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is my blood sugar high, do I have diabetes ?
In the morning my blood sugar is 4.5 mmol, but today when I ate today high calorie lunch around 1100 calories, 2 hrs after my blood sugar was 11.00 mmol.
I am 132 lbs, 5'8''.
Was using blood glucose meter btw .
Fasting glucose test was 4.5 mmol in the morning.
Meal contained around 200 grams carbs.
2 Answers
- ShayLv 72 weeks agoFavourite answer
One high reading might be a testing error.
Your fasting level does not indicate a problem but at two hours after a meal, that reading should have been at or below 7.8 so a reading that was still at 11.00 would be high. But - again - it could be a testing error. A bad test strip - something on your hands - expired test strips - a low battery in the meter - a meter that is out of calibration - any number of little things could cause a bad reading that was not accurate. Did you take a second test at that time to confirm the accuracy of the first reading?
Only a doctor can actually diagnose diabetes. You shouldn't make medical assumptions based on home readings and just ONE reading is not enough to assume anything. You could consider tracking your readings for a few days and make a doctor's appointment for a physical just to be sure everything is fine.
Your weight and height don't indicate a risk for diabetes - but even athletes in perfect health can develop type 2 diabetes since heredity and other factors also contribute to the reasons for developing diabetes.
BTW - it is NOT about the CALORIES that you eat. It is about the CARBOHYDRATES that you eat. High calorie doesn't always mean high carbohydrate. When measuring blood sugar, calories alone don't mean much. You should be looking at how many carbohydrates were in the meal. You should also consider how many "added" sugars are in those carbohydrates. Added sugars tend to raise blood sugar the most. For example, drinking a 20 oz Pepsi has 150 calories and 41 grams of SUGAR and would have a HUGE impact on raising sugar levels - but eating a 16 oz T-bone steak has about 1120 calories and NO carbohydrates and NO sugar and would have NO impact on your sugar levels.
Carbohydrates become sugar in the blood. Not all CALORIES are from CARBOHYDRATES. Calories that have no carbohydrates will not raise blood sugar.
- LiliLv 42 weeks ago
Have a doctor test it and discuss your concerns with him or her. It's not clear what sort of test you're using.
