I am not sure what the normal levels are in the States

in Canada we go by a different system

But if someone is healthy their sugar levels should not go up

beyond what is normal.

If you are healthy your body would just handle it.

There are those out there who say you are not diabetic if you can be controlled by diet

It is like saying you are a little bit pregnant

either you are or you are not

It is estimated that there are millions out there with diabetes and they do not know it.

So if your sugars are up

the next step is a glucose tolerance test.

it will take several hours

you go in the morning fasting

and they take blood and then they give you stuff to drink

they should than take blood again

in 1/2hour

1 hour

2 hour

3 hour

In Canada they are now calling people who have

sugars that are higher than normal but not high enough

to be called diabetic

pre-diabetic

it has been proved that if these people

look after themselves and eat /exercise right they never develop full blown diabetes