so i finished my morning run, got home , drank a cup of water, did a home glucose test and it was 120, is it normal or bad, is this a sign of early diabetes .
thanks
Is that a fasted glucose test? at least an 8 hour fast or did you have breakfast?
Also is there a reason why you think you might be pre-diabetic?
The normal fasted glucose test for a non-diabetic is between 80-110. 120 is nothing to be concerned with. If your fasted blood glucose gets to 150, then you should think about going to a doctor because that is a sign of hyperglycemia.
If you are overweight then continue to lose weight and your blood glucose levels will probably lower.
Don’t do the test after running. It will change your blood glucose level, and comparing it to anything will be useless.
I’m a type II diabetic, and I struggle to get down to 120 blood sugar.
Eat low GI and GL, do the exercises and stop worrying.
If you want to test sugar levels, follow the directions you have been given.
[quote]JaX Un wrote:
Is that a fasted glucose test? at least an 8 hour fast or did you have breakfast?
Also is there a reason why you think you might be pre-diabetic?
The normal fasted glucose test for a non-diabetic is between 80-110. 120 is nothing to be concerned with. If your fasted blood glucose gets to 150, then you should think about going to a doctor because that is a sign of hyperglycemia.
If you are overweight then continue to lose weight and your blood glucose levels will probably lower.[/quote]
well last meal i ate was 6 hours b4 the test ,and no man am not overweight am 6,2 ,almost 224lbs
[quote]kakno wrote:
Don’t do the test after running. It will change your blood glucose level, and comparing it to anything will be useless.[/quote]
can u please elaborate ,like how will running change blood glucose? thx
I’d go see a doctor ASAP.
[quote]JaX Un wrote:
The normal fasted glucose test for a non-diabetic is between 80-110. 120 is nothing to be concerned with. [/quote]
Not so fast.
I know of at least two HMO’s whose reference range for normal ends at 100, so that 120 reading would def get their attention.
Agreed with everything else and other posters that the OP needs to gather more reliable data.
[quote]chillain wrote:
[quote]JaX Un wrote:
The normal fasted glucose test for a non-diabetic is between 80-110. 120 is nothing to be concerned with. [/quote]
Not so fast.
I know of at least two HMO’s whose reference range for normal ends at 100, so that 120 reading would def get their attention.
Agreed with everything else and other posters that the OP needs to gather more reliable data.
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i think a lot of it depends on what kind of glucose test is being administered. I believe the normal range ends at 100 for an “oral glucose test” which involves drinking a special liquid and then getting his blood tested, which i seriously doubt the OP is performing on himself in his house.
Of course, there is nothing wrong with going to a doctor to find out for sure, but if the OP does not have insurance and a doctors visit would be costly, i don’t think an unfasted (6 hour fast is not necessarily long enough to bring glucose levels down to a fasted state) glucose reading of 120 is high enough to be worried.
http://www.charlespoliquin.com/TheBiosignatureMethod.aspx
Click on the video.
Really, the baseline of 100 for fasting glucose is based on the average. According to Houston, fasting glucose should be closer to 70 (4, if you use the other measure). FG of 99 may indicate glucose intolerance/insulin resistance.
[quote]waelkd wrote:
[quote]kakno wrote:
Don’t do the test after running. It will change your blood glucose level, and comparing it to anything will be useless.[/quote]
can u please elaborate ,like how will running change blood glucose? thx[/quote]
Well, when you run, you use energy, so your body will start rounding up all the glucose and fatty acids it can find, which means that liver glycogen will be degraded and glucose will be sent into the blood. This increases your blood sugar, while running lowers blood sugar (your muscles turn glucose into energy). When you stop running, the blood sugar lowering process ceases immediately, but hepatic glycogenolysis continues for a while, so your blood sugar will probably be “abnormally” high for a while after you stop running.
If you want, try doing a more standardized test, such as taking your fasting glucose level or an oral glucose tolerance test. Otherwise, you’re just comparing apples and oranges.
[quote]kakno wrote:
[quote]waelkd wrote:
[quote]kakno wrote:
Don’t do the test after running. It will change your blood glucose level, and comparing it to anything will be useless.[/quote]
can u please elaborate ,like how will running change blood glucose? thx[/quote]
Well, when you run, you use energy, so your body will start rounding up all the glucose and fatty acids it can find, which means that liver glycogen will be degraded and glucose will be sent into the blood. This increases your blood sugar, while running lowers blood sugar (your muscles turn glucose into energy). When you stop running, the blood sugar lowering process ceases immediately, but hepatic glycogenolysis continues for a while, so your blood sugar will probably be “abnormally” high for a while after you stop running.
If you want, try doing a more standardized test, such as taking your fasting glucose level or an oral glucose tolerance test. Otherwise, you’re just comparing apples and oranges.[/quote]
aha, now that makes alot of sense, i hope.anyways thx for all the info guys, really appreciate it , and thx kakno for highlighting ur point.
anyways ill be tryin to go on a 12 hour fasting b4 attempting another glucose test.