As someone living closely with diabetes, you have heard the diabetes healthcare team talk about the importance of blood glucose monitoring.
Blood glucose monitoring
How to check blood glucose levels
If you have diabetes, check blood glucose at regular intervals. It is one of the best things you can do to manage your diabetes
Blood glucose level fluctuations: not all blood glucose levels need to be perfect
Despite all the advances in recent years, the fact remains that diabetes management is not a perfect science. Your may follow the diabetes healthcare recommendations to the letter and then suddenly,out of the blue, large blood glucose level fluctuations occur.
What are the 5 main factors that affect blood glucose levels?
For people living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, one of the major goals is targeting near-normal blood glucose levels over the long-term. Studies have shown that prolonged elevated blood sugar is the major risk factor for developing complications of diabetes
Target blood glucose levels
Blood glucose levels change across the course of a day, and can vary depending on the foods you eat and physical activity levels.
A1C…what it should mean to me!
If you have diabetes, it is important to know what the A1C (sometimes called hemoglobin A1C) test is, and how the diabetes team uses the A1C.
