recently, they were interested that when they did a one-hour glucose test on me, the result came back that I had quite low blood sugar - my number was somewhere in the 50's. Yes, I did drink the whole bottle of stuff. For those of you who don't know, this test is looking to see if people have high blood sugar - an indication of gestational diabetes. Normal is somewhere around 100, and high is over 140. So a number in the 50's really is quite low.

00 on Wed. night. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Anyone else going through this?? Any advise??

I see my perinatologist next week, but if they want me to do the three hour test, there's no way. I can't eat extra carbs for three days! I cant eat practically anything! I cant eat bread because I had a lap band done in Feb 07, so that's out. and drink twice as much of the stuff? no way. He told me to keep taking the zofran for nausea (which I do and it doesn't work well). I lost 5 lbs at this appt, too. Ugh. I can't wait for this pregnancy to be over! Only 12 more weeks to go!

Two hours after eating breakfast my glucose levels were 161. Right after a brisk 1 hour walk they were 104. I ate a small sandwich and checked (2) hours after eating. My glucose wat 181. What's up with this. Right now my waking numbers average about 150. Do these seem right?

Do you check it any time (even a few minutes after eating)? I have heard that you need to check it at least two hours after eating (which is what I do). I usually get between high 7's and 10.

is it normal to have a blood sugar reading of 133 4 hours after eating.

Normally, the glucose level rises after a meal. If your pancreas produces too much insulin you may experience hypoglycemia episodes. Have you spoken with an Endocrinologist, a diabetes specialist? How about a Clinical Dietitian/Nutritionist about your meal plans? Are you on any meds? In your case, it's best to have your pancreas and thyroid checked.

Then you need to significantly lower the carbs you take in which is what raise blood glucose when you eat. Carbs include sweets of course, but also bread potatoes rice cereal and pasta. If you eat something and then test two hours later you will know if you can continue to eat that food or that amount of that food. Your blood glucose after two hours should be under 140. Next comes exercise. Even taking a walk will help lower your blood glucose.

Does he get high blood sugars after eating? Time to test is 2 hours after the start of a meal. Truly normal numbers are likely around 100, but medical profession say that < 120 is considered normal. A1C of 6.2 is already close to diabetic. THey say 6.3 is the cutoff for diabetes. However, optimal A1C should be < 5.0. For me I find I can reduce the dawn effect, by limiting how many carbs I eat. On a low carb diet I can normalise my fasting blood sugars.

You might be. If your blood glucose was 61 an hour or two after breakfast, especially if your breakfast was fairly high carb (such as cereal, bread, etc) you might have a specific type of hypoglycemia called reactive hypoglycemia which is people who have low blood sugar after a meal high in carbs. I would suggest seeing your doctor and getting tested to see what type of hypoglycemia you have and to make sure you aren't pre-diabetes.

I always take 2 or 3 pulkas or chapathis during night every day and i dont eat rice during night.. But whenever i check the blood glucose levels with the glucometer, i find that the fasting values are not within the range of normal values viz 110 for fasting. but the post lunch levels always within the normal range of viz 140.The random levels always varies from 125 to 150. Kindly advise me whether i am diabetic and do i have to take medicine for diabetes?

Many of us have target BGs for one hour after eating, 2 hours after eating, and maybe even 3-4 hours after eating. YOu mentioned that you did your test 30 minutes after eating and I'm not certain that there're reliable targets for that moment in time. Even a non-diabetic's body needs a chance to send insulin in response to a carbo-laden meal I'd suggest that you collect your data and discuss your results with your doctor.

The past 3 days everything is wacky. If I eat the normal way I do my glucose goes up. If I don't eat my glucose goes up. I have had 3 readings over 200, which I have never approached before. I would have considered 160 high before. I still have the last bottle of my medication in the house and started taking it again, but it does not seem to help much. This morning at 8 am I was 112, two hours later without eating I was up to 147, two hours after lunch and med it was 165.

My dad is diabetic and he has all of the tools to test blood. He has regular diabetes not Type 2 but it usually skips a generation. I had blood taken at the doctor last week, again, not fasting, for other health problems and it came back at 169. My doc obviously wants to retest me when I've been fasting and get an A1c.

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