Top Document: diabetes FAQ: general (part 1 of 5) Previous Document: Newsgroup posting guidelines Next Document: What are mg/dl and mmol/l? How to convert? Glucose? Cholesterol? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Glucose is a specific form of sugar, one of the simplest. It is the form found in the bloodstream. "Blood sugar" always refers to blood glucose, and is abbreviated bG. All bG meters are specific for glucose and will not respond to other sugars, such as fructose, sucrose, maltose and lactose. Although sucrose (table sugar) is the most common sugar in food, glucose is also common. Most fruits, fruit juices, and soft drinks contain large amounts of glucose, and many foods contain small amounts. This means that you must be very careful to clean any food residue from your fingers before drawing blood for a bG check. Since the normal level of bG is only 1g/L (=100mg/dl), it only takes a tiny speck of glucose on your finger to contaminate the sample and give you a falsely high reading. 10 *micrograms* of glucose could raise the reading enough to cause you to overreact dangerously. User Contributions:Comment about this article, ask questions, or add new information about this topic:Top Document: diabetes FAQ: general (part 1 of 5) Previous Document: Newsgroup posting guidelines Next Document: What are mg/dl and mmol/l? How to convert? Glucose? Cholesterol? Part1 - Part2 - Part3 - Part4 - Part5 - Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: edward@paleo.org
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