When it comes to blood glucose, there are a lot of sayings, what fasting blood glucose, what postprandial blood glucose, postprandial blood glucose at different times there are different normal values of blood glucose, different blood glucose represents different meanings, do not just focus on a blood glucose value, it is easy to miss a lot of information.

• Peak blood sugar is 1 hour after a meal
  

We all know that blood glucose is the concentration of glucose inside the blood, which is absorbed through the small intestine and only after eating.

According to different people's physique, blood glucose reaches its peak, or highest value, at 0.5-1 hour after a meal, and it is generally simple to say that blood glucose is highest one hour after a meal.

One thing to keep in mind is that this hour is counted from the time you start taking the first bite of your main meal, not from the time you finish eating.

• How to reduce this peak
  

For sugar lovers, effective control of blood sugar, in addition to a reasonable diet, or injection of insulin before meals, there is one more thing is the activity after meals, from eating the first mouthful of staple food to start counting, half an hour later, be sure to get up and move around, which is a very necessary means of controlling the peak value of blood sugar.

The so-called exercise and sports for sugar lovers are direct means of controlling sugar, in addition to enhancing physical fitness and controlling body weight, by consuming some of the glucose through exercise when blood sugar is at its highest.

• Significance of one hour postprandial blood glucose
  

When we talk about postprandial blood glucose, we are basically referring specifically to the blood glucose value two hours after a meal, which should be below 7.8 at this time to be normal.

The hour after a meal is not something that anyone usually measures because it's a time when blood sugar is meaningless in determining whether or not you have abnormal blood sugar. But, but, this is for normal people!

For those who have abnormal blood sugar, you can monitor it yourself, and it will give you side evidence of the efforts you are making and whether some of the measures you are taking are working or not.

Jiang Dan, Registered Dietitian, Signed Author of Today's Headlines