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rebrascora
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If you are Type 2, then 4-7mmols before food is the guidance and ideally less than 8.5 two hours after food, but occasionally spiking up to 10 is not going to do you too much harm as long as it isn't a regular occurrence and it comes back down pretty sharpish.
If you are newly diagnosed, then these guidelines are what you are aiming for once you get your diabetes under control but it may take time to achieve them and if levels are persistently higher than this, then what you would be looking for is to have a rise in BG of less than 3mmols from before eating to the 2 hour post meal reading. If your levels rise by more than 3mmols at the 2 hour mark, you ate too many carbs and need to reassess that meal and reduce the carb content for next time.
If you are newly diagnosed, then these guidelines are what you are aiming for once you get your diabetes under control but it may take time to achieve them and if levels are persistently higher than this, then what you would be looking for is to have a rise in BG of less than 3mmols from before eating to the 2 hour post meal reading. If your levels rise by more than 3mmols at the 2 hour mark, you ate too many carbs and need to reassess that meal and reduce the carb content for next time.
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