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Daily work out, intense cardio mostly. measured blood glucose right after 1 time and it was 160! not diabetic but family has history

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Check fasting sugar: Diabetes is diagnosed by fasting blood sugar over 125 or nonfasting sugar over 200. Nonfasting blood sugar of 160 may be normal.

Dr DeGruccio agreed

Answered 8/12/2014

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Possibly: The best way is to get a blood test called hb a1c as your random blood sugar can be changed by many different factors.

Answered 8/1/2014

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