Diabetes And Your Kidneys
Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney disease, and reduced kidney function changes how supplements and drugs are handled.
3 June 2026Read →
What the numbers mean, how to measure at home, post-meal spikes, low blood sugar, and when readings need a doctor.
Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney disease, and reduced kidney function changes how supplements and drugs are handled.
Persistently high readings, unusual thirst, frequent urination, unexplained weight loss, blurred vision or tingling feet need clinical
Hypoglycaemia — shakiness, sweating, confusion, a racing heart — is a medical situation, and anything that lowers glucose can cause it
The rise in glucose after eating is shaped by what you ate, in what order, and whether you moved afterwards — and it is the most modifi
Morning glucose rises before waking because of overnight hormone release, which can make fasting readings higher than expected.
Consistent timing, clean hands, a written log and weekly averages turn a meter into useful data rather than noise.
Moderately high blood sugar is symptomless, which is why it must be measured and why “I feel better” is not evidence about it.
Prediabetes is glucose above normal but below the diabetes threshold, and it responds strongly to weight, activity and diet — more than
Fasting glucose, two-hour post-meal glucose and HbA1c measure different things, and a supplement claim should say which one it means.
Blood glucose is the sugar circulating in your blood, rising after meals and falling as insulin moves it into cells — measured in mg/dL