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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.
The after-meal blood sugar goals for nonpregnant adults published by major diabetes organizations currently specify levels two hours after the start of meals. âLooking at normal physiology, blood sugar peaks after you eat,â Dr. Ganda says. âFor a person who doesnât have diabetes, the peak occurs at 45 minutes to an hour after the meal. With diabetes, you peak a little later, and two hours is the standardized amount of time for blood sugar to come back down. Thereâs no need to check at one hour, because it is hard to interpret the numbers.