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<blockquote data-quote="phoenix" data-source="post: 111607" data-attributes="member: 12578"><p>Hi I'm not an expert but I did a bit of looking up. This is what I found.</p><p>The fasting levels your OH has are under the cut off levels for impaired fasting glucose as defined by the World Health Organisation (6.1mmol). M.s Atkiins and Bernstein practice in the US where the ADA uses a lower level of 5.6mmol.</p><p>Because of this difference the WHO revisited it's advice in 2007 this is what they recommended</p><p></p><p>The low level following the GTT shows that the insulin was at present sufficient and working well, perhaps rather too well. I did some looking up to find out what this very low level might signify and found that low levels can occasionally indicate other problems, so if there are other symptoms they should be investigated. However, I found a suggestion that the low carb diet may be responsible.</p><p>I'm not sure about how valid this particular source is (it's from the type of website I normally avoid)</p><p>but I found this</p><p>1) the gtt test used to be used to diagnose 'reactive' hypoglycaemia it the level fell below 50mg/dl (2,7mmol) </p><p>2) It wasn't a good test one reason was 'it was frequently performed improperly. 'Consider that unless a patient undergoing the procedure ate extra carbohydrates for three days prior to the test, blood sugar readings could come in abnormally low; a hefty dose of sugar following several days of a relatively low-carbohydrate diet can throw off the system. That caveat was often overlooked and led to over-diagnosis'.... <a href="http://www.encognitive.com/node/5445" target="_blank">http://www.encognitive.com/node/5445</a> </p><p></p><p> further searching did show that people are told to eat a normal or often in the case of pregnant women a high carb diet before testing. </p><p></p><p>The one thing about his rising level of fasting glucose is that he is still at a level where lifestyle may prevent diabetes (exercise, weight loss, healthy diet.. I'll not define that!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="phoenix, post: 111607, member: 12578"] Hi I'm not an expert but I did a bit of looking up. This is what I found. The fasting levels your OH has are under the cut off levels for impaired fasting glucose as defined by the World Health Organisation (6.1mmol). M.s Atkiins and Bernstein practice in the US where the ADA uses a lower level of 5.6mmol. Because of this difference the WHO revisited it's advice in 2007 this is what they recommended The low level following the GTT shows that the insulin was at present sufficient and working well, perhaps rather too well. I did some looking up to find out what this very low level might signify and found that low levels can occasionally indicate other problems, so if there are other symptoms they should be investigated. However, I found a suggestion that the low carb diet may be responsible. I'm not sure about how valid this particular source is (it's from the type of website I normally avoid) but I found this 1) the gtt test used to be used to diagnose 'reactive' hypoglycaemia it the level fell below 50mg/dl (2,7mmol) 2) It wasn't a good test one reason was 'it was frequently performed improperly. 'Consider that unless a patient undergoing the procedure ate extra carbohydrates for three days prior to the test, blood sugar readings could come in abnormally low; a hefty dose of sugar following several days of a relatively low-carbohydrate diet can throw off the system. That caveat was often overlooked and led to over-diagnosis'.... [url]http://www.encognitive.com/node/5445[/url] further searching did show that people are told to eat a normal or often in the case of pregnant women a high carb diet before testing. The one thing about his rising level of fasting glucose is that he is still at a level where lifestyle may prevent diabetes (exercise, weight loss, healthy diet.. I'll not define that!) [/QUOTE]
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