The Health Edge: Pre-Diabetes and Diabetes Management

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In this episode of The Health Edge Mark and John discuss current strategies for glycemic control in diabetes. Importantly, pharmacologic strategies that lower glucose and A1c but raise or fail to improve insulin levels, do not result in risk-reduction as predicted by the current guidelines.

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Mark Pettus

Insulin can be measured as a “fasting insulin level” or some labs do a “HOMA score” which includes fasting glucose with fasting insulin levels. Lab ranges of normal may vary slightly but ideally one wants a fasting insulin level < 8. Lower is better. Thanks for listening to the Health edge! Mark

August 1, 2018 at 7:01 pm Reply

Mark Pettus

Hi Eric,
Many people I work with have limited resources so my recommendations are often influenced by cost and coverage, appreciating that for basic glucose monitoring the accuracy is pretty good. Lifestyle ultra and free style 2 are brands that are inexpensive, easy to use and readily available. That said, the future state is continuous glucose monitoring. The devices are a little pricey though I anticipate costs will come down in time.
This is a recent side-side comparison of CGM devices.

The Dexcom G5 mobile system can transmit to your smartphone.
It appears there is the transmitter, mobile receiver app for your phone, and the platinum sensors (each for 1 week data).
If you did this e.g. 1 week/qtr and looked at the data, you would likely see some interesting patterns connected to e.g. diet, activity, sleep patterns, stress, etc. I have no vested interest in the product other than its potential to provide real time monitoring that would likely lead to some lifestyle modification.
https://mail.google.com/mail/ca/u/0/?ui=2&ik=6d2fe2835e&view=att&th=1651fae59d5774e6&attid=0.1&disp=inline&safe=1&zw

https://www.dexcom.com/get-started-cgm?utm_source=bing&utm_campaign=b&sfc=70133000001LlpgAAC&msclkid=f7214d3f7a4c18ee4d87174d791f8f67
Very best! Mark

August 9, 2018 at 5:35 pm Reply
- Eric Schikowski
  
  Thanks Mark,
  Realizing my question didn’t mention Insulin level evaluation, sorry.
  To re-state, what are your favorite labs to test Fasting Insulin levels, and might there be a ‘home kit’ pr perhaps even a home/office device for that purpose?
  Thank you,
  Eric
  
  August 9, 2018 at 7:58 pm Reply

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