Live Better and Longer with  Testing
People with diabetes have abnormally high glucose or blood sugar levels. Glucose is the energy source of the brain and the body. We get glucose from eating carbohydrates. After which, glucose is also stored in the liver.

Normal blood sugar levels are below 100 mg/dL. After eating, our glucose levels will normally rise and will stabilize during digestion.
Diabetics have blood sugar levels of 126 mg/dL when not eating. It can go above 200 mg/dL for those who have just eaten.
It is said that having diabetes is like a life sentence. It is a chronic condition where no cure has been found yet. However, it does not mean that diabetics will not lead a normal life anymore after the diagnosis has been laid out. Diabetics can still live among happy, non-diabetic people without carrying a sign with them announcing their syndrome.
Yes! Diabetics can live better if they simply know how to check up on their glucose levels.
High blood sugar levels are caused by three things only-

1. The body “does not produce insulin”. (Type 1 diabetes)
2. The body produces insulin, but it does not function properly. (Type 2 diabetes)
3. The body produces insulin. It functions as planned, but the body’s cells do not respond to it properly. (Type 2 diabetes)

Basically, diabetics just need to regulate the amount of insulin they have in their body. These can be immediately achieved by regular insulin injections (for Type 1 diabetes) and regular exercise and proper diet (for both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes).

Glucose comes from carbohydrates. Our body breaks down the carbs into glucose. Our pancreas senses the glucose into our blood stream and secretes insulin to counteract the rise of glucose. Glycogen is glucose stored in our liver once it goes out of our blood stream.
In a normal situation, our body knows how to regulate the blood sugar levels by itself. When our glucose levels rise, our pancreas release insulin into our blood, after which our blood sugar levels stabilize.
When our glucose levels fall, our pancreases releases glucagon into our blood which tells the liver to break down glycogen into glucose; after which our blood sugar levels stabilize once again.

But with diabetics, all of this is not followed according to plan. Thus, with smart glucose testing, a person with diabetes can know the state of his or her body and direct the right action to their body.
Remember, diabetes is not a hopeless situation. Diabetics can still go on with their lives and perform normally. It is simply a matter of testing and checking the amount of glucose levels in their body and countering the situation as “prescribed by the doctor”.