Talk About why would my glucose levels

why would my glucose levels be good one time and not the next when I eat the same thing. an ex. is I had a tuna sandwich two different times, same bread, tuna, and 1 tsp. mayo. My levels were low(118) one time and high.

118 and 145 are all in the same glucose ballpark. If you were bouncing between 118 and 218, then maybe you'd have to wonder. But this isn't a big diff.

The body is not a machine, and so it doesn't run like one. The difference in 118 and 145 could be... you climbed an extra flight of stairs (or didn't). You ate dinner a little later last night (or earlier). You had eggs and toast one morning for breakfast but eggs and bacon and a tiny slice of a bagel today. You're coming down with a cold, you have a big pimple somewhere, it's cold today, it's hot today, it's lukewarm today (and yesterday it wasn't), it's that time of month. Your boss yelled at you this AM, but not yesterday, or vice versa. If your mom calls you one more time and complains AGAIN about how her neighbor lady has parked on her lawn for the 18th time this week, you really will lose it. Or not.

Human digestion and metabolism is complicated; it ebbs and flows within certain necessary ranges, and you will never be able to hold up a metabolism technical manual, turn to the pages marked "settings for best pancreatic function" and then try to make your cylinders and spark plugs and catalytic converter line up with the tech manual's ideal running recommendations.

My advice would be to r-e-l-a-x. Just do the best you can, and resolve to concentrate on your meter's average readings, week to week and month to month.

BY BK