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If you've been diagnosed with diabetes recently, you're probably feeling that your whole life has to change. You may be worried about the future and you may even be angry at your body for "letting you down". All these feeling are perfectly natural, but it's time to look at the positives.

Although the complications of type 2 diabetes sound alarming they are easily prevented. Sometimes losing weight and eating a low carb diet is enough to reverse type 2 diabetes. It's essential to test your blood sugar at home before meals and before and after exercise.

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Test Blood Sugar Home

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WebMD explains blood sugar testing and diabetes.

What does this test do? This is a test system for use at home to measure the amount of sugar (glucose) in your blood. What is glucose? Glucose is a sugar that your body uses as a source of energy. Unless you have diabetes, your body regulates the amount of glucose in your blood.

Home Blood Glucose Test Photo © Eugene Bochkarev I am prediabetic. In my case, this means that when my fasting blood glucose was tested in a lab, it was over 100mg/dl (it can also refer to results on a glucose tolerance test). My body, which has a genetic predisposition for diabetes, has progressed along that path.