Normal blood sugar levels have an established clinical baseline. Here is how to check your daily blood sugar spikes after consuming a meal that has complex carbohydrates.

It’s normal for blood glucose levels to rise gradually after eating, but a large, sharp or prolonged spike can be a sign of ...

You’re not imagining it: The postmeal lull is real. Many people feel fatigued, foggy, or irritable after meals, even when lab tests show a normal A1C level. A1C measures average blood sugar levels ...

A normal fasting blood sugar level for someone between the ages of 50 and 60 is between 70 and 99 mg/dL. Blood sugar (glucose) targets for older people with diabetes tend to be different than for ...

A 35-year-old school teacher recently walked into my clinic with a question that many people with diabetes, or at risk of diabetes, may find familiar. A few weeks earlier, she had undergone a routine ...

It is well known that preventing the onset of diabetes reduces the risk of death, and that managing blood glucose levels is key to preventing diabetes. However, it remains unclear whether there are ...

Many older adults with diabetes can credit their old age to the work they put in to keep their blood sugar within what they believe to be a healthy range. But what if those efforts are actually making ...