am I diabetic with these results ?
I am 29 year old ,have been suffering with anxiety related symptoms including heart racing, tremble in hands,often little sweating in palms from the last 10 months.I have a family history of type 2diabeties. I ve been to hospitals during this period and got tested my blood sugar levels. none of the doctors confirmed that i am diabetic though my test results reached the border line ( hba1c 5.8 , fasting 5.4 mmol(98mg) , after breakfast 7.7mmol(140mg). i took this test when I had extremely High level of anxiety ,I was trembling and my heart was beating like it would explode any time .the lab technician found it difficult to take blood sample from my trembling hand)this happened 5months back .
after that I constantly worked hard in gym and took care of my Diet and managed to lost 8 kg (17.6 pounds).I am well within ideal weight for my height. I am still having anxiety related symptoms though not that seviour like before . Today I got checked my blood sugar .It was 5.2 mmol(93 mg) , I had 2 sandwitch with egg and Orange juice and again i tested BG after 1 hour 45 minutes .. it was 6.8 mmol (122.4 mg).
am I diabetic ? I wonder how can i bring the glucose levels withing normal range . btw sorry for my english which is not my native language
i don’t think you’ll be diabetic.
you lost the weight that needed to be lost. you still need to watch your diet though. don’t drink or eat too much sugar. be careful because sometimes people forget that they also get sugar through drinks and fruits. although fruit contains healthy sugar, it’s still sugar and can make you diabetic.
June 28th, 2010 at 9:03 am
i don’t think you’ll be diabetic.
you lost the weight that needed to be lost. you still need to watch your diet though. don’t drink or eat too much sugar. be careful because sometimes people forget that they also get sugar through drinks and fruits. although fruit contains healthy sugar, it’s still sugar and can make you diabetic.
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June 28th, 2010 at 9:22 am
Dj you are so close to being a diabetic.
Normal Fasting Blood Sugar
A normal fasting blood sugar (which is also the blood sugar a normal person will see right before a meal) is:
83 mg/dl (4.6 mmol/L) or less.
Many normal people have fasting blood sugars in the mid and high 70 mg/dl (3.9 mmol/L) range.
Though most doctors will tell you any fasting blood sugar under 100 mg/dl (5.6 mmol/L) is "normal", there are several studies that suggest that testing with a fasting blood sugar in the mid 90 mg/dl (5 mmol/L) range often predicts diabetes that is diagnosed a decade later.
Post-Meal Blood Sugar (Postprandial)
Independent of what they eat, the blood sugar of a truly normal person is:
Under 120 mg/dl (6.6 mmol/L) one or two hours after a meal.
Most normal people are under 100 mg/dl (5.5 mmol/L) two hours after eating.
First of all to may have lost weight, but what you eat is causing your high glucose levels. Losing the weight is a great start. Now for you to start a healthy eating lifestyle , which is also a great way for the whole family to eat. Go to this website and study it for a week . then you will know what to eat and what not to eat. http://www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm
This table includes the glycemic index and glycemic load of more than 2,480 individual food items. Not all of them, however, are available in the United States. They represent a true international effort of testing around the world.
The glycemic index (GI) is a numerical system of measuring how much of a rise in circulating blood sugar a carbohydrate triggers–the higher the number, the greater the blood sugar response. So a low GI food will cause a small rise, while a high GI food will trigger a dramatic spike. A list of carbohydrates with their glycemic values is shown below. A GI is 70 or more is high, a GI of 56 to 69 inclusive is medium, and a GI of 55 or less is low.
The glycemic load (GL) is a relatively new way to assess the impact of carbohydrate consumption that takes the glycemic index into account, but gives a fuller picture than does glycemic index alone. A GI value tells you only how rapidly a particular carbohydrate turns into sugar. It doesn’t tell you how much of that carbohydrate is in a serving of a particular food. You need to know both things to understand a food’s effect on blood sugar. That is where glycemic load comes in. The carbohydrate in watermelon, for example, has a high GI. But there isn’t a lot of it, so watermelon’s glycemic load is relatively low. A GL of 20 or more is high, a GL of 11 to 19 inclusive is medium, and a GL of 10 or less is low.
Foods that have a low GL almost always have a low GI. Foods with an intermediate or high GL range from very low to very high GI.
Both GI and GL are listed here. The GI is of foods based on the glucose index–where glucose is set to equal 100. The other is the glycemic load, which is the glycemic index divided by 100 multiplied by its available carbohydrate content (i.e. carbohydrates minus fiber) in grams. (The "Serve size (g)" column is the serving size in grams for calculating the glycemic load; for simplicity of presentation I have left out an intermediate column that shows the available carbohydrates in the stated serving sizes.) Take, watermelon as an example of calculating glycemic load. Its glycemic index is pretty high, about 72. According to the calculations by the people at the University of Sydney’s Human Nutrition Unit, in a serving of 120 grams it has 6 grams of available carbohydrate per serving, so its glycemic load is pretty low, 72/100*6=4.32, rounded to 4.
The bread is out . No more orange juice. Keep up the exercise. Forever…..Here are 4 keys to control glucose levels:
1) Knowledge - Google (bloodsugar101) Or heres the site:http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/16422495.php
2) Medicine - maybe not yet in your case
3) Diet- http://www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm
4) Exercise - Walking is fine Nordic Walking is Great .Google it.
Once you learn what to eat your levels will really fall.
Good Luck
Tin
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