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Impaired Glucose Tolerance Diet
- Type 2 Diabetes - Screening Tests - Fasting Plasma Glucose
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Healthy adults age 45 and older should get tested for diabetes every 3 years. Patients who have certain risk factors should ask their doctors about testing at an earlier age and more frequently. These risk factors include:
- A weight that is 20% more than ideal body weight
- Sedentary lifestyle
- High blood pressure (greater than 140/90) or unhealthy cholesterol levels -- especially for patients with low HDL ("good") cholesterol and high triglyceride levels
- History of heart disease, stroke, or...
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The glucose tolerance test is a laboratory method to check how the body breaks down (metabolizes) sugar.Alternative NamesOral glucose tolerance... Read more »
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Chromium in diet
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Diet - chromiumSide EffectsChromium deficiency may be seen as impaired glucose tolerance. It is seen in older people with type 2 diabetes and in... Read more »
Blood glucose monitoring
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Blood glucose monitoring refers to the ongoing measurement of blood sugar (glucose). Monitoring can be done at any time using a portable device... Read more »
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