Where is Rapilose OGTT Solution manufactured?
The product is manufactured in the Netherlands and conforms to all required UK and EU legislation.
Rapilose OGTT Solution
Rapilose Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) Solution is a cost efficient and ready-to-use glucose solution, designed for use in glucose tolerance testing to screen for gestational diabetes and diabetes mellitus.
Each 300ml pouch of Rapilose OGTT Solution contains exactly 75g of anhydrous glucose, which is the adult dose recommended by WHO in glucose tolerance testing.
Rapilose OGTT Solution comes in a ready-to-drink format with in a 300ml aluminium foil pouch with a tamper evident twist-off cap.
Rapilose OGTT Solution is an easy to drink, pleasant tasting orange-flavoured solution that is non-carbonated and contains no colour additives. It is also gluten, lactose, fat, caffeine and alcohol free.
With no pre-mixing or measuring required, Rapilose OGTT Solution is convenient for accurately administering the required dose without any preparation. It can be stored on-site and easily used as required. It is therefore ideal for in-community testing and provides a cost effective, time saving alternative by avoiding the need to prepare test solution under clinical conditions.
My issue is NOT with the product. It is with your unsupervised and frequent use of it being presented as something safe and useful.Where is Rapilose OGTT Solution manufactured?
The product is manufactured in the Netherlands and conforms to all required UK and EU legislation.
Rapilose OGTT Solution
Rapilose Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) Solution is a cost efficient and ready-to-use glucose solution, designed for use in glucose tolerance testing to screen for gestational diabetes and diabetes mellitus.
Each 300ml pouch of Rapilose OGTT Solution contains exactly 75g of anhydrous glucose, which is the adult dose recommended by WHO in glucose tolerance testing.
Rapilose OGTT Solution comes in a ready-to-drink format with in a 300ml aluminium foil pouch with a tamper evident twist-off cap.
Rapilose OGTT Solution is an easy to drink, pleasant tasting orange-flavoured solution that is non-carbonated and contains no colour additives. It is also gluten, lactose, fat, caffeine and alcohol free.
With no pre-mixing or measuring required, Rapilose OGTT Solution is convenient for accurately administering the required dose without any preparation. It can be stored on-site and easily used as required. It is therefore ideal for in-community testing and provides a cost effective, time saving alternative by avoiding the need to prepare test solution under clinical conditions.
It is an Oral Glucose Tolerance test, it does not measure blood glucose, that is done during the test at intervals, using normal bg finger prick tests. Someone with reduced beta cell function might fail the test but that could equally be due to insulin resistance.just don’t understand why and how you think that measuring blood glucose with a glucose tolerance test is testing beta cell function?
Because it isn’t.
It is testing glucose levels. The clue is in the name.
You do realise that doesn't mean at home, unsupervised? It means administer by qualified medical practitioner in a home or local surgery setting.It is therefore ideal for in-community testing
It is an Oral Glucose Tolerance test, it does not measure blood glucose, that is done during the test at intervals, using normal bg finger prick tests. Someone with reduced beta cell function might fail the test but that could equally be due to insulin resistance.
Lucozade:
"the orange flavour of the energy drink which has even more sugar in it.
The 500ml bottle has 62.5g of sugar – the equivalent of 16 teaspoons – and if you drink the whole thing you"ll be guzzling down 310 calories."
That's almost as much as is in the OGT. Is that "dangerous" too? If so it would be banned especially as the kids round here often drink more than one bottle (with their sweets) on the way home from school. I wouldn't let my kids do it, but it's definitely not dangerous (unless they are T1s and haven't had their insulin).
Not quite Lucozade, but close -----Lucozade:
"the orange flavour of the energy drink which has even more sugar in it.
The 500ml bottle has 62.5g of sugar – the equivalent of 16 teaspoons – and if you drink the whole thing you"ll be guzzling down 310 calories."
That's almost as much as is in the OGT. Is that "dangerous" too? If so it would be banned especially as the kids round here often drink more than one bottle (with their sweets) on the way home from school. I wouldn't let my kids do it, but it's definitely not dangerous (unless they are T1s and haven't had their insulin).
OGT is SO dangerous that the NHS and other healthcare organisations worldwide recommend it for those most vulnerable of their citizens PREGNANT WOMEN!
Not quite what NICE guidelines say.OGT is SO dangerous that the NHS and other healthcare organisations worldwide recommend it for those most vulnerable of their citizens PREGNANT WOMEN!
And to add to that they DON'T do it to pregnant women with a history of diabetes.They do it ONCE and ONCE only, as a diagnostic tool.
Next time you are in a supermarket take a look at the portion sizes on the dry pasta packets. Most suggest 75g. Admittedly the pasta will contain a small amount of protein +vitamins as well, but that is broadly the same as the carbs in the OGT. A bit less, but not enough to matter. None of the packets I have seen say that this is "dangerous" and should only be eaten once or twice in a lifetime. Indeed most people eat this amount of carbs at EACH MEAL 3 times a day. Often with carby snacks in between. If it were dangerous they would all have keeled over on the first day. Of course it isn't dangerous. It's what the majority of people in the developed world eat EVERY SINGLE DAY.Tannith,
They do it ONCE and ONCE only, as a diagnostic tool.
It is carried out under close medical supervision.
That makes it a totally different proposition from the way you are doing it.
-and remember, they are doing it to check glucose levels (which it does very well).
They are not extrapolating anything to do with beta cell functionality from the results.
Next time you are in a supermarket take a look at the portion sizes on the dry pasta packets. Most suggest 75g. Admittedly the pasta will contain a small amount of protein +vitamins as well, but that is broadly the same as the carbs in the OGT. A bit less, but not enough to matter. None of the packets I have seen say that this is "dangerous" and should only be eaten once or twice in a lifetime. Indeed most people eat this amount of carbs at EACH MEAL 3 times a day. Often with carby snacks in between. If it were dangerous they would all have keeled over on the first day. Of course it isn't dangerous. It's what the majority of people in the developed world eat EVERY SINGLE DAY.
Part of the danger, as you have been told repeatedly, is the hit of glucose suddenly. You know this. AND people with type 2 diabetes dont safely eat 75g of carbs several times a day without harm. This is ridiculous now.Next time you are in a supermarket take a look at the portion sizes on the dry pasta packets. Most suggest 75g. Admittedly the pasta will contain a small amount of protein +vitamins as well, but that is broadly the same as the carbs in the OGT. A bit less, but not enough to matter. None of the packets I have seen say that this is "dangerous" and should only be eaten once or twice in a lifetime. Indeed most people eat this amount of carbs at EACH MEAL 3 times a day. Often with carby snacks in between. If it were dangerous they would all have keeled over on the first day. Of course it isn't dangerous. It's what the majority of people in the developed world eat EVERY SINGLE DAY.
OGT is SO dangerous that the NHS and other healthcare organisations worldwide recommend it for those most vulnerable of their citizens PREGNANT WOMEN!
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