how many hours of fasting is required to test Fasting Blood Sugar..?

[Jaffy]

Dears Kindly give your valuable experiences...

[pnglr]

Minimum of 10-12 hours..

[shrisamarth Volunteer]

8-10 hours is sufficient.

[alwaysoptimistic]

Preferably,10 hours !

In the case of self testing,do it on the bed i.e. do it before performing any physical activity.

[Jaffy in reply to alwaysoptimistic]

Hi, why on the bed ..?

Kindly give more details please...

[alwaysoptimistic in reply to Jaffy]

Let me to clarify!

Do it on the bed means-test your fasting blood sugar level before performing any physical activity.Because,physical activities have effect on blood sugar level.

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10 to12 hrs of not eating any thing till the test

[somkar]

It means that if one walks to the laboratory and have the FBS checked, it is not accurate as the walking reduces the blood sugar level. I usually walks for 10 minutes to the lab prior to giving my blood to check. Kindly comment on this my friends.

[Jaffy in reply to somkar]

I think it's not good to walk prior blood sugar test..

If sugar is high walking will make the level little less.

If sugar level is already low, due to walking liver will release more sugar and the level will increase.

The best I think is to test self immediately at wake up time or in bed.

Please anyone correct me if I am wrong

[somkar]

Many thanks. For testing at home, we have to relay on glucometers, readings of which doctors don't accept.

[Jaffy in reply to somkar]

By testing at home u will know your real results

[Jaffy]

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[ShooterGeorge]

As seen in Wikipedia minimum 8 hrs and maximum 14 hours is the specification. So 10 - 12 hrs is comfortable.