Blood sugar range after a type 1 diabetic eats?

Question

Is it normal for a type 1 diabetic to be 160 after 20 mins of eating a meal?

Answer 1

Absolutely. Someone with type one diabetes uses insulin to correct their blood sugar. Generally today two types of insulin are used (unless the person is using a pump). You should have a blood sugar check before meals and again two hours after eating. Before meal blood sugar should be in the 80-110 range ideally. Don't test twenty minutes later as the fast acting insulin used has not peaked or had time to correct for the amount of carbs consumed. Two hours after a meal, a type one should hopefully be in the 120-140 range.

Following a rigid diet that is described in the post below is not always best for optimum control and long term diabetes care. Some people have the willpower to follow a rigid diet for awhile, but then there is real life.

I also eat low glycemic index foods as well as whole foods. I stay away from packaged and manufactured foods. However, I do maintain a fairly normal diet.

Keeping blood sugar in extremely tight control MAY decrease your chances of problems, but not a guarantee. Extremely tight control can also increase the risk of hypoglycemic episodes and unawareness. Moderation is the key. I don't think a 120 range is unacceptable two hours postprandial. That would mean that by your next meal, you are right in target range again.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I have to argue that having an increased "normal" range for diabetics post-meal is not the way to go.

From all the research I have done, I have come to the conclusion that diabetics "normal" range should be the same as non-diabetics. Any increase above that range can do harm in the long term.

It is practically impossible to achieve perfect blood glucose post-meal if you eat the 'recommended' diabetic diet. There is no way that you can achieve this because of the large amounts of carbohydrate (regardless of complex vs simple) they have you eat. I recommend (as do many people who know more than I) a very low carbohydrate diet (and only carbs that are very low on the glycemic index. Each meal is balanced with enough protein to make you feel full (restricting protein for diabetics in fear of overworking the kidneys has been coming under fire in the past few years with studies showing it has no effect on developing nephropathy/kidney problems)

So, if you listen to the establishment they may say that 8.8mmol/L / 120 mg/dL is O.K post-meal. It is completely unacceptable for myself.

Since switching to this diet, my cardiac profile has gotten about 70% better and I am now in the low end of normal (which is awesome) and my other blood work has all improved. My A1C is now 5.8%, and my sugars never go over 6.0 (unless I am sick or under severe stress). I had started to experience some complications and those have all but disappeared.

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Answer 5

Surgery is major trauma to the body and shocks it into showing diabetic on normal people too. Since your dad's pills weren't working well before , yes I understand the doctor putting him on a rather high dosage of insulin for a few days then backing it back down rather than titrating it up like with normal diabetics. That was to bring him down to near normal soonest so he can mend after the heart surgery. Let the doctor tell you what the number should be. Each doctor has their own ideas of what our bods should be doing. I would be very worried about my glucose at any point over 199 within 90 minutes to 2 hours after eating. In fact I don't want it jumping even that high. I try hard to keep it around 150 post prandial 2 hour mark. But then, I haven't had any surgery or trauma to my bod so I am a "normal diabetic".

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Answer 7

you can't really specify anything as "normal" in a type 1 diabetic when talking about blood sugar. it can be depending on the situation. it depends on what they ate, how much insulin they are suppose to be taking, and if they didn't take enough insulin, that could be the cause. sometimes even tho people take enough insulin it will go up a little, but then come down a little later. just like a non-diabetics blood sugar can sometimes raise higher just after eating and then it will come down when all the insulin is active.

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Answer 10

well tht is not normal. well you should be under 100 to be normal. that is why you are type 1. they have to have shots to keep it low. if you dont' then it would make things bad for organs and stuff that is why the goal is to be 100 or lower.