Normal blood sugar levels vary from person to person, but a normal range for fasting blood sugar (the amount of glucose in your blood at least eight hours after a meal) is between 70 and 100 milligrams per deciliter (mg/DL), according to the World Health Organization.
Recent studies showed that most people averaged around 82 mg/DL during the night and around 93 mg/DL during the day, and spiked to a maximum of 132 mg/DL an hour after a meal.
Blood sugar, or glucose, is sugar that serves as the body’s major source of energy.
We get glucose from the food we eat, predominantly carbohydrate-rich foods such as potatoes, rice and bread.
Complex processes that take place in our digestive systems regulate constantly the absorption and storage of glucose.