Normal blood sugar levels for adults

The answer to the question what is a normal blood sugar level is as follows:

Fasting normal blood sugar
Normal for person without diabetes: 70–99 mg/dl (3.9–5.5 mmol/L)
Official ADA recommendation for someone with diabetes: 80–130 mg/dl (4.4–7.2 mmol/L)

Normal blood sugar 2 hours after meals
Normal for person without diabetes: Less than 140 mg/dl (7.8 mmol/L)
Official ADA recommendation for someone with diabetes: Less than 180 mg/dl (10.0 mmol/L)

HbA1c
Normal for person without diabetes: Less than 5.7%
Official ADA recommendation for someone with diabetes: Less than 7.0%

Source: American Diabetes Association: Checking Your Blood Sugar, American Diabetes Association: Diagnosis

Blood sugar levels and diabetes

If you have diabetes, you may be wondering (or, have wondered at some point) what your blood glucose (sugar) “should” be.

Hopefully your doctor, nurse practitioner, physician’s assistant, or whoever diagnosed you has given you answers to that question. Unfortunately, though, not everyone is given glucose goals. Or in some cases, it may have been a long

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