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What should your blood sugar be 1 hour after eating dinner?

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Are you diabetic or : No. Your blood sugar starts to rise soon after you start to eat and is at its highest 1 to 2 hours after your meal normal "after eating, " glucose levels are 120 mg/dl and below for non-diabetics, 159 mg/dl and below for those with prediabetes and 180 mg/dl for diabetics. Other wise check it out.

Answered 11/12/2017

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