Mild Hyperglycemia?

[dnise]

Hi all-
recently I had to take a blood test, and the results for the blood glucose level came back 159.
I was told normal fasting was 100 or below.
However, I did NOT fast for test (It came up all of a sudden), and in fact had consumed a large amount (several servings) of potato chips about 2 hrs earlier.
My question is could the potato chips have caused the blood glucose level to be at that level 2 hrs after eating them?
Thanks in advance

[junie37]

Hi, i had a fasting test reading of 159 abt 5 years ago and was immediately put on Avandia ( wish I had known then what i know now with the recent news of it possibly affecting your heart and more recently bones ).  I now have Osteopenia.  I would at that time liked to have been given the choice of trying diet to control my bs befor being put on meds.  Recently, I changed Drs and told her I would like to try diet for a while,. which she agreed to. MY last bs average was 99 and she said she saw no reason to even be on it or any other med as long as i could keep it in that range with diet.  What has worked for me is loseing abt 20 lbs., watching what i eat and using portion control or as it is sometimes called divide - plate.
    I realize sometimes it is imperative that one use meds to conrol but it's too bad the option of diet isn't given a chance when it is borderline or slightly high bs.
                                                                                      junie 37

[Pete919usa]

From your post, hard to say exactly...

But, that bs level isn't crazy high if you'd recently eaten high-carb food and not have had anything else to eat.... BUT, it might be a bit high if it really was 2 hours later and you had NOT eaten anything else...

Regardless, I'd say avoid the potato chips and eat better (yeah, I know, that's no fun but clearly you ARE concerned about your health, so really there's no better way to start other than eating well...)  ALSO, make an appointment to see your doc and get a fasting blood sugar level; generally that means 8-10 hours of nothing consumed except some water, and from that your doc should be able to let you know if there is any issue...

Best to you...

[WaveRider]

Peak levels can vary between 2-4 hrs after consuming food. Also residual food sugars from the night before may still be circulating in your body. This along with eating large amounts of potato chips will throw off your test reading. Did they (doctors office) not inform you that fasting 10-12 hrs prior to blood labs is required for accurate measurements? You should fast, then take another test.

"I was told normal fasting Fasting glucose tolerance test
Glucose test was 100 or below."

This is use to be the standard but not so in these times. Depending on your age, medication intake and your lab performing the report this can number may vary. You need to look at a copy of you lab work. Somewhere located on the same line as your Glucose test result will be the "normal" range, low to high in numerical numbers. To be considered "Normal", you test score should fall anywhere in between these numbers. Normal range for for a friend of mine is 59-159. Her fasting glucose comes in around 120-130 on monthly basis. Her doctors feel this is "Normal".

If you're undergoing tests to determine if you're a diabetic or a diabetic candidate ask your doctor for an HgbA1c test.

Hope this helps.

[boyutica]

yes, two hours after eating is the blood glucose high point, from there is should go down.