This article discussed the blood sugar-lowering effect of EGCG, a supplement present in green tea. Previously, I wrote about the importance of controlling the rise of blood sugar one hour after eating. A High One-hour After-Meal Blood Sugar Test can Lead to Several Deadly Conditions. After-meal blood sugar spikes as a cause of vascular failure…
I haven’t posted any articles recently. I have been fixing things around the house, garage, and the yard. Changing the rear differential fluid of my car, fixing the water heater and the grass trimmer, and reorienting the Global Positioning System of my Automower have occupied my time. The Husqvarna Automower is like a Roomba 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…
How often do you do the post-prandial sugar test? A FB friend inspires this article. She asked, How often do I check my two-hour after-meal blood sugar? Does it have to be every day? It’s a good question. The answer depends on the situation. If I have diabetes or prediabetic, I will do it at…
