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If you take medicine (diabetes pills or insulin), you will probably want to know how well that medicine is working. The general rule is to test before meals and keep a record. If you want to know how your meals affect your blood sugar, testing about 2 hours after eating can be helpful.
Whether you have type 1 or type 2 diabetes, the peak blood glucose levels are often likely to occur around two hours after meals. Pre and post meal testing allows you to see how your meal and, where relevant, your medication for that meal affects your blood glucose levels. Post-prandial blood glucose measurements are commonly taken two hours after you have eaten.