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Hello, I live and work in Qatar, and therefore I don't have easy access to the NHS. In fact a few years ago I tried to get them to assess my diabetes from the results tests taken in Qatar. Their response was that they didn't use those units. I was thinking, it's a straight conversion, just Google it! Anyway, it was clear to me that they didn't want to do it.
I don't trust the health professionals here, they don't seem that knowledgable and some will try to change your prescription without any tests; presumably for backhanders from pharmaceutical companies.
Anyway, I have recently done some trials with the Freestyle Libre and love all the data I can get from it. I already know that white rice causes a huge peak; but potatoes, chips and ice-cream appear to have relatively little effect. I am still experimenting so no firm conclusions yet.
So back to the original question, given that I can now calculate the increase, the rate of increase, the recovery rate/time and all sorts of other metrics; is there a way of determining if I actually have diabetes?
I don't trust the health professionals here, they don't seem that knowledgable and some will try to change your prescription without any tests; presumably for backhanders from pharmaceutical companies.
Anyway, I have recently done some trials with the Freestyle Libre and love all the data I can get from it. I already know that white rice causes a huge peak; but potatoes, chips and ice-cream appear to have relatively little effect. I am still experimenting so no firm conclusions yet.
So back to the original question, given that I can now calculate the increase, the rate of increase, the recovery rate/time and all sorts of other metrics; is there a way of determining if I actually have diabetes?