[hardingnerd]

Question...

Would lets say a non diabetic ever get over 140-200 no matter what they ate? or if they ate like 70ish grams of carbs could they go that high?

[ShottleBop]

That's what the Glucose Tolerance Test is. 75 grams of glucose:

Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT)
[except pregnancy]
(2 hours after a 75-gram glucose drink)

Less than 140 mg/dL (7.8 mmol/L): Normal glucose tolerance

From 140 to 200 mg/dL (7.8 to 11.1 mmol/L): Impaired glucose tolerance (pre-diabetes)

Over 200 mg/dL (11.1 mmol/L) on more than one testing occasion: Diabetes

Source.

[hardingnerd]

My doctor didn't have an OGTT down on me, just a normal GTT, were my FG was 149 (still think it was wrong must have been stress from all the labs the next day, I have nvr had a fasting that higher b/f or after that) and 2hrs after, 102.

[Ronin]

Hi Hardingnerd:

Welcome to DF and the world of "The Big D." More apt, the club you never wanted to join.

Looking at the numbers you posted in your signature block, I see that your HbA1c is in the normal range -- that is good. Your C-Peptide is high and that would tend to say that you are becoming insulin resistant.

We all want to blame something for our high BG numbers, that is called denial. Diet control and exercise usually work for Pre-D's. That means changing your way of eating, and getting over the desire for the very foods that drive up your BG levels and cause your pancreas to shift into overload thereby making your body resistant to the work of insulin. (FWIW: since you are in college visit the biology department and find out how the glucose system works -- it is interesting and eye-opening).

Exercise is the critial component to reversing insulin resistance. That means serious physical exertion where you actually sweat for extended periods of time. Strength training also helps the muscles use more glucose.

The key issue for you now is to change your life-style to avoid having your body become so insulin resistant that you become a Type-2. That is what the Pre-D diagnosis is all about -- prevention.

[ShottleBop]

Originally Posted by hardingnerd

My doctor didn't have an OGTT down on me, just a normal GTT, were my FG was 149 (still think it was wrong must have been stress from all the labs the next day, I have nvr had a fasting that higher b/f or after that) and 2hrs after, 102.

The "O" in OGTT stands for "Oral", as in, you drink the stuff.

[EeyoreButterfly]

It doesn't matter how many carbs you consume, you should not go above about 120, if you are "normal". It sounds like you are at the very least pre-D. Test and keep an eye on your numbers. Start eating lower carb. Most of all, take care of yourself.