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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ronancastled" data-source="post: 2335217" data-attributes="member: 517232">If you really want to run a home OGTT you can order the 75g Glucose solution online.I didn't have the solution to hand when I ran mine so I used Jelly Beans & Jelly Babies, see here.<a href="https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/jelly-babies-instead-of-rapilose-for-home-ogtt.175741/" target="_blank">https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/jelly-babies-instead-of-rapilose-for-home-ogtt.175741/</a>The efficacy of using Jelly Beans as a substitute for the glucose solution is covered here:<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10561636/" target="_blank">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10561636/</a>I've since been told that the 75gs of carbs are not made up of pure glucose & there's a fructose element that can skew the results.It was good enough for me as everyone around here say that carbs are carbs & as we never chug down large quantities of glucose it's more representative of "normal" food.Let us know your results, it's worth taking a reading every 30 mins, here's the criteria.<img src="https://laboratoryinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/OGTT-interpretation-diabetes.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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