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Postprandial glucose under 140 mg/dL
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Keep postprandial blood glucose under 140 mg/dL because that's roughly the threshold where the polyol pathway activates, taxing NADPH and reducing glutathione and vitamin C recycling.
“when glucose spikes over 140 mg per deciliter, this is generally around the threshold associated with activation of the polyol pathway
MN▶ 0:52DosageKeep postprandial glucose < 140 mg/dL; average glucose response < 120 mg/dLCaveatsGoing over 140 occasionally is not destructive, just suboptimal; don't catastrophize CGM spikesCertaintyexplicitrecommendation