Jessica, I'm a 77 y/o male and I've had type 2 diabetes for 30 years and have never had many issues and didn't regulatory check my blood sugar until now. I was recently diagnosed with prostrate cancel and put on Zytiga and Prednisone and told the Zytiga would have an effect on my blood sugars. I never knew the when to test, before and/or after, in association with eating. Since I have viewed your informative video I now have a new outlook in my understanding of the importance of the times to test and why. Now I am on a regular testing routine and have your video to thank. Keep up your good work young lady.
If you didn’t check your blood sugar level how do you know it was normal? Maybe you were symptomatic but didn’t know it. As a athlete I am very connected to how my body is functioning. I knew right away I had diabetes and had been checking my blood sugar before my MD even called me to tell me I was diabetic,
@@penniroyal4398damn that's just d determination my mom went to the same thing this gentleman went through she just made sure she ate proper. If she had too much sugars in the day and she would check. For the most part she did find all by herself for 30 years even to where she didn't have to do insulin anymore. A good doctor & or a good routine will defeat the diabetes 💪🏽
That's correct, one can be pre-diabetic or even diabetic with sugar values seemingly in the official norm. May I ask what your GP told you during those 30 years ?
My sugar spike at 25-30 minutes after a meal. You MUST MUST MUST get a continuous glucose monitor!!!! I was checking my sugar after 2 hours , long after the spike was over.
If the spike has disappeared after 2 hours it could indicate your are not insulin resistant. That's good news. So unless your level goes back down to a abnormally high value why would you want to have a CGM ? 😮
If I may ask, what do you use these continuous values for ? Testing your body's ability to produce and regulate your insulin level ? To find out which foods cause a higher/quicker spike ?
Mines like sometimes as soon as a half hour after I eat, but I check an hour and that’s about the highest it spikes if I wait two hours it’s coming down by then and so if I didn’t check within the hour, I would think that mine was not that high
James if you didn’t check your blood sugar how did you know that you didn’t have any issues? You have no data to know how food affects your blood sugar? Things you may have just brushed off to being tired or forgetful may have been partially due to your blood sugar?
Mine sometimes spikes 2 1/2 hours after I eat. If I didn’t keep checking I’d just think I never spiked 🤷🏻♀️ I don’t have diabetes but I have normsl with spikes
Yea in wondering about this. Every morning if I drink orange juice or take a tablespoon of honey my blood sugar will spike to 190 within 20-30 mins, then within a hour it’s already coming back down. I’m lean and my fasting insulin is 3.4, does these spikes every morning mean anything bad. Because they always check the 1-2 hour window, but what about the spikes in the 20-30 mins 😂
And also the Dawn phenomenon which has been screwing around with my blood glucose. I usually eat anywhere from an 1 hour to 1 1/2 hours after waking up which screws around with my glucose readings even when I wait for 2 hours after eating to test. I've check my glucose a few times when I didn't wait the 2 hours before eating and it is higher than I like it. But with me especially in the morning, timing seems to be everything. Why bother asking my doctor and his nurse practitioner anything? He don't even know where the brachial artery is and none of them knows how to take proper blood pressure readings. Hopefully I can find another doctor who is more knowledgeable then the dingbat of a doctor I have now. All of my readings is about in the middle or lower range for prediabetes now.
WoW amazing that your MD is so stupid and yet managed to pass medical school and become board certified 😮 you should look at his degree (they always have them hanging around somewhere like their office) to make sure they are legitimate to practice medicine.
You never checked more that your blood's glucose level ? Even with the dawn effect your fasting glucose shouldn't be too high. If it is it could indicate a pre-diabetes condition. Even if the glucose value appears normal during the day. Just saying... :-))
The question is... After what kinds of carbs and how much of it ? Besides you could be consuming too much carbs without knowing it. As long as your pancreas generates enough insulin and your body cells can absorb the glucose all could seem to be normal and an issue could be masked.
Read the article at: www.eatingwell.com/article/290761/best-time-to-check-blood-glucose-after-meal/
Jessica, I'm a 77 y/o male and I've had type 2 diabetes for 30 years and have never had many issues and didn't regulatory check my blood sugar until now. I was recently diagnosed with prostrate cancel and put on Zytiga and Prednisone and told the Zytiga would have an effect on my blood sugars. I never knew the when to test, before and/or after, in association with eating. Since I have viewed your informative video I now have a new outlook in my understanding of the importance of the times to test and why. Now I am on a regular testing routine and have your video to thank. Keep up your good work young lady.
If you didn’t check your blood sugar level how do you know it was normal? Maybe you were symptomatic but didn’t know it. As a athlete I am very connected to how my body is functioning. I knew right away I had diabetes and had been checking my blood sugar before my MD even called me to tell me I was diabetic,
@@penniroyal4398damn that's just d determination my mom went to the same thing this gentleman went through she just made sure she ate proper. If she had too much sugars in the day and she would check. For the most part she did find all by herself for 30 years even to where she didn't have to do insulin anymore.
