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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.
To check blood glucose levels, a few different tests are available. One is the fasting blood test, or FSB, which is performed most often first thing in the morning before the patient eats breakfast.The two-hour postprandial test is done exactly two hours after eating a meal.The RBS, or random blood sugar test, is done at any time of day, regardless of when the last meal was eaten.ne is the fasting blood test, or FSB, which is performed most often first thing in the morning before the patient eats breakfast. The two-hour postprandial test is done exactly two hours after eating a meal. The RBS, or random blood sugar test, is done at any time of day, regardless of when the last meal was eaten.