Blood glucose monitoring

Read about target blood glucose levels and how they vary across the course of a day.

First of all, how important is your glucose control early in your diabetes? The short answer is very. Is it easy? Not really.

Should you be measuring blood sugar levels throughout the day? While it’s true that people with diabetes should measure their blood sugar at regular intervals, there are some distinctions regarding how often to test.

Checking your A1C as well as your blood glucose levels are things you’ll do when you have diabetes.

Most recently you may have heard that performing blood sugar (glucose) monitoring is a waste of money. It is important to understand that this is not a correct statement for most people with diabetes.

My last blog entry addressed the importance of using home blood glucose monitoring strategically.

Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) has been around for 40 years.