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Fasting Insulin vs fasting gulucose?
Fasting Insulin vs fasting gulucose?
What is the difference between fasting insulin and fasting gulucose?
What if the fasting gulucose is higher but fasting insulin is within the range , what steps should one take?
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@Sheetal Ramchandani so fasting insulin measures the amount of insulin the pancreas produces to regulate blood sugar levels in a fasting state, while fasting glucose measures the amount of sugar in the blood after an overnight fast.
Ideally, fasting glucose should be between 80-89.9 mg/dL and fasting insulin should be around 5-7 mIU/L. And we want HbA1C to be around 5%.
Knowing this, is the fasting insulin level within that optimal range?
Please watch this video on Fasting Glucose from the Interpreting Basic Blood Chemistry course, and let me know what you think that dynamic could mean. Putting you to the test.
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Hope I have interpreted it correctly –
1. HBA1C -5.4
Fasting insulin – 15.02uU/ml ( way above than optimal mentioned by you above )
Fasting gulucose – 97Thus this leads to insulin resistance?
Let me know if I passed the test ? -
@Sheetal Ramchandani yes you passed the test! With a clinically high fasting insulin, higher HbA1c and higher fasting glucose, it could be the initial stages of insulin resistance with the pancreas trying hard to bring blood sugar levels down. This is where having more information like a person’s diet, perceived stress level, and symptoms can help guide the picture better and guide the recommended suggestions to reverse this dynamic.
Now I’d encourage you to watch this video from the Blood Sugar Regulation course to understand the early stages of blood sugar dysregulation and hyperinsulinemia (high insulin). Do the symptoms fit with Phase 1 or 2 by any chance? Let me know.
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