My hunger blood sugar level always low like 72 to 68.is it good or bad thing.my insulin resistance not good though.should i worry?
My glucose meter units are like 4.7, thats what my last reading was. I think its in mmol/L?
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68 mg/dl .measure unit is mg/dl .i don t know what its means
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That’s kinda low. 80 to 120 is coming sidered a good normal. You probably need to eat.
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I found this online:
A normal pre-prandial (before meal) blood glucose level will be between 4 and 7 mmol/l
A blood sugar level less than 140 mg/dL (7.8 mmol/L) is normal. A reading of more than 200 mg/dL (11.1 mmol/L) after two hours indicates diabetes. A reading between 140 and 199 mg/dL (7.8 mmol/L and 11.0 mmol/L) indicates prediabetes.
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Ä° don t eat any sugary food but my eating habit is normal usually.im 108 kg though.
4 mmol/L is 72 mg/dl so your reading of 68 is a bit below the normal range.
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Thank you @Aziz .they don t say anything about lowest level.
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That’s very low @anon68444330 . When my blood sugar was dropping into the 70’s and 80’s at night my doc told me that it was dangerous and cut out part of my medication.
“Low blood sugar is called hypoglycemia. A blood sugar level below 70 mg/dL (3.9 mmol/L) is low and can harm you. A blood sugar level below 54 mg/dL (3.0 mmol/L) is a cause for immediate action.”
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These numbers are dangerously low @anon68444330
Eat more carbs as soon as you notice these low numbers.
I would have a talk with your doctor about it.
Hypoglycemia is no joking matter.
Rarely does my blood glucose levels fall below 90 and when they do I quickly consume carbohydrates.
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@Aziz and I are are from Canada.
In Canada they use the same units for A!C (mmol/l) as they do with your daily blood sugar so there is no confusion. It makes it easier to compare your A1C to your daily blood sugar readings without any conversion. mg/dl can be converted into mmol/L
70mg/dl = 3.8 mmol/L
That is a little low, but not dangerously low.
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It’s weird how we all seem to have different opinions on this. You would think that there would be a definitive answer. All I know is what my doc told me. She was very concerned about my blood sugar when it dropped that low. I would ask your doc to be sure. It’s probably not emergency level low but I definitely think you should try to keep it in a higher range.
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It may have something to do with the time of day also:Normal blood glucose levels: What should my blood sugar level be?
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Here in Canada this is how blood sugar levels are rated…
When mine is 3.8 (70) I usually feel fine, but if I start to feel weak, nauseated, dizzy, etc… I take a glucose tablet or eat a cookie.
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It may be that my doc was concerned because it was a bedtime reading. The chart in that link for diabetics says that a bedtime reading for adults should be between 100 and 140. Probably because you are going to be asleep and without food for an extended period of time and your blood sugar will drop even more. Before meal was 70 to 130.
I am hypoglycemic. I get the shakes at 68-70. I need to eat before it drops any lower. It’s weird because my hus5and son are both diabetic and need to cut sugar, but I have to keep sugar around for me.
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Are you diabetic @anon4362788?
No, hypoglycemic.
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This is not necessarily true on further research but it makes sense based on this why your blood sugar levels are supposed to be higher at night:
"Every night—regardless of whether you sleep—your blood sugar levels increase1 as a part of the natural human circadian rhythm cycle. Blood sugar levels also increase during sleep. Blood sugar fluctuations that occur overnight and during sleep are normal and not a cause for concern for most healthy people.
Sleep also plays an important role in maintaining healthy blood sugar levels2. Over the past few decades, the overall average number of hours slept each night has apparently decreased. This decrease in sleep may have contributed to the increase in obesity and diabetes3 that occurred over the same stretch of time. Obesity and diabetes are affected by blood sugar levels, while one’s blood sugar also impacts obesity and diabetes. As a result, blood sugar could be one of the factors involved in weight loss and sleep.
Sleep and physical health are closely connected, so it’s not surprising that sleep affects blood sugar levels. However, the relationship between sleep and blood sugar is complex. There isn’t a simple formula that demonstrates a relationship between the amount of sleep and a corresponding increase or decrease in blood sugar.
Can Sleep Raise or Lower Glucose Levels?
Although it sounds contradictory, sleep can both raise and lower glucose levels. Our bodies experience a cycle of changes every day—called a circadian rhythm—which naturally raises blood sugar levels at night and when a person sleeps. These natural blood sugar elevations are not a cause for concern.
“Restorative sleep might also lower unhealthy blood sugar levels by promoting healthy systems. Decreased sleep is a risk factor for increased blood sugar4 levels. Even partial sleep deprivation over one night increases insulin resistance, which can in turn increase blood sugar levels. As a result, a lack of sleep has been associated with diabetes, a blood sugar disorder.”"
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