This simple blood test shows average A1C levels over the past two to three months and helps track how well diabetes is being controlled.

Using this test, a fasting blood sugar level of 99 mg/dL or lower is considered normal, while 100 to 125 mg/dL indicates you have prediabetes, and 126 mg/dL or higher indicates you have diabetes.

Checking your blood sugar level is one of the best ways to understand your diabetes. It helps you identify and track how different foods, medications, and activities affect your glucose levels.

Using this test, a fasting blood sugar level of 99 mg/dL or lower is considered normal, while 100 to 125 mg/dL indicates you have prediabetes, and 126 mg/dL or higher indicates you have diabetes.

Is there a benefit for healthy people to track their blood sugar? Measuring blood sugar has joined sleep and exercise tracking as wellness trends, with some longevity experts claiming that reducing ...

Testing your blood sugar is easy, even if you haven't done it before. You'll need the following things-- the test strips and the meter, lancing device and the lancet, bandages, alcohol swabs, and ...

Eat 15 grams of carbohydrates, then check your blood sugar after 15 minutes. If it’s still below 70 mg/dL, have another serving. Repeat until your blood sugar is at least 70 mg/dL.

The researchers examined data on more than 370,000 people with Type 2 diabetes. Overall, almost 88,000, or about 23 percent, had at least three insurance claims for test strips used to check blood ...