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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tannith" data-source="post: 2376702" data-attributes="member: 422465">A normal one ie 4 to 4.5. What I really seek, more than normal FBG results is an OGT result in the normal range, as this would be a better indicator of beta cell recovery. However I have read that Prof Taylor's subjects did not achieve 95 % of normal OGT til a year after their diet started, ie long after the diet itself finished. That leads me to believe that the beta cells need to remain de clogged from fat for a few months before they recover their full function as repaired by the diet. "maximal rate of insulin secretion increased from 581 (480–811) pmol/min/m2 at baseline to 736 (542–998) pmol/min/m2 at 5 months, 942 (565–1,240) pmol/min/m2 at 12 months (P = 0.028 from baseline), and 936 (635–1,435) pmol/min/m2 at 24 months (P = 0.023 from baseline; n = 20 of 39 of those initially in remission). This was comparable to the NDC group (1,016 [857–1,507] pmol/min/m2) by 12 (P = 0.064) and 24 (P = 0.244) " Hence an OGT 2 hour at approx 75% of normal at 5 months post starting diet would indicate that I might be on the way to a substantial improvement of beta cell function. In the meantime I only have FBGs to go by and they are not brilliant. Intermittent fasting I imagine would also produce weight loss, but I'm not having any problem with losing the weight on  the 1000 cal per day diet . I just need to continue that or some other form of weight loss until I get down to my Personal Fat Threshold, at which point I should see normal FBGs</blockquote>

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