# mmol/L to mg/dl Conversion **URL:** \ **Category:** Share\ **Tags:** mmol, mgdl, conversion\ **Created:** [December 19, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/mmol-l-to-mg-dl-conversion/2911 "2017-12-19T22:16:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Chris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/chris/32/382_2.png) [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/mmol-l-to-mg-dl-conversion/2911/41 "2019-03-19T14:07:40Z")
I think that decision really depends on what you are looking for a pump to do. My son really loves his pump, be also uses MDI at least one month a year, and his control isn’t remarkably different. For us, the ability to tailor the basal is very helpful at controlling our nights and dawn effect. The ability to eat until full, while not having to give multiple shots to cover dinner is really nice, and the ability to skip meals completely or delay meals is good for a chaotic schedule. On the pump front, the Basal IQ algorithm has been a game changer for us, we used to have to eat carbs to land big drops, and now my son is able to land big drops with his pump doing all the work, so no need to monitor and time carb intake to land the drop. That has reduced how much time he has to think about diabetes which has been nice. ---
**Author:** ![Beacher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a6a055/32.png) [@Beacher](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Beacher)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/mmol-l-to-mg-dl-conversion/2911/42 "2019-03-19T16:03:31Z")
> [@Tbjones](#): > > I will admit I am not very tech savvy and feel more comfortable with injections. Modern pumps don’t require much tech savviness, in my opinion. Program it and go, basically. If you can use a cellphone or program your coffeemaker, you can set up and use a pump. If you want to get into XDrip or other phone apps or looping, you might need a higher tech comfort level. But really, if I can do it, anyone can do it. A lot is done in your head anyway. If you’re doing injections, you already know how to modify doses. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_YYC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/jim_yyc/32/9553_2.png) [@Jim\_YYC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jim_YYC)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/mmol-l-to-mg-dl-conversion/2911/43 "2019-04-13T16:14:51Z")
That’s the way I remember it too. Was too young to worry what units my lab tested BG’s were in, but the first meters were all mg/dl. Like everything else in Canada that slowly changed when we went metric (speed limits and weights went metric in '76 or 77). So most (older) Canadians were forced to be “units bi-lingual” ---
**Author:** ![Sam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/sam/32/10595_2.png) [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2019, 10:19pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/mmol-l-to-mg-dl-conversion/2911/44 "2019-04-14T22:19:51Z")
> [@Jim\_YYC](#): > > mg/dl This is metric also… it’s bizarre that there are two measures used and they’re both metric ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_YYC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/jim_yyc/32/9553_2.png) [@Jim\_YYC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jim_YYC)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 1:03am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/mmol-l-to-mg-dl-conversion/2911/45 "2019-04-15T01:03:21Z")
> [@Sam](#): > > This is metric also… it’s bizarre that there are two measures used and they’re both metric Sam - I didn’t even stop to recognize that the US system was also in metric units. The difference is much of the rest of world (Canada included) express BG in molar concentrations whereas the US measures in mass concentrations. ---
**Author:** ![Sam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/sam/32/10595_2.png) [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/mmol-l-to-mg-dl-conversion/2911/46 "2019-04-15T02:11:05Z")
Yeah… just strikes me as weird. Plus they have a perfect conversion ratio of 1:18… so I can’t even begin to understand why they ever diverged. It makes no sense to me. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_YYC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/jim_yyc/32/9553_2.png) [@Jim\_YYC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jim_YYC)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 12:02pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/mmol-l-to-mg-dl-conversion/2911/47 "2019-04-15T12:02:52Z")
> [@Sam](#): > > Yeah… just strikes me as weird. Sam - I can’t think of any logical reason why half the planet went one way and the other stayed with mg/dl. Even more bizarre when you consider that virtually everyone measures serum ketones in mmol/L ---
**Author:** ![Scotteric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@Scotteric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Scotteric)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/mmol-l-to-mg-dl-conversion/2911/48 "2019-04-15T13:56:00Z")
Then again, we strangely still use imperial measurements in every day conversation for so many things (except in Quebec I think), such as weight and height. ---
