Know what happens during your oral glucose tolerance test
The oral glucose tolerance test measures two hours of your body clearing a 75g sugar load — and roughly 20% of results come back non-diagnostic.
Know how long to fast before a glucose test, and when you don’t
Fasting before a glucose test means at least 8 hours, water only. But two of the five common glucose tests require it — the other three don't.
High blood sugar in non-diabetics and six overlooked causes
High blood sugar without diabetes usually has a plain explanation — and one of the six is simply how your test was taken. Fruit residue alone can skew it.
Low blood sugar symptoms and the first number to check
Low blood sugar symptoms follow a sequence: adrenaline first, then the brain running short of fuel. That order is why confusion is the more serious sign.
How to know when high blood sugar symptoms need urgent care
High blood sugar symptoms get blamed on work, screens, antibiotics. Meanwhile 27.6% of US adults with diabetes don't know they have it.
Your blood sugar after eating, made clear by the hour
Blood sugar after eating has no single normal. CDC puts the post-meal target under 180 mg/dL with diabetes — the figure without one comes from a lab
test.
What a fasting glucose of 126 means and what to check next
A fasting glucose of 126 is the result people most hope was a lab error. The 2026 Standards of Care say the common error runs the other way.
Your fasting glucose 100-125 result, made clear
A fasting glucose of 100-125 mg/dL is prediabetes. The CDC now counts 115.2 million US adults with it — and eight in ten don't know they have it.
Your Glucose Levels Chart, Made Clear for Every Test
Glucose levels chart confusion is usually one thing: 126 mg/dL flags diabetes on a fasting test, but the same call needs 200 mg/dL on a two-hour OGTT.
When a Parent’s A1C Is High, Bring What You Noticed
A parent's A1C is high, and an average cannot show the lows. What you noticed at home is the part the visit does not already have.