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Confused reading test sugar two hours from when you start meal and then read two hours from finished meal which one is it?

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Dr. Alan Ali answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Sugar: Reading before meal is random level, after meal is post-prandial. It is both, to determine more accurate levels and effect of meal on sugar.

Dr Sparacino and another doctor agreed

Answered 9/28/2016

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