Down among the results on the first sheet of results from the blood test you took as part of your physical is a line about blood glucose. It’s down there past cholesterol and triglycerides and equally as important as those two are to your health. That number signifies the density of glucose per mL of blood and is an indication of how well your body regulates blood sugar and how well insulin is functioning in your body.
Numbers below 110 mg/d L in a fasting state are considered normal and shows that insulin is doing its job of moving glucose from the bloodstream to cells needing it for fuel. Numbers higher than that in a fasting state generally require more testing to see if the trend holds true or not. If it does hold true and your normal glucose level is elevated than some changes need to take place to get it back in normal ranges.
Chronic high blood glucose can cause many sever health issues with diabetes being the main one and complications from diabetes being the other problems. Cardiovascular disease, blindness, neuropathy in the legs and feet, all are complications from diabetes and none of them are conditions to take lightly.
Most effective in changing blood glucose levels is a change in diet. What we eat every day directly affects how much glucose is available to be absorbed into the bloodstream. Changing the amount of sugar ingested will help lower the overall amount in the blood and let insulin do a better job of regulating what is there. Foods high in fiber are typically low in sugar and the fiber is slower to move through our systems, which in turn slows down the rate of glucose absorption into our blood stream making it easier to maintain normal glucose levels.
Less overall sugar and slower absorption give your body a better opportunity to regulate the blood sugar by itself without adding medication or insulin injections. If you numbers are elevated change your diet first and see how it affects the next test results.
