Comments on: What are Normal Blood Sugar Levels?

By: JimR

JimR — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:08:45 +0000

This is a question for your doctor to answer to whom you should always turn to for medical advice.

This article from the National Institute of Health will help you with general answers to typically asked questions:
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/gest_diabetes/sub4.cfm

in which it states:

HEALTHY TARGET RANGE FOR GLUCOSE LEVELS

Fasting glucose level No higher than 95
One hour after eating No higher than 140
Two hours after eating No higher than 120

But check with you doctor for that and similar advice. Best Wishes

By: latha

latha — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:25:27 +0000

i am pragnancy 12 week now my blood sugar level 84 mg/dl . please reply my blood sugar level normal or over

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By: JimR

JimR — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:04:44 +0000

Hi John Schulz,
I do thank you for your interest and comment regarding an article on my diabetic site. I should mention that I am a diabetic myself and would not wish to publish inaccurate information, which can sometimes happen inadvertently, when writing tired into the morning hours as I often do. So my apologies that something misleading is there . . . and I have now made the correction, so again, — thank you.

Fortunately, on the article (titled Converting: From Mg/dL to Mmol/L) specifically dealing with only conversions between the 2 systems I did get it right, in case you did not see that, here is an excerpt:

Glucose, cholesterol, and triglycerides

Of especial interest in blood test results are those for blood glucose, cholesterol, and triglycerides.

To convert from mg/dL to mmol/L

* For Blood glucose ……… divide by 18
* For Cholesterol ……….. divide by 39
* For Triglycerides ……… divide by 89

To convert from mmol/L to mg/dL

* For Blood glucose ……… multiply by 18
* For Cholesterol ……….. multiply by 39
* For Triglycerides ……… multiply 89

To illustrate:

A blood glucose meter reading in the U.S. of 120 (in mg/dl) is the same as 6.7 mmol/l (120 / 18 = 6.7).

And a blood glucose meter reading of 6.5 (in mmol/l) is the same as 117 mg/dl (6.5 x 18 = 117 mg/dl).

One last thing, may I ask whether the articles, whatever you may have read, on this site are of an acceptable and informative standard (other than the error of course) — any comments, suggestions, or criticisms are welcome of course.

Cheers, Jim Robinson.

By: John Shultz

John Shultz — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:14:58 +0000

The conversion directions seem incorrect. The articls states to multiply the US value by 18 to get the Canada value. If the US value is 72 and the Canadian value is 4, yuo would have to divide the US value by 18 not multiply.

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