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<blockquote data-quote="musterfox" data-source="post: 2157811" data-attributes="member: 516220"><p>Hi all.</p><p>New here and would really appreciate your help and advice.</p><p></p><p>Firstly to clarify - I do not have Diabetes. I am male, 50 years of age and currently weigh 60Kgs.</p><p></p><p>4 months ago I had my blood sugar tested and discovered that my Glucose (Fasting) was 103 and my HbA1C (EDTA) was 5.2. As the normal Glucose Fasting range for non-diabetics is supposed to be between 74-99 I was concerned particularly as I have a very sweet tooth and eat sugar laden foods and deserts at least two to three times a day and have been doing so for decades.</p><p></p><p>I reduced my sugar craving intake to once a day and drastically cut my carbs while adding more proteins and healthy fats to my diet. My weight went down from 65kgs to 60kgs over the past 4 months.</p><p></p><p>I had my blood sugar tested 3 days ago and thankfully my Glucose (Fasting) is down to 85 and my HbA1C (EDTA) is down to 4.9.</p><p></p><p>However along with this test I also had another test done called HOMA-IR. I had this done as several "holistic doctors" on various Youtube channels mentioned this as a far better test for people who dont currently have Diabetes but wanted to check for potential diabetes down the line.</p><p></p><p>It tooks a couple of days to get the result and considering I have never done this test before I am confused about the results. My doc is out of town for a week so I cant get any info from him either.</p><p></p><p>Please see attatched iamge. There are 3 results on which I need clarification.</p><p></p><p>Firstly my "Insulin Serum, Fasting" is stated as 1.90 uU/mL whereas the reference range is stated to be 2.00 - 25.00.</p><p></p><p>The fact that this is marked in <strong>BOLD</strong> font indicates that this valus is <strong>out of reference range</strong> and therefore (I assume) a pontential problem?</p><p></p><p>What does this low level mean? Could I have some other type of Diabates eg. LADA/MODY or some other medical condition and if so what further tests need to be done?</p><p></p><p>The other two results I am confused about are -</p><p>Beta Cell Function (%B) 49.50 %</p><p>Insulin Sensitivity (%S) 263.00 %</p><p></p><p>There is no reference range mentioned for these results. So are these good/bad results and what do they indicate? What should be the "ideal" range for these values? Are my values okay or are theya potential problem?</p><p></p><p>Any advice sinceerely appreciated.</p><p>Kind regards</p><p>Muster</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="musterfox, post: 2157811, member: 516220"] Hi all. New here and would really appreciate your help and advice. Firstly to clarify - I do not have Diabetes. I am male, 50 years of age and currently weigh 60Kgs. 4 months ago I had my blood sugar tested and discovered that my Glucose (Fasting) was 103 and my HbA1C (EDTA) was 5.2. As the normal Glucose Fasting range for non-diabetics is supposed to be between 74-99 I was concerned particularly as I have a very sweet tooth and eat sugar laden foods and deserts at least two to three times a day and have been doing so for decades. I reduced my sugar craving intake to once a day and drastically cut my carbs while adding more proteins and healthy fats to my diet. My weight went down from 65kgs to 60kgs over the past 4 months. I had my blood sugar tested 3 days ago and thankfully my Glucose (Fasting) is down to 85 and my HbA1C (EDTA) is down to 4.9. However along with this test I also had another test done called HOMA-IR. I had this done as several "holistic doctors" on various Youtube channels mentioned this as a far better test for people who dont currently have Diabetes but wanted to check for potential diabetes down the line. It tooks a couple of days to get the result and considering I have never done this test before I am confused about the results. My doc is out of town for a week so I cant get any info from him either. Please see attatched iamge. There are 3 results on which I need clarification. Firstly my "Insulin Serum, Fasting" is stated as 1.90 uU/mL whereas the reference range is stated to be 2.00 - 25.00. The fact that this is marked in [B]BOLD[/B] font indicates that this valus is [B]out of reference range[/B] and therefore (I assume) a pontential problem? What does this low level mean? Could I have some other type of Diabates eg. LADA/MODY or some other medical condition and if so what further tests need to be done? The other two results I am confused about are - Beta Cell Function (%B) 49.50 % Insulin Sensitivity (%S) 263.00 % There is no reference range mentioned for these results. So are these good/bad results and what do they indicate? What should be the "ideal" range for these values? Are my values okay or are theya potential problem? Any advice sinceerely appreciated. Kind regards Muster [/QUOTE]
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