**Author:** ![Sam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/sam/32/10595_2.png) [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/mmol-l-to-mg-dl-conversion/2911/49 "2019-04-15T15:55:28Z")
And in England, where the whole goofy imperial system came from… they weigh people in stones ---
**Author:** ![kalle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/kalle/32/8754_2.png) [@kalle](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/kalle)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/mmol-l-to-mg-dl-conversion/2911/50 "2019-04-15T17:48:17Z")
I like to use this page for all kinds of conversion. It’s got all the formats and an estimated HbA1C based on average glucose levels. [http://www.diabethics.com/hba1c-converter/](http://www.diabethics.com/hba1c-converter/) ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/mmol-l-to-mg-dl-conversion/2911/51 "2019-04-15T22:12:03Z")
The non-metric U.S. units for BG is ounces / gallon. Like a BG of 85 mg/dL would be 0.1135 ounces / gallon. That’s always been easier for me to understand, it’s just what I grew up with. ---
**Author:** ![Nickyghaleb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Nickyghaleb](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Nickyghaleb)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 11:44pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/mmol-l-to-mg-dl-conversion/2911/52 "2019-04-15T23:44:30Z")
I’ve been doing it all wrong. 🤦‍♀️ ---
**Author:** ![Chris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/chris/32/382_2.png) [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 12:10am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/mmol-l-to-mg-dl-conversion/2911/53 "2019-04-16T00:10:09Z")
I prefer hundredweight/fluid scruple for my obscure British Imperial blood sugar measurement system. In this case a blood sugar of 100 mg/dl would convert to 0.00000023 hundredweight/fluid scruple. As you can see this is a much more useful measurement system than anything the metric system has to offer. ---
**Author:** ![kalle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/kalle/32/8754_2.png) [@kalle](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/kalle)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/mmol-l-to-mg-dl-conversion/2911/54 "2019-04-16T17:17:29Z")
How about using a pint for the volume part? That has to be the most commonly available unit of volume measurement in England. Just fill it up with blood and weigh the glucose (somehow). ---
**Author:** ![Chris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/chris/32/382_2.png) [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/mmol-l-to-mg-dl-conversion/2911/55 "2019-04-16T17:45:08Z")
I think if we all just meet and have a few pints, we will be able to figure all of this out! ---
**Author:** ![Scottydt1d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Scottydt1d](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Scottydt1d)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 5:44am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/mmol-l-to-mg-dl-conversion/2911/56 "2019-05-27T05:44:39Z")
I just always see it as a measurement. Like pounds and kilos . same measurement, different numbers, but both fully accurate ---
**Author:** ![JW\_dx2002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JW\_dx2002](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/JW_dx2002)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/mmol-l-to-mg-dl-conversion/2911/57 "2019-09-28T12:59:59Z")
The Endocrine Society has an app in the play store. When you open the app, click “SI Converter”, scroll to glucose, and type in the value then it will convert it . You can key in either value. ![Screenshot_20190928-090257_CP%20Guidelines](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/3/379f101d4d1dfaa7d1686214e227a96d916cfb6c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![NickR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/dc4da7/32.png) [@NickR](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/NickR)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 3:58am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/mmol-l-to-mg-dl-conversion/2911/58 "2019-12-31T03:58:45Z")
I got quite scared when I saw some peoples levels on here, then realised they were talking different units. Glad to know 18 is the magic number 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/sam/32/10595_2.png) [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 7:06am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/mmol-l-to-mg-dl-conversion/2911/59 "2019-12-31T07:06:03Z")
Yeah it’s just bizarre… I don’t know why they have an alternate directly proportionate scale that’s also metric… makes zero sense to me Welcome to FUD @NickR ---
**Author:** ![NickR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/dc4da7/32.png) [@NickR](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/NickR)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 7:27am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/mmol-l-to-mg-dl-conversion/2911/60 "2019-12-31T07:27:18Z")
Thank you for the welcome. I have lurked a while. Just got a Libre sensor and reader, has re-sparked my interest in the technology. I’ll do a proper introductory post some time. [Previous page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/mmol-l-to-mg-dl-conversion/2911.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/mmol-l-to-mg-dl-conversion/2911.md?page=4)