home tests

  1. J

    Home blood prick tests - a waste of time?

    A year ago I was diagnosed with prediabetes. I worked at losing weight, bought one of those small testing kits and it showed that I was out of the prediabetes zone. I tested myself every week or two for a year, sometimes after food, sometimes first thing in the morning, sometimes any time of...
  2. finsit

    Home lipid test, any recommendations?

    Hi there. I am just looking at some home test strips for total cholesterol and other lipid profiles. There are tons of options on Amazon but i am not certain which one is most accurate. Because of my recent high LDL, i need to see the affect of my changed diet (reducing sat fat) regularly, i...
  3. NewTD2

    HBA1C Home Test Kit

    I’m curious to know which home test kit do you use to measure HBA1C and is it accurate?
  4. Alexandra100

    Weird glucose levels

    Fasting this morning: tested 6.5. 2 hrs after a pretty low carb breakfast: tested 6.2. After a hilly 1 mile walk tested 5.5 (the lowest I've seen for days.) Celebrated with a snack, the first real carbs of the day 30+g. 1 hr later tested 10.03 (highest ever by far.) Re-tested at once and got...