"Stormmmee" > wrote in message
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> ok makes sense, the difference in post meals would be what to indicate
> diabetes? if both people are in a normal range before the meal,
> relatively same, size, gender and physical condition, and they test after
> the meal what would indicate one is and the other is not diabetic? Lee


Nowadays they generally use the fasting blood test to find out whether a
person is diabetic. Overnight a normal person's blood sugar will drop down
and fasting, it SHOULD be under 125, although that is a little high too.
A really normal person with no impairment ought to be 100 or so first thing
in the morning upon waking up. But most diabetics realize that it is a
gradual thing in coming on. That the morning number creeps up over time,
and if you are waking up with 120, you can bet that after eating breakfast,
especially if it consists of say.... pancakes and syrup, you could be
spiking over 200 right after that meal. Most of the diabetics who post on
these newsgroups try to stay WAAYYY under that, in fact they don't like to
go over 150 or 170 and consider that a spike.

The more you can keep your blood sugar under such numbers, the less
complications will most likely be in your future. These consist of things
like heart disease, amputations, blindness..... failed kidneys..... really
nasty stuff.

You really should not be getting this information from me. You should be
getting it from a book. I suggest "diabetes type 2 the first year" Here
is a link to the book on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/First-Year-Dia...5577507&sr=1-1

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Evelyn

"Even as a mother protects with her life her only child, So with a boundless
heart let one cherish all living beings." --Sutta Nipata 1.8