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Permalink Reply by Kristin on January 22, 2009 at 10:24pm

You should ask for a Glucose Tolerance Test... not just fasting test. Fasting test is not the only way to diagnose diabetes and can miss some types of diabetes.

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Permalink Reply by miranda on January 24, 2009 at 1:52pm

well friday another call from the doc and got asooner appointment feb 17 instead of march. Also I requested a glucose tolerance test, so we shall see what happens, I also told them that I was not going in there just to be shipped back home that I wanted to know why my reading are so high for so long after eating.

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Permalink Reply by miranda on January 24, 2009 at 1:57pm

I also got some diabetic Vitamins to day should i start them now or wait to see the doc. I also heard cinnimon was good for diabeties and have been taking them for a while

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Permalink Reply by Gerri on January 24, 2009 at 2:02pm

Yay--an earlier appt. That's great! Good for you!

What's in the vitamin supplement? Have to be careful about taking too high Vit B doses & too much Vit C can give false low readings on your meter. Chromium is good, ALA is good,

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Permalink Reply by miranda on January 24, 2009 at 2:18pm

Its called Alpha betic vitamin it has A, C, D-3, E, ALA, Chromium, Lutein, along with a bunch of other stuff

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Permalink Reply by Gerri on January 24, 2009 at 2:22pm

Alpha-betic--that's a clever name. Sounds great. What's the Vit C dosage? That's the only thing I've read to be wary of because of it giving false low readings on meters. Something about Vit C effects the test strip.

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Permalink Reply by miranda on January 24, 2009 at 2:33pm

uummm vit c is 120 mg 200% daily value

Permalink Reply by Gerri on January 24, 2009 at 2:41pm

That's good. As long as it's not in the 1000's.

Permalink Reply by Robert Miles on January 29, 2009 at 10:08pm

I've seen a number of diabetics report their results of trying cinnamon. About half said it helped, but not very much, and about half said it didn't help them. One said it increased her readings instead. There are two main types of cinnamon, with one being much more common in the US than the other. It didn't seem to matter which of the two types was used.

Also diabetics are often short of vitamin D, and the vitamin D3 type is more likely to help than the other type.

http://www.femail.com.au/anthony-pearce-vitamin-d-deficiency.htm

http://www.healthcentral.com/osteoporosis/news-279375-66.html?ic=4038

http://www.uvadvantage.org/portals/0/pres/

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Permalink Reply by Robert Miles on January 29, 2009 at 9:54pm

I'd suggest taking in the readings the doctor wants, but there should be no harm in also taking in the other type of reading. Also, if it's likely to help, you might want to consider eating your last meal of the day late enough to make your bedtime reading two hours later on the days you are taking those readings.

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Permalink Reply by miranda on January 24, 2009 at 3:50pm

ok i have been reading alot the last couple of days. Prediabetes is 100 to120 or 2 hours after eating 199, and anything over is type 2 diabetes but what if ur reading is above 140 for 4-5 hours after eating

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Permalink Reply by Gerri on January 24, 2009 at 4:44pm

The way doctors determine if someone is Type 1 or 2 is usually from blood tests to see how much insulin is being produced (C-peptide test) & a test for antibodies. Little, or no, insulin & presence of antibodies points to Type 1. Good insulin rating, no antibodies points to Type 2--insulin resistance. Fasting readings & a glucose tolerance test are also used to start with.

140 4-5 hours after eating is high, but whether this is Type1, Type 2, Type 1.5 you won't know without tests.

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