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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 two-hour postprandial glucose test checks a person's blood sugar level two hours after eating, states the University of Rochester Medical Center. A postprandial blood sugar of less than 140 milligrams per deciliter is normal for infants, children, teens and adults under the age of 50.