Normal Morning Fasting Blood Sugar Levels

Normal and diabetic blood sugar ranges.

Normal morning fasting blood sugar levels. For people with diabetes blood sugar level targets are as follows. If you have high blood sugar levels in the morning you may be experiencing the dawn phenomenon the name given to an increase in blood sugar that usually occurs between 2 a m. Generally the normal hormonal changes your body makes in the morning will boost your blood sugar whether you have diabetes or not. After a meal blood sugar levels rise.

My doctor told me to monitor my sugar levels morning fasting and night. However nowadays this normal range is changed due to different reference ranges of laboratories use. During the early hours of the morning our bodies secrete higher levels of a hormone called cortisol says dr. For the majority of healthy individuals normal blood sugar levels are as follows.

At night two hours after eating my sugar levels are between 112 and 130 mg dl 6 2 to 7 2 mmol l. If you don t your body just makes more insulin to balance. Up to 7 8 mmol l 140 mg dl 2 hours after eating. And 8 a m according to the mayo clinic one reason this occurs.

Between 4 0 to 5 4 mmol l 72 to 99 mg dl when fasting.