Fasting blood sugar readings.

[Sulfate]

For the last month my fasting blood sugar reading ( finger prick) has been between 5.1 and 5.5 consistently. The wonderful Dr Michael Mosley stated in his book this is a good way to check if your sugars are creeping up.
My question is: Does this indicate I'm staying out of the pre diabetic range? Thanks all

 

[Martin.A]

For the last month my fasting blood sugar reading ( finger prick) has been between 5.1 and 5.5 consistently. The wonderful Dr Michael Mosley stated in his book this is a good way to check if your sugars are creeping up.
My question is: Does this indicate I'm staying out of the pre diabetic range? Thanks all

My fasting and post-meal readings tend to average mid-to-high 5s with only the occasional step over the line into low 6s and every HbA1c has been in normal range since August 2019, so I would say yes - you're doing well.

 

[Sulfate]

My fasting and post-meal readings tend to average mid-to-high 5s with only the occasional step over the line into low 6s and every HbA1c has been in normal range since August 2019, so I would say yes - you're doing well.

Thanks for your encouraging reply 🙂

 

[Docb]

If you want to keep track of "where you are at" then my data shows that monitoring your waking reading is probably as good a way as anything to do that. There are different ways of going about it from the simple approach suggested by @Martin.A to the rather elaborate methodology that I use that predicts my current HbA1c from the average waking reading over the last 90 days. I am looking at reducing that to the last 20-30 days.

My approach is one for the nerds. Much more practical is to work on the basis that If you are seeing mostly 5's and 6's on waking then you can be pretty confident that your HbA1c will be below the diagnosis level.

 

[Sulfate]

If you want to keep track of "where you are at" then my data shows that monitoring your waking reading is probably as good a way as anything to do that. There are different ways of going about it from the simple approach suggested by @Martin.A to the rather elaborate methodology that I use that predicts my current HbA1c from the average waking reading over the last 90 days. I am looking at reducing that to the last 20-30 days.

My approach is one for the nerds. Much more practical is to work on the basis that If you are seeing mostly 5's and 6's on waking then you can be pretty confident that your HbA1c will be below the diagnosis level.

Thanks so much for your helpful reply