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If you take medicine (diabetes pills or insulin), you will probably want to know how well that medicine is working. The general rule is to test before meals and keep a record. If you want to know how your meals affect your blood sugar, testing about 2 hours after eating can be helpful.
A sign of diabetes is your body's inability to effectively clear the glucose from your blood. A postprandial blood glucose test is done after you eat a meal. Monitor your blood sugar levels after eating, in your own home, if you are at risk for developing diabetes. Tracking blood glucose levels after eating allows you to look into how your body is reacting to the food you eat.