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<blockquote data-quote="Walking Girl" data-source="post: 2214944" data-attributes="member: 510059"><p>yes, C-Peptide is a pro-insulin secreted in equimolar amounts as insulin. Insulin, as well know, gets taken up by receptors on the cell, and thus the amount left circulating (what is “left over” or “rejected”) is basically a good measure of how insulin sensitive you are - how many receptors take up the insulin. C-Peptide has a totally different biological function and pathway out of the body, plus as others have stated it degrades at a much slower rate, and therefore it’s considered a good measure of B cell <u>secretion</u> v insulin which measures usage - at that point in time, meaning how much your body is producing to keep BG at whatever level it is at the same time. So, to me, it’s not a matter of which is more useful, but rather of what you want to measure.</p><p> </p><p>Many doctors will run it as an inexpensive test to help determine T1 v T2. My doctor ran mine upon diagnosis. Totally normal, and along with other clinical sign, it pointed to T2 without further expensive tests. She basically said “this means we try Metformin, diet and exercise and if those don’t work, then we keep investigating.” They worked (now minus the Met).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Walking Girl, post: 2214944, member: 510059"] yes, C-Peptide is a pro-insulin secreted in equimolar amounts as insulin. Insulin, as well know, gets taken up by receptors on the cell, and thus the amount left circulating (what is “left over” or “rejected”) is basically a good measure of how insulin sensitive you are - how many receptors take up the insulin. C-Peptide has a totally different biological function and pathway out of the body, plus as others have stated it degrades at a much slower rate, and therefore it’s considered a good measure of B cell [U]secretion[/U] v insulin which measures usage - at that point in time, meaning how much your body is producing to keep BG at whatever level it is at the same time. So, to me, it’s not a matter of which is more useful, but rather of what you want to measure. Many doctors will run it as an inexpensive test to help determine T1 v T2. My doctor ran mine upon diagnosis. Totally normal, and along with other clinical sign, it pointed to T2 without further expensive tests. She basically said “this means we try Metformin, diet and exercise and if those don’t work, then we keep investigating.” They worked (now minus the Met). [/QUOTE]
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