How to Use blood sugar in a Sentence

blood sugar

noun
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  • As a diabetic, he needs his blood sugar to stay at the right levels.
  • Your doctor has you on four medicines to try to help bring your blood sugar down.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 21 Oct. 2021
  • This blood test measures your average blood sugar levels over the past three months.
    — Sarah Bradley, Health.com, 19 Oct. 2021
  • The Levels app revealed that even a banana or a piece of toast raised my blood sugar by an alarming amount.
    — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Patients with severe low blood sugar could suffer serious complications, such as seizures and deaths.
    — Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Oct. 2021
  • Eating brown rice has been shown to result in better post-meal blood sugar control in people with diabetes and may even help prevent type 2 diabetes.
    — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health.com, 20 Oct. 2021
  • This combination of insulin resistance and inability to quickly make large amounts of insulin causes the blood sugar to rise.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Focusing on walking is beneficial for your health by helping mental health, adding exercise in, and can help regulate blood sugar levels.
    — Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Basic quality control isn't done to ensure accuracy on tests for blood sugar, herpes and genetic defects.
    — Ellen Gabler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2021
  • There's no cure for diabetes, so people control their blood sugar with insulin medication—often, either through manual shots or an insulin pump.
    — Ashley Abramson, Health.com, 4 Oct. 2021
  • In addition to excess body mass, these conditions include high blood pressure, abnormal cholesterol levels, and high blood sugar -- the invisible signs of an unhealthy body.
    — Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, 5 Oct. 2021
  • The medications can also improve insulin sensitivity, which is helpful for blood sugar control, Shah says.
    — Korin Miller, Flow Space, 4 Dec. 2024
  • In turn, the greater the rise in blood sugar, the greater the insulin response, and therefore the lower the GI score the better.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Be sure to eat foods that fill you up and keep your blood sugar steady during the fast.
    — Sherry Christiansen Updated, Verywell Health, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Paramedics found that the man’s blood sugar level was normal.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 29 Apr. 2022
  • That sugar overload can cause your blood sugar to spike, then crash and burn.
    — Claire Gillespie, SELF, 5 Jan. 2022
  • At the Vista jail, a check of his blood sugar showed a level of 253 — more than double the normal level.
    — Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2022
  • The A1c test looks at the last few months of blood sugars, although the most recent month has more of an effect on the A1c than the previous month.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 9 Mar. 2023
  • If the body doesn't use it well, that sugar stays in the blood, resulting in high blood sugar levels.
    — Lauren Dunn, NBC News, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Without insulin, blood sugar can build up in the bloodstream and break down the body’s own fat and muscle.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Steroids always make blood sugar go up, but the effect differs among people and by the dose of steroid.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Too large a drop in blood sugar can cause confusion, seizures and, in rare cases, death.
    — William Neff, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022
  • As a whole, Turner says that her approach is a mix of the Mediterranean diet and foods that won’t spike your blood sugar.
    — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 23 Apr. 2023
  • The virus had raised her blood sugar to seven times its normal level.
    — The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 15 Nov. 2021
  • This means that it is absorbed slowly and doesn’t result in high blood sugar spikes.
    — Good Housekeeping, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The fiber content also helps your blood sugar levels stay nice and even after a meal, per the CDC.
    — Marygrace Taylor, SELF, 30 Apr. 2022
  • In the short-term, glucose tablets or drinking some fruit juice can help raise blood sugar levels.
    — Cassie Shortsleeve, Men's Health, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The extra fat in the almond flour helps slow blood sugar spikes, but also makes for a crumbly and nutty shortbread.
    — Mila Clarke Buckley, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022
  • When this happens, the body may not make as much insulin that is needed to store excess blood sugar.
    — Michelle Pugle, Health, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Its impressive nutrition profile supports many avenues of health, including digestion, weight management, and blood sugar control.
    — Judith Magyar, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024

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