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- Type of diabetes
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Diet drinks - the artificial sweeteners taste vile.
Having to forswear foods I have loved all my life.
Trying to find low carb meals when eating out.
Thank you LittleGreyCat, I would like to take some of these tests and have been waiting for a price reduction. I am also interested in the offer of a voucher, if it is still available. I haven't posted before, so I don't really know how this works yet!Just booked my Insulin Resistance test and I noted that there is a price reduction on at the moment, if anyone is interested.
I also have the option of a voucher for one person, but you would have to give me your email address which you may not want to do.
Thank you LittleGreyCat, I would like to take some of these tests and have been waiting for a price reduction. I am also interested in the offer of a voucher, if it is still available. I haven't posted before, so I don't really know how this works yet!
Thank you LittleGreyCat I've received your message. I will contact you and hopefully we'll be able to buy the tests at a reduced price, which would be great!I've sent you a Personal Message including an email address for me.
If you reply to it (or email me at the address) I will try for the £15 discount.
I get one as well, but I'm not sure that I'll need another test (at least not for a while).
I am being tested early afternoon. Will have to have a late snack the previous evening.
I read elsewhere that the time of day and even what you have eaten has little impact on an IR test for precisely the reasons you have just described. If BG goes up and insulin goes up in response it is the ratio between the two which is important.
I read elsewhere that the time of day and even what you have eaten has little impact on an IR test for precisely the reasons you have just described. If BG goes up and insulin goes up in response it is the ratio between the two which is important.
The morning test is, I think, to measure your base insulin levels, much like a fasting BG reading in the morning.
not as a routine sort of test, and definitely not on the NHS.
Definitely correct on the NHS front. I've now had 2 insulin resistance tests and 2 c-peptide tests, which have all been a single sample taken first thing in the morning, basically because I have to travel from High Wycombe into London to have the test done and I like to beat the commuters so I'm there at 07:00 when they open.
It's proved interesting, my insulin production is in the normal range and hasn't changed in a year. My insulin resistance has been given to me as just a number, the ideal number being 1 and therefore anything above 1 is a measure of resistance. Last January it was 2.4, last month it was 1.7. That may not prove much but I'm going to have another go at ND and have another test immediately afterwards. I still may not be able to draw too many conclusions from the IR tests because I don't really have enough data.