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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Call the lab if she needs more info.

[b]The point is to see how her body metabolizes sugar in a three house period. Some labs will take a baseline blood draw at arrival after a normal breakfast,  some take a fasting baseline at arrival, some don’t take anything, with the understanding that the final number is what is key, as it will only be high if her body can’t metabolize the measured amount of sugar.[/b]

Some labs do provide a pre test diet, mostly because there is so much prevalence in low carb these days. If your wife is not normally pale or keto, there’s usually not a need to load with carbs to bring her body out of ketosis ahead of time.

I’m also going to say this: I know a lot of women try to game the system wrt this test. GD is no joke, and can have health implications to both the mother and baby at birth. It’s better to have accurate results than “good” results.

(Not saying this is the case, but the question comes up on here fairly frequently)[/quote]

This is incorrect.[/quote]

What is incorrect about it? The general point of the test is to ensure that a body can metabolize a given amount of sugar in a certain amount of time.

And yes, different labs measure it differently, especially internationally. The final number is the key, but some practitioners will look at a differential. [/quote]

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