Normal Blood Sugar Levels For 50 Years, How Much?

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JAKARTA - Normal blood sugar levels are important for the balance of the body's health condition. If the blood sugar level is too high, you can develop diabetes. And it turns out that in every age there are different sizes.

Normal blood sugar levels are influenced by the intake of food consumed daily. For the blood size is too high if it exceeds 200 mg / dL. If the blood sugar level is very low it will also be dangerous for health.

So, what is normal blood sugar level for the age of 50?

There are 3 types of blood sugar tests, namely tests after fasting, after eating, and randomly. The following describes the normal size of blood sugar based on various tests.

Blood sugar test after meals

For ages before 50 years, normal blood sugar levels should not exceed 140 mg / dL. Meanwhile, normal blood sugar levels at age 50 are not much different but the maximum size is at 150 mg / dL. In contrast to the age of 60 years, this age, the maximum normal blood sugar is 160 mg / dL.

The test after fasting

Fasting is a way to limit the amount of consumption of nutritional intake. After fasting blood sugar test, the average is normally 100 mg / dL.

Random blood sugar test

This last type of test is difficult to measure normally on average. Because each person will consume different foods. Certain foods, especially those containing simple carbohydrates, are very likely to make blood sugar levels suddenly rise.

Meanwhile, if you have healthy eating habits, especially eating vegetables, fruit, and choosing complex carbohydrates, your blood sugar will be more stable.

In general, the average normal size blood sugar test is between 80-120 mg / dL if done before eating or after waking up. If the test is done before bed, the normal limit size will be higher, which is between 100-140 mg / dL.

To diagnose diabetes, the three tests above are used. Meanwhile, blood sugar tests that are carried out from time to time without taking into account meal times, fasting, and random will not accurately diagnose diabetes.

Check blood sugar can be done at home. This makes it easier, meaning you can have an electric glucometer purchased at any pharmacy. But it is quite possible to check blood sugar in a hospital laboratory.