Diabetes is such a chronic disease that if not controlled, it starts harming the rest of the body. After the corona epidemic in India, the number of diabetic patients has increased. There are two types of diabetes type-1 and type-2 diabetes. Both types of diabetes damage the body. In type 1 diabetes, the pancreas does not produce insulin at all, whereas in type 2 diabetes, the pancreas produces less insulin. The number of patients with type-2 diabetes is high in India.
To control diabetes, it is necessary to make changes in lifestyle and diet. Due to poor diet and poor lifestyle, this disease is making people their victims at an early age. It is important for diabetic patients to maintain the level of sugar in the blood. Diabetic patients should check sugar regularly or else kidney, heart and lungs can be damaged.
It is necessary to constantly check sugar as we age, because with ageing, the amount of blood sugar in the body also starts increasing. With increasing age, the immunity starts weakening and the body starts getting weak. If sugar is not controlled at this age, then the risk of diseases can increase.
It is necessary to check the fasting sugar of the elderly 60 years old, how much sugar should be after meals. Let us know what should be the level of sugar in the blood according to age.
How much sugar should be there after the age of 60:
According to health experts, the fasting blood sugar level in people over the age of 60 should be between 90 and 130 mg/dL. It is important to have a sugar level less than 140 mg/dL after meals. After dinner, blood sugar level of 150 mg/dL should be Sugar levels are considered normal. Blood sugar levels should not exceed 150 mg/dL at bedtime.
From children to youth, how much should be fasting sugar
90 to 130 mg/dL for adults 90 to 130 mg/dL for children 13 to 19 years old 90 to 180 mg/dL for children 6 to 12 years 100 to 180 mg/dL for children under 6 years of age dL
How much blood sugar should be after 1-2 hours of eating
less than 180 mg/dL for adults
Your blood sugar at bedtime should be:
90 to 150 mg/dL for adults 13 to 19 years old 90 to 150 mg/dL for children 6 to 12 years 100 to 180 mg/dL for children under 6 years of age 110 to 200 mg/dL