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<blockquote data-quote="Beating-My-Betes" data-source="post: 2393041" data-attributes="member: 532959"><p>Because the numbers will tell me what I already know, but with varying levels of inaccuracy.</p><p></p><p>Think about an OGTT. I think I'm correct in my understanding that the instructions to go back to eating a higher level of carbs for a couple of days preceding the test are to stop errors brought on by physiological insulin resistance. The idea being that having insulin resistance will be a major confounding factor in the accurate testing of glucose-tolerance.</p><p></p><p>If I am already high before a meal, then experience an exponential rise, and a long fallout/drop-down, I'm not getting any accuracy.</p><p></p><p>From what I remember, BulkBiker's 'remission' OGTT produced a high peak of about 4mmol, or thereabouts. So, give or take, 75g of glucose would expectedly result in that rise. When I took a home-made OGTT, back in January, I started at 14 and peaked off-the-meter i.e over 30. That's an exponential rise of four times the expected peak. So if my insulin resistance is causing me to spike so exponentially, how does that give me any useful information about the food, that it would be useful to test?</p><p></p><p>My answer to this is to look to establish trends. And while I have got a ton of glucose powder left, I don't think it's a particularly pleasant experience to keep reading, nor do I think with my IR that it's a great idea. Instead, I will be using a food that I think is pretty consistent (I have chosen raisins) to test on a weekly basis. At the same hour and on the same day, I'll eat a yet-to-be decided quantity of raisins and then measure before, and at every 30 minutes after.</p><p></p><p>That is how I plan on measuring if my insulin is becoming more sensitive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Beating-My-Betes, post: 2393041, member: 532959"] Because the numbers will tell me what I already know, but with varying levels of inaccuracy. Think about an OGTT. I think I'm correct in my understanding that the instructions to go back to eating a higher level of carbs for a couple of days preceding the test are to stop errors brought on by physiological insulin resistance. The idea being that having insulin resistance will be a major confounding factor in the accurate testing of glucose-tolerance. If I am already high before a meal, then experience an exponential rise, and a long fallout/drop-down, I'm not getting any accuracy. From what I remember, BulkBiker's 'remission' OGTT produced a high peak of about 4mmol, or thereabouts. So, give or take, 75g of glucose would expectedly result in that rise. When I took a home-made OGTT, back in January, I started at 14 and peaked off-the-meter i.e over 30. That's an exponential rise of four times the expected peak. So if my insulin resistance is causing me to spike so exponentially, how does that give me any useful information about the food, that it would be useful to test? My answer to this is to look to establish trends. And while I have got a ton of glucose powder left, I don't think it's a particularly pleasant experience to keep reading, nor do I think with my IR that it's a great idea. Instead, I will be using a food that I think is pretty consistent (I have chosen raisins) to test on a weekly basis. At the same hour and on the same day, I'll eat a yet-to-be decided quantity of raisins and then measure before, and at every 30 minutes after. That is how I plan on measuring if my insulin is becoming more sensitive. [/QUOTE]
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