We are talking about high blood sugar or hyperglycemia, when blood glucose, which must be measured in the morning on an empty stomach, exceeds 100 mg / dl and when 2 hours after the meal consumed, values> 140 mg / dl are recorded. Once the blood tests have been performed, in subjects with a first report of high fasting blood glucose, the data must be validated by a second sample followed by the control of glycated hemoglobin, that is the intermediate value of the glycemic levels of the last 3 months.
At the rate of blood glucose, the patient’s medical history and family history is always affiliated. In subjects with first degree relatives, parents and grandparents, suffering from diabetes and glycaemia values contained between 110-125 mg / dl, it is suggested to perform the Oral Glucose Load, in more detail it is the estimate of glycaemia on blood sampling fasting and always two hours after oral intake of 75g of glucose.
With values higher than 200 mg / dl, an analysis of Diabetes mellitus is performed. To improve your well-being status and consequently keep your glycemic values low, you need to make corrections especially to your lifestyle.
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Let’s start by drinking lots of water. This is because water has an optimal effect for the efficiency of different organs and systems of our body. It is among the major elements that, if taken in the correct measure, cooperate in reducing blood sugar.
We recommend taking at least 1.5-2 liters of water per day. Very important is that of a correct dietary routine. In fact, overweight and obesity are joined by ‘insulin resistance’, a pro-diabetic condition derived from the ‘super’ pancreatic work caused by hyperglycemia and excess weight.
It is therefore advisable to reduce sweets as much as possible (maximum once a week), to completely abolish sugary and alcoholic drinks. In addition, red meat should be eaten once a week and fat, overabundant seasonings and cheeses removed from the diet.
Carbohydrates are to be reduced in quantity and wholemeal ones are preferred. However, they must be consumed daily and distributed throughout the day as ‘fats burn on the fire of carbohydrates’.
Finally, the advice is to do intense physical activity. Exercising consistently improves all cardiovascular risk factors and is more efficient in decreasing insulin resistance by almost twice as much as known drug therapies to combat diabetes.