Re: Worrisome Glucose Lab Results

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I'd say ask to get it repeated to see if it's high again. One thing

I've read about lab work in general is that it can vary widely from

one day to the next, and mistakes are also pretty frequent. Maybe

that day you got equipment that was on the fritz or a new person who

didn't know how to do it right or something. I've also heard of

samples being accidentally switched.

Then there are biochemical things - like if you got more or less

exercise than they recommend (did you go up several flights of stairs

to get there?) your body could be doing a temporary response - making

more sugar available to your muscles.

Last, Philpott in his book " Brain Allergies " mentioned that exposure

to allergens can make blood sugar fluctuate wildly - from very high

to very low, sometimes both in the space of an hour. If they had you

chug that nasty flat soda stuff, what were the ingredients? High

fructose corn syrup and artificial colors and flavorings?

>

> I wanted to get people's opinion. Yesterday, I got back the

results

> of a lab test and it reports a high value for the Fasting Glucose

> Tolerance Test, 103 for a range of 60-99

>

> Now, this doesn't make sense to me. I have over the past 10 years

> eaten a diet similar to the one described in Native Nutrition. Let

> me emphasize, never before now have I received a glucose lab

> anywhere near high.

>

> When I think of changes I have made over the past year, the only

> thing I can think of is that I have reduced the cereals in my

diet.

> I am probably close to being Paleolithic, except for once a week I

> do eat spaghetti. I also drink a Post-workout drink (relatively

> high carb) after my weight training, but I was doing that before.

>

> The only thing that I think could have skewed the fasting blood test

> was that I did take 600 mgs of magnesium before retiring to be the

> evening before.

>

> Oh, there is no history (that I know of) of diabetes in my family.

> I am 48 years old.

>

> What do you guys think? I am pretty freaked out about this so any

> help would be appreciated.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

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> What do you guys think? I am pretty freaked out about this so any

> help would be appreciated.

I second everything Renate said. I would get it done again before

worrying as lots of things can make the results fluctuate. Remember

also that it is not that high. It's high enough to keep an eye on,

but not enough to be freaked out.

An adrenaline rush, allergy exposure, stress, exercise etc, could raise it.

Chris

[Guest guest]

I borderline flunked my first gtt when pregnant. . . .the second was

fine. That sugar soda is awful. I did wonder if the effects were

different for folks who never eat hfcs or eat refined sugar.

Desh

[Guest guest]

--- Masterjohn <chrismasterjohn@...> >

Remember

> also that it is not that high. It's high enough to

> keep an eye on,

> but not enough to be freaked out.

>

> An adrenaline rush, allergy exposure, stress,

> exercise etc, could raise it.

Thanks. That puts my mind at ease somewhat. I

LITERALLY have been losing sleep about this. I went

back and looked at what my glucose was last year. It

was 98. That's still on the high side, though in

range, so, as you say, it's definitely something I

need to keep my eye on. Stress could definitely be

what's causing it (I tend to be a stressed person),

because I really dont see anything in my diet (save

for my carb meal periworkouts) that could be the

culprit. I will indeed have it retested in a few

weeks.

Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;

Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,

The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere

The ceremony of innocence is drowned;

The best lack all conviction, while the worst

Are full of passionate intensity.

-WB Yeats

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