Jenny Ruhl over at Diabetes Update posted a notice about a glucometer test strip recall that may affect those of you measuring your own blood sugar:Aboott Laboratories has just issued a huge recall for blood testing strips which read low. The strips take too long to absorb the drop of blood.The list of affected lots is given here:http://www.precisionoptiuminfo.com/img/Lot-Numbers.pdfFurther information can be found here:http://www.precisionoptiuminfo.com/ENApparently, it takes more than 5 seconds for the blood to be absorbed ...
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In the last article I explained the three primary markers we use to track blood sugar: fasting blood glucose (FBG), oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and hemoglobin A1c (A1c). We also looked at what the medical establishment considers as "normal" for these markers. The table below summarizes those values.Marker
Normal
Pre-diabetes
DiabetesFasting blood glucose (mg/dL)
126OGGT / post-meal (mg/dL after 2 hours)
200Hemoglobin A1c (%)
6.4In this article, we're going to look at just how "normal" those normal levels are ...
There's been a lot of discussion about the benefits of intermittent fasting (IF) in the paleo community lately. Paul Jaminet mentions it's role in boosting the immune system in his book, The Perfect Health Diet, and IF can also be helpful for those trying to lose weight and tune their metabolism.From an evolutionary perspective, intermittent fasting was probably the normal state of affairs. There were no grocery stores, restaurants or convenience stores, and food ...
In the next two articles we're going to discuss the concept of "normal" blood sugar. I say concept and put normal in quotation marks because what passes for normal in mainstream medicine turns out to be anything but normal if optimal health and function are what you're interested in.Here's the thing. We've confused normal with common. Just because something is common, doesn't mean it's normal. It's now becoming common for kids to ...
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