A good doctor & or a good routine will defeat the diabetes 💪🏽
That's correct, one can be pre-diabetic or even diabetic with sugar values seemingly in the official norm. May I ask what your GP told you during those 30 years ?
Thank you. This video was very helpful.
Very good information. Thank you for posting this.
Thank You it was Very helpfull
Nice explaining , thank you .
Thank you so much. I have just become my mom’s full time care giver and this has helped me so much ❤
Very helpful
Excellent information
Dr Jason the best in answering questions
I use the G7 sensor. It really works good for me. Before I didn’t have a clue if it was high or low . Thank you for your video.
Thank you for the information “sugar” doctor.😊
My sugar spike at 25-30 minutes after a meal. You MUST MUST MUST get a continuous glucose monitor!!!! I was checking my sugar after 2 hours , long after the spike was over.
Which CGM do you recommend?
in my case the highest spike is 45 minutes after a meal, what is yours? 2 hours after a meal is the time when the glucose should've gone down
If the spike has disappeared after 2 hours it could indicate your are not insulin resistant. That's good news. So unless your level goes back down to a abnormally high value why would you want to have a CGM ? 😮
@@fansberat8583Isn't the idea to check that the glucose level has come back down to a normal value after a couple of hours ?
If I may ask, what do you use these continuous values for ? Testing your body's ability to produce and regulate your insulin level ? To find out which foods cause a higher/quicker spike ?
Mines like sometimes as soon as a half hour after I eat, but I check an hour and that’s about the highest it spikes if I wait two hours it’s coming down by then and so if I didn’t check within the hour, I would think that mine was not that high
Also check before exercise and after
James if you didn’t check your blood sugar how did you know that you didn’t have any issues? You have no data to know how food affects your blood sugar? Things you may have just brushed off to being tired or forgetful may have been partially due to your blood sugar?
Mine sometimes spikes 2 1/2 hours after I eat. If I didn’t keep checking I’d just think I never spiked 🤷🏻♀️ I don’t have diabetes but I have normsl with spikes
I am confused 🤔 it never says how soon after waking up? 10 min, 15 min, 5 min after waking up?
Yea in wondering about this.
Every morning if I drink orange juice or take a tablespoon of honey my blood sugar will spike to 190 within 20-30 mins, then within a hour it’s already coming back down.
I’m lean and my fasting insulin is 3.4, does these spikes every morning mean anything bad.
Because they always check the 1-2 hour window, but what about the spikes in the 20-30 mins 😂
And also the Dawn phenomenon which has been screwing around with my blood glucose. I usually eat anywhere from an 1 hour to 1 1/2 hours after waking up which screws around with my glucose readings even when I wait for 2 hours after eating to test. I've check my glucose a few times when I didn't wait the 2 hours before eating and it is higher than I like it. But with me especially in the morning, timing seems to be everything.
Why bother asking my doctor and his nurse practitioner anything? He don't even know where the brachial artery is and none of them knows how to take proper blood pressure readings. Hopefully I can find another doctor who is more knowledgeable then the dingbat of a doctor I have now. All of my readings is about in the middle or lower range for prediabetes now.
WoW amazing that your MD is so stupid and yet managed to pass medical school and become board certified 😮 you should look at his degree (they always have them hanging around somewhere like their office) to make sure they are legitimate to practice medicine.
Im the same for high morning readings... like 7.5mmol
You never checked more that your blood's glucose level ? Even with the dawn effect your fasting glucose shouldn't be too high. If it is it could indicate a pre-diabetes condition. Even if the glucose value appears normal during the day. Just saying... :-))
Mine is 116 after carbs. I think that's pretty good.
That’s great!
The question is... After what kinds of carbs and how much of it ? Besides you could be consuming too much carbs without knowing it. As long as your pancreas generates enough insulin and your body cells can absorb the glucose all could seem to be normal and an issue could be masked.
180 at 2 hours is way too high. It should be closer to 110 if you're normal.
Nope. Upto 140 is ok
I think he is talking about diabetics, normal people don't have to prick everyday, let alone several times
2 hours after finishing a meal? Or 2 hours after the first bite of a particular meal?
2.4o min for answer
Couldn’t prick my finger several times a day…….
Reduce the pricker length.
Most meters only need a pin drop of blood now.
I use a different finger through the day, not the same one.
I keep asking , what is considered high / low. Blood sugar ??
Every talking ,nobody answering
I wanted to know this as well. It’s really confusing.
Didn’t say anything
Is a fasting of 7.7 in the morning okay??
@@ramoengrammieramoeng2364 Of course not!
Standard advice not really anything insightful and the numbers are just generic not really for real Health
The name of the video is when to check your blood sugar? So what were you expecting? Bl How is Connie doing?
Just answer the flippin question...
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