Hi all, Blood sugar target for diabetics, it is really a controversial issue that a lot of physicians and diabetics experts have different opinions about it. A lot of diabetics know that waking up with 120 BS reading is great (if you can do it) and below 180 BS after meals is marvelous and having A1C = 6.1 or so is great work done (My Endo told me so) Well let's think again and see what is going on around us regarding the blood sugar targets. ADA (American Diabetes association) blood sugar target for adults with type 1 or 2 is 80 - 130 fasting and less than 180 two hours after eating. while ADA recommends that A1C less than 7 is good control. Dr. Richard Bernstein , the famous Diabetics physician and author of the book Diabetes Solution, says that the BS target for adults diabetics should be between around 83 or between 80 to 90 either fasting or after food; while Dr. Bernstein also recommen...
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