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What Should Be Your Average Low And High Of Glucose Numbers Each Day?

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Caldwell, ID
May 20, 2024
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If you are looking for "near normal control" your lows should never be below 4.0 mmols/72 and your high should never exceed 7.8 mmols/140

In practicality if your "daily average" BG was 6.0 mmols/108 that would result in a "normal" A1C of 5.4%

Lot's of numbers 😁

So basically if your average fasting numbers (which "should be" your lowest numbers of the day) fall anywhere in the 4.0-6.0 mmols/72-108 range with 5.0/99 being "perfect" and

Your highest "clinically relevant numbers" (because even non-diabetics spike after eating) which should be 2 hours after a meal should fall in the 5.0-7.8 mmol/90-140 - so any "high average" in that range and you are cruising along with likely as good of control as you would ever need and you would avoid most or all complications

May 20, 2024
A DiabetesTeam Member

Thank you for sending me this information. It is very helpful.

May 21, 2024

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