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Evening blood sugar reading
- Thread starter Paschal
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Leadinglights
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It all depends on how long it was since you ate, if more than 2 hours since your meal then yes it is a bit high, you want to aim to be no more than 8-8.5mmol/l 2 hours post meal and 4-7 before eating.
If you are testing pre meal and then after 2 hours then you can look at the increase due to your meal which should be no more than 2-3 mmol/l, if it is your meal is a too carb heavy.
That does of course depend on what, if any medication you are taking as those are just guidelines.
Leadinglights
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Indeed that is rather high that long after eating, maybe you need to look at what you had and reduce the carbs.
rebrascora
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What did you eat 5 hours ago?
Good advice. Thanks.
Something I rarely ever eat. A brunch with fried food, plus toast!
BobbleHat
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We're all different but toast would push my levels high (I seem to react more strongly to wheat than some other carbs).
mashedupmatt
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Toast would defo spike me, particularly if thick white bread (40g carbs for 2 slices) but I can eat loads of pasta or rice and it has nowhere near the same effect on my BG - it's weird, but as @BobbleHat has said, we're all different