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Diabetes Blood Glucose Management

Keeping your blood glucose levels in a healthy range may require monitoring several times a day. Articles in this section discuss how often to check your blood glucose, how to do it properly, and how to interpret the numbers. You’ll also find tips for getting accurate results from your meter, and keeping records of your readings.

You can read about “Blood Sugar Monitoring: When to Check and Why,” “High Blood Sugar Symptoms,” “Dealing With High Blood Glucose After Meals,” and more!

Rebound Morning Glucose and the Pump: Diabetes Questions & Answers

By Gary Scheiner, MS, CDE
Published June 20, 2019

Find your blood sugar going low overnight and then high each morning? Find out what you can do with your pump to help…

CGM for Diabetes Management

By Laura Hieronymus, DNP, MSEd, RN, MLDE, BC-ADM, CDE, FAADE, and Sheri Setser-Legg, MS, RDN, LD, MLDE, CDE
Published June 12, 2019

When compared with a standard blood glucose meter, using a CGM improves monitoring by giving you feedback throughout the day while requiring fewer finger sticks. Learn more about CGM for diabetes management…

Blood Sugar Chart: What’s the Normal Range for Blood Sugar?

By Amy Campbell, MS, RD, LDN, CDE
Published June 11, 2019

This blood sugar chart shows normal blood glucose levels before and after meals and recommended HbA1c levels for people with and without diabetes…

Getting to Know Ketones

By Richard M. Weil, MEd, CDE
Published September 10, 2010
Updated April 15, 2019

Does anyone really know what ketones are? Are they a danger to your health, or a sign that you have lowered your carb intake enough to cause weight loss?