The American Diabetes Association (ADA), Joslin Diabetes Center (JDC), and

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) also offer slightly

different blood sugar guidelines for those with diabetes.

Blood sugar levels for those Target blood sugar levels for
Time of check
without diabetes those with diabetes

80 - 130 mg/dL (ADA)

Fasting (before
less than 100 mg/dL 70-130 mg/dL (JDC)
breakfast)
less than 110 (AACE)

Before meals less than 110 mg/dL 70-130 mg/dL (JDC)

less than 180 mg/dL (ADA &

2 hrs after meal
less than 140 mg/dL JDC)
1-2 hrs after meal
less than 140 (AACE)

Bedtime less than 120 mg/dL between 90 - 150 mg/dL (JDC)

A1C levels less than 5.7 percent less than 7 percent

Interpreting blood sugar meter

results
Interpreting blood sugar meter readings depends a lot on individual norms and
targets.
A good blood sugar level for one person may be too high or low for someone
else. However, for people with diabetes, some ranges of blood sugar levels
are preferable over others.

Blood sugar level Excellent Good Acceptable

Before meal 72 - 109 mg/dL 110 - 144 mg/dL 145 - 180 mg/dL

2 hours after meal 90 - 126 mg/dL 127 - 180 mg/dL 181 - 234 mg/dL

Certain forms of temporary diabetes, such as gestational diabetes, also have

separate blood sugar recommendations.

Time of check Blood sugar level in mg/dL

Fasting or before breakfast 60 - 90 mg/dL

Before meals 60 - 90 mg/dL

1 hour after meal 100 - 120 mg/dL

Anyone who has very high or low fasting blood sugar levels should be
concerned.
 Fasting blood sugar
Risk level and suggested action
level

50 mg/dL or less Dangerously low, seek medical attention

Possibly too low, get sugar if experiencing symptoms of low blood

70 - 90 mg/dL
sugar or see a doctor

90-120 mg/dL Normal range

120-160 mg/dL Medium, see a doctor

160 - 240 mg/dL Too high, work to lower blood sugar levels

240-300 mg/dL Too high, a sign of out of control diabetes, see a doctor

300 mg/dL or above Very high, seek immediate medical attention

Ways to lower blood sugar include:

• limiting carbohydrate intake but not fasting

• increasing water intake to maintain hydration and dilute excess blood sugar

• increasing physical activity to burn excess blood sugar

• increasing fiber intake

there seem to be three sorts of people who change religions:

those who leave and then look,

Of those who leave first and then look for a new faith, the reasons for leaving are almost always
personal, not theological: someone has hurt their feelings, or treated them badly; they have
physically moved and the new place doesn’t have the right ‘feel’; they have done something so
against the rules of their faith that they were either kicked out or feel so guilty (and resentful,
perhaps) that they kick themselves out. When they find another faith to join, these folks tend to be
bitter and attack their former faith; blaming it for something it was not responsible for.

Those who look and then leave,

Of those who ‘look then leave,’ we have people who, while they are active members of their first
faith, look around at other faiths to learn more, or someone convinces them that their first faith isn’t
what they always thought it was; there is this new faith that offers more, IS more, of what they need.
These folks are far less likely to go all Ed Decker (OK, “Jack Chick” ) on their first faith, but some do.
Those who find–and find that didn’t really have anything TO leave.

Those who find–and find that didn’t really have anything TO leave.

Then there are those who simply live their lives–and get blindsided by something in a new faith that
they didn’t even know they were missing. When they go forward, they do so because they didn’t
have much of anything invested in their first faith (if they HAD a ‘first faith’) other than social
networking, culture, or family tradition. THESE folks very seldom go after their first faith; they are too
busy learning about this new one, that is filling a void they didn’t even know was there.