Diabetes is a common disease that requires ongoing monitoring of blood-sugar levels. Keeping blood-glucose levels on target and maintaining a healthy weight may prevent complications and keep your quality of life optimal, the American Diabetes Association states. Numerous options are available to assist with dietary control and regular blood-glucose monitoring. Many tools may be available from your dietitian and some diabetic toolkits are available online.
Body Mass Index Indicator
The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute explains that the Body Mass Index indicator, or BMI, is a measurement of the amount of body fat compared to the height and weight of an adult. Your BMI will indicate whether you're at a normal weight, overweight or obese. You can calculate your BMI by navigating to either the website of the National Heart and Lung Association or the American Diabetes Association (see Resources).
Convert H1c to Blood Sugar Level
Glucose binds and decomposes slowly H1c test an accurate way to determine your blood glucose levels over 2 to 3 months, according to the American Diabetes Association. The organization recommends checking your levels about twice a year but warns that daily testing should also be done. OBFocus and Diabetic Gourmet are two websites that contain online calculators (see Resources).
Whole-Blood to Plasma Converter
Most labs test blood glucose on the plasma of the blood while blood meters test the glucose on whole blood. If you're using a home meter, you may need to interpret hospital lab reports as one reading might be lower than the other. Diabetic Gourmet (see Resources) assists in converting from blood plasma results to whole blood and visa versa.
