A recent study took blood
glucose readings from a variety of cats 8 years old and older as they entered the veterinary clinic, after they had been hanging out for a few hours, and again after fasting.
Everyone can remember their last
glucose reading from their own test.
Not exact matches
Researchers also had to build in a system to pull energy
from incoming radio frequency waves to power the device enough to collect and transmit one
glucose reading per second.
Normal Level ranges
from 70 to 107 mg / dl or 4.0 to 5.9 mmol / l Prediabetes or Impaired
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You have to get yourself into that peculiar state of mind where you can go to an issue of Nature and
read a paper entitled «
Glucose is an essential cofactor for function of the glucose porter in vitro» from top to bottom and think «Wow» and then aim for similar lofty h
Glucose is an essential cofactor for function of the
glucose porter in vitro» from top to bottom and think «Wow» and then aim for similar lofty h
glucose porter in vitro»
from top to bottom and think «Wow» and then aim for similar lofty heights.
Currently available technology allows insulin pumps to deliver insulin to people with diabetes after taking a
reading or
readings from glucose meters, but these two components are separate.
My
readings very high
from day 1, going up to 3.2 mMol (right) while my
glucose levels stayed low (4 - 6 mMol, left).
It is my impression
from reading the original paper (which is also the graph that Dr. Greger showed in the video) that meat / fish increased «insulin to
glucose ratio» higher than fruits and other carbs, not the actual insulin level (which was the other way around).
You'll want to
read this post in regard to normal
glucose but high insulin: http://www.tuitnutrition.com/2015/09/its-the-insulin-1.html Part 2 mentions all the health problems that come
from high insulin — with OR WITHOUT high
glucose — including kidney problems: http://www.tuitnutrition.com/2015/09/its-the-insulin-2.html My posts are very long, but educational.
Read this blog post at least up to the awesome Fromentin study: «8 % of the blood
glucose produced under optimal gluconeogenic conditions came
from dietary protein.»
Read more about exercise and fitness Researchers have concluded that post-meal walks can actually help clear
glucose from the bloodstream because more of it is being taken up by muscles, which ultimately means better digestion and better overall control of blood sugar levels.
From the research I have
read, both ripe and firm bananas should be okay... The carbohydrates do change (fructose and
glucose increase with ripening) but both states of ripeness do not have EXCESS fructose which is key.
I have gone
from prediabetic blood
glucose readings, to perfect
readings, by following your advice — and lost 40 lbs as well.
I went
from being at 391 (blood
glucose meter
reading) down to 146 is three days.
In the Foreword to the book There is a Cure for Diabetes by Dr Gabriel Cousens, a leader in the field of reversing diabetes, Brian M Connolly writes, «I was able to go
from a dangerously high Type - 2 diabetic condition, with a
glucose reading of 292, down to a diabetes - free
reading of 113 in just 9 days».
I remember
from reading Petro Dobromylskyj's block that insulin's most important job is to lock fat in fat cells so body must use excess (toxic)
glucose first.
Also, to mention the Atkins diet, in the book I
read, the diet begins with a two week very low carb diet [20 grams of carbo perday] in order to transition the body into a state of nutritional ketosis, using ketones not
glucose / insulin for energy generation; however, it is not intended to be a permanent such state but rather for the dieter to gradually add in carbs; however, is one added in only up to the limit, which varies
from person to person, of carbs to just below the lvel that would transition out of ketosis, then Atkins would work with that in mind and requiring monitoring for blood or urine ketone levels and must needs be high fat,, moderate protein, and low carbs
To get a reliable blood
glucose reading is a management problem — the cats have to be seen quickly, and / or kept up high, covered and away
from other dogs and other cats during the waiting time — which is also the reason these 12 and 24 hours
glucose curves are going to be useless — that is a whole day of «stress».
Of course, because the fructosamine is looking at averages, it will not distinguish excellent control
from wide swings
from very high to very low
glucose readings.
Apart
from Debug, you can see how the designers Dries Verbruggen and Lucas Maassen made a sofa in the shape of Maassen's brainwaves, or Doug Bucci's pieces of jewellery that emerged
from transforming his blood
glucose readings into 3D pieces, quite similar to the bracelet made form modelling weather pattern in 3D which we featured last week.
The next - generation Apple Watch could feature an advanced technology that would allow the device to
read blood
glucose levels without even drawing blood
from the user.