Blood Glucose Monitor Buying Guide
Overview
Proper blood sugar management is an integral part of diabetes management. Good blood sugar control, through frequent checks and proper insulin delivery, will help most diabetics live longer, healthier, happier lives. Fortunately, the days of long wait times, inaccurate meters and painful lancing devices are long over. Today's blood sugar monitors 
, produced by companies such as Lifescan and Bayer , are faster, smaller and require smaller blood sample sizes. Furthermore, you no longer have to worry about those painful finger pricks; newer meters let you check on the less sensitive parts of your forearms.
Abbott Diabetes Care Monitors
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- Small and discreet.
- No meter coding.
- Backlight and test strip port light.
- .3 microlitre sample size.
- 5 second result time.
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- Ergonomic shape and large numeric display.
- .3 microlitre sample size.
- 5 second result time.
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- Simple, icon-based menu system.
- Can test ketone level as well as blood sugar.
- .6 microlitre sample size.
- 5 second result time
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Lifescan Glucose Monitors
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- Small, simple, easy to use.
- 5 second result time.
- 1.0 microlitre sample size.
- Weighs just 1.2 ounces.
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- Before- and after-meal averages give you better control of your diabetes.
- 5 second result time.
- 1.0 microlitre sample size.
- Built in portion and carb-counting guide.
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- Advanced logging features let you keep track of low and high blood sugars, excess stress and food choices and how they affect your blood sugar.
- Tracks blood glucose averages by time of day.
- 5 second result time
- 1.0 microlitre sample size.
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