You can order the glucose monitor here: http://shopcart.shopmash.com/manu/10...5/product.aspx
The test strips are expensive, but if you get your doctor to write a prescription they are cheaper (I pay $40/100 with UTselectPPO). The meter will come with 10 to get you started. You can also order the strips from the same supplier.

This is the test. Its a home-made glucose tolerance test. Don't eat after you evening meal. Next morning, measure you blood glucose per the instructions with the meter. Then eat a breakfast of 3 pancakes with syrup, coffee, etc. if you like. Then call t=0 when you take your first bite of food. Measure the values at the following points: 30 min., 60 min, 120 min, and hourly thereafter until it comes to a value less than 100. Also, when you are feeling sleepy after a meal, take a measurement. You can PM me the results and I'll tell you what they mean. The 1 hour reading should be less than 200, and the 2 hour reading should be less than 140.


Interpretation of OGTT results (from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucose_tolerance_test )

Fasting plasma glucose should be below 6.1 mmol/l (110 mg/dl). Fasting levels between 6.1 and 7.0 mmol/l (110 and 126 mg/dl) are borderline ("impaired fasting glycaemia"), and fasting levels repeatedly at or above 7.0 mmol/l (126 mg/dl) are diagnostic of diabetes.

The 2 hour glucose level should be below 7.8 mmol/l (140 mg/dl). Levels between this and 11.1 mmol/l (200 mg/dl) indicate "impaired glucose tolerance." Glucose levels above 11.1 mmol/l (200 mg/dl) at 2 hours confirms a diagnosis of diabetes.

If you have impaired glucose tolerance, follow the diet in this book, Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution. You can also order it from amazon, etc. http://www.diabetes-normalsugars.com/ (although I do eat tomatoes which he doesn't recommend).


Even if you don't have impaired glucose tolerance, but you would like to use these hormonal tricks to lose fat, follow the diet in this book, Protein Power Lifeplan: http://www.amazon.com/Protein-Power-.../dp/0446678678

The protein will protect your lean body mass, and diminished carbs will promote fat burning and curb apetite.