Blood Glucose Levels
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From: ChickenBall Hosting on 19 Dec 2005 01:22 I've read conflicting ranges as to what is the normal mmol/L reading? I am type II and am trying to get more serious about my diabtese. Thanks. ----------------------------------- Remove the "booth" to reply in email.
From: Slap on 19 Dec 2005 02:08 "ChickenBall Hosting" <infobooth(a)chickenball.net> wrote in message news:Xns9730EDB1B40B2chickenballdotnet(a)24.70.95.211... > I've read conflicting ranges as to what is the normal mmol/L reading? I am > type II and am trying to get more serious about my diabtese. Thanks. > There will be a few folks here advising you. As with all groups some of the info is good, some not so good and there are a few that are totally whacked. Living in Alberta Canada is good tho. Capital Health has free classes for you. Drop by the RA Hospital and ask about their diabetes clinic (free). A couple of one day classes. I took mine at the MIS. Actually they should have been in contact with you to ask if you were interested if your Doc had sent them any info about you but I don't think there is any problem if he/she didn't. The diabetes nurse will also check you out and ask if you want to see the diabetes Doctor. I'll include my sig... it has a few good links. -- Dave, Type2 (day 0, May 31/05), Canada 175 cm. @ 84/81/79.5/ **71 Kg. day 0 -diagnosed @ 11.8 mmol/L. -7.0 set as an initial target*. Prescribed Drug: Metformin 500MG, -twice per day. day 90 -Prescribed Drug: Simvastatin (Zocor) 40MG, -one a day. HbA1c: 6.1 Cholesterol: 5.07 HDL: 1.35 LDL: 3.26 - Doc says < 2, so Zocor prescribed. Triglyceride: 1.01 BMI: 27.4/26.0/ **23.2 www.lambtonhealth.on.ca/diabetes/choicesbmi.asp Diet: G.I. Diet -By Rick Gallop. ISBN 0-679-31056-8 http://gidiet.com/ *Target: Canadian Diabetes Association www.diabetes.ca/Section_About/rdsupplement.asp - scroll down to 'Keep your eye on targets' Guidelines: Canadian Diabetes Association www.diabetes.ca/cpg2003/default.aspx - pdf downloads, read disclaimer upper right Meter: OneTouch UltraSmart (Electronic Log, -nice). http://www.onetouch.ca/english/ Pedometer: Get one. 10,000 steps a day is good. 14,749 steps my best day. ** Targets achieved.
From: Jenny on 19 Dec 2005 08:42 ChickenBall Hosting wrote: > I've read conflicting ranges as to what is the normal mmol/L reading? I am > type II and am trying to get more serious about my diabtese. Thanks. > > True normal is in a tight range near 4.7 mmol/l (85 mg/dl). Many people here have posted about testing colleagues and relatives and never seeing numbers over 5.5 mmol/l (100 mg/dl) no matter what they'd eaten. The Joslin Diabetes Clinic defined normal more loosely as under 7.6 mmol/l (140 mg/dl) at 2 hours. I did a bunch of research a while back and have posted the journal articles I found that pointed to 7.6 mmol/L (140 mg/dl) at two hours as the level at which serious neuropathy begins to become more frequent. The American College of Clinical Endocrinologists recommends keeping blood sugars under 7.6 mmol/L at 2 hours, probably because this is what the research points to. However, recently published new research has found that for every 1% rise in hbA1c over 4.6% the risk of heart attack increases 2.5 times. This reinforced previous studies that showed heart attack risk decreasing dramatically at A1cs under 5% and becoming quite high as A1cs go over 6%. So it looks pretty obvious that a person with diabetes would want to do something to get that A1c under 6% if possible. Doctors will tell you an A1c of 7% is fine because studies have shown that at this level the risk of retinopathy decreases--what they don't tell you is that at that level, while it is not as bad as at higher levels it is still significant. So while the usual doctor-recommended level for diabetics might save you from blindness ("might", not "does") this becomes academic if you keel over and die from a heart attack with vision intact. So the answer for anyone with diabetes is this: the best blood sugar level you can attain is the LOWEST you can attain without experiencing hypos. For a person with type 2 diabetes controlling with diet and oral drugs, under 5.5 mmol/l (100 mg/dl) as much as possible is ideal if you can do it. I you are a Type 2, cutting back significantly on carbohydrates and adjusting meds may make this a reachable target. There are people posting here who have brought their A1cs down from over 10% to the 5% range and even a few who have gotten lower.
From: ChickenBall Hosting on 19 Dec 2005 08:48 Jenny <lottadata(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > True normal is in a tight range near 4.7 mmol/l (85 mg/dl). Many > people here have posted about testing colleagues and relatives and > never seeing numbers over 5.5 mmol/l (100 mg/dl) no matter what they'd > eaten. <snip> Wow, that's alot of info to absorb. Thanks sharing though. ----------------------------------- Remove the "booth" to reply in email.
From: Jenny on 19 Dec 2005 08:54
ChickenBall Hosting wrote: > > Wow, that's alot of info to absorb. Thanks sharing though. > > I forgot to post the link to the site that has the links to the research on blood sugar levels and health and more in-depth discussion: http://www.geocities.com/lottadata4u/ |