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Is A Fasting Blood Glucose Level Of 91 Normal?
Question: hello doctor. yesterday I did blood sugar level test after fasting n the level is 91. I was concerned because I eat lots of sweet food, n I noticed ants getting attracted to my urine. do I have sugar in my urine. will it cause any problem?
Brief Answer:
Fasting glucose of 91 is normal.
Detailed Answer:
I can reassure you that a fasting blood sugar level of 91 is normal. Anything less than 100 mg/dL (5.6 mmol/L) is normal. So you do not have to worry that it is causing physical damage to you. It's possible the ants were attracted to the urine for some other reason as it is unlikely that you are having sugar in your urine.
A fasting blood sugar level from 100 to 125 mg/dL (5.6 to 6.9 mmol/L) is considered prediabetes. If it's 126 mg/dL (7 mmol/L) or higher on two separate tests, you have diabetes. Or you can have a Hemoglobin A1C test (also called A1C) which gives an average of blood sugars over 2 months. An A1C test should be below 7% to be normal.
If you do not have diabetes, your body is able to handle the sweet foods without your blood sugar becoming elevated, because you have normal insulin which adequately handles the sugar intake.
I hope this information helps.
Fasting glucose of 91 is normal.
Detailed Answer:
I can reassure you that a fasting blood sugar level of 91 is normal. Anything less than 100 mg/dL (5.6 mmol/L) is normal. So you do not have to worry that it is causing physical damage to you. It's possible the ants were attracted to the urine for some other reason as it is unlikely that you are having sugar in your urine.
A fasting blood sugar level from 100 to 125 mg/dL (5.6 to 6.9 mmol/L) is considered prediabetes. If it's 126 mg/dL (7 mmol/L) or higher on two separate tests, you have diabetes. Or you can have a Hemoglobin A1C test (also called A1C) which gives an average of blood sugars over 2 months. An A1C test should be below 7% to be normal.
If you do not have diabetes, your body is able to handle the sweet foods without your blood sugar becoming elevated, because you have normal insulin which adequately handles the sugar intake.
I hope this information helps.
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