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I compared the results of an expired One Touch Ultra (Expiration: 2021-08-31) against an Equate Test Strip from Walmart (Expiration: 2025-04-18) using a One Touch Ultra 2 Glucometer. Why would someone use an expired glucometer? Some people may find some glucose test strips at home that they have forgotten about. And to save money, they…
Last month, I gave a glucometer to a family member, and she had some interesting observations. AS reports, What I noted with my blood testing in the morning (7am) is that when I sleep for 6.5 hrs or less, my reading is 111 mg/dL. That’s true even if I don’t eat carbs (aside the small…
This article discusses a study on mice showing that time-restricted feeding restores the disrupted circadian rhythm of insulin secretion among shift workers.[1] Insulin secretion not only depends on the presence of food but also on the time of day. It is part of the circadian rhythm that all organisms follow. Circadian Rhythm Circadian rhythms are…
My wife and I decided to try a restaurant that serves a fusion of Eastern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern foods. We ordered a Maza Trio with Baba ganoush (finely chopped roasted eggplant, olive oil, lemon juice), pickled vegetables, rice stuffed in grape leaves, and pita bread. The photo below is from Wikipedia. I was not…
In my years working in the emergency room, I have seen patients who got injured while doing exercises to get healthier. I’m no exception. Ever since I posted this article, Walk After Meals to Prevent Sky High Blood Sugars, I have been walking on the treadmill for about 20 to 40 minutes daily. However, I developed…
This article aims to provide the reader with a set of tools (knowledge) that can be applied to achieve a blood sugar of less than 154.8 mg/dL (8.6 mmol/L) after one hour of eating. That’s because a blood sugar of more than 155 (rounded off) is associated with many common and deadly diseases. I wrote…
The blood-sugar level one hour after a meal (one-hour post-prandial blood sugar or 1PPS ) has been shown to predict future type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and many other common conditions that can drain time and treasure in old age. I wrote about them in Low One-Hour Post-Prandial Blood Sugar after One Cup of Rice. The…
Yesterday I posted that A High One-hour After-Meal Blood Sugar Test Can Lead to Several Deadly Conditions. In it, I showed that a blood sugar of more than 154.8 mg/dL or 8.6 mmol/L is highly predictive of the development not only of future type 2 or adult-onset diabetes but also cardiovascular disease and others, including higher all-cause mortality. …
This article presents studies showing that the blood sugar level one hour after eating (post-prandial blood sugar) is highly predictive of many common diseases. At least here in the US, blood sugar levels at home can be easily checked with an inexpensive glucometer that can be bought without needing a prescription. I heard that a…
This article discusses some of the beneficial effects of vinegar. A high blood sugar of more than 140 mg/dl or 7.8 mmol/L two after a meal (post-prandial) is predictive of atherosclerosis in everyone (diabetics and non-diabetics) The study that made that conclusion is in a previous article. After-meal high blood sugar predicts Atherosclerosis better than…
This article presents a study showing that doing the following on white bread can lower the blood sugar response after eating it. They are: Freezing and defrosting Toasting from fresh and Toasting following freezing and defrosting Background White bread is made of refined flour and is rapidly digested. The result is the immediate release and…
Previously, I wrote about the importance of eating breakfast in lowering blood sugar the entire day — Eating rather than skipping breakfast results in lower blood sugars the whole day. This article presents a study that shows a high-protein breakfast lowers the blood sugar of people with type 2 diabetes for the whole day. The…
This article presents four studies conducted among healthy people, those with metabolic syndrome and those with type 2 diabetes, showing that eating breakfast results in better blood sugar levels for the whole day. Background Before dawn, the body prepares for morning activities by secreting counter-regulatory hormones, including growth hormone, glucagon, cortisol, and adrenaline. They are…
This article presents a study showing that eating pistachios improves glucose and inflammatory markers among prediabetics. Many do not know that they have prediabetes. Prediabetes is when the fasting blood sugar is 100 to 125 mg/dl or if the after-meal blood sugar is more than 140 mg/dl. Like diabetes, prediabetes increases the risk of cardiovascular…
This article discusses the beneficial effects of pistachios on after-meal blood sugar. Post-prandial hyperglycemia, the spike in blood sugar after a meal, has been found to increase the risk of forming atherosclerosis. A previous article showed that post-prandial high blood sugar predicts atherosclerosis better than fasting blood sugar and hemoglobin A1c – After-meal high blood…
This article presents a meta-analysis that showed the effective duration of aerobic exercise to increase HDL or “good cholesterol.” High-density lipoprotein (HDL) is often called good cholesterol. That’s because it causes cholesterol efflux. Cholesterol efflux is when the oxidized LDL or “bad cholesterol” deposits in atherosclerosis are removed from the blood vessels and brought to…
This article presents a study showing why people not previously diagnosed with diabetes get heart attacks.[1] Diabetes is a risk factor for Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS). ACS includes those with heart attacks and those who almost have heart attacks suffering chest pains due to an occluded coronary artery. Having diabetes increases the risk factor for…
This article presents a study that showed the best blood test to predict the development of atherosclerosis. One thousand eight hundred fifty-two patients scheduled for coronary angiography were classified into Normal Glucose Tolerance (NGT), Impaired Glucose Regulation (IGR), and diabetes based on Fasting blood sugar, Post-prandial blood glucose (PBG), and Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c).[1] Blood Sugar…
This article is about the result of a technique to lower post-prandial blood sugar. After-meal glucose spikes or post-prandial hyperglycemia leads to atherosclerosis formation. Atherosclerosis can happen to anyone, even if they do not have diabetes. Post-prandial hyperglycemia predicts atherosclerosis formation better than fasting blood sugar and hemoglobin A1c. Read about it at After meal…
This article presents a study that showed that high blood sugar could change macrophages and cause atherosclerosis. The study was published in the journal Circulation in Sept 2021. The authors are from Oxford, UK; the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, the Radboud University in the Netherlands; and the Life and Medical Sciences Institute (LIMES) at the…