What are they saying to you? I don’t understand how they could even object.
I don’t get it either. The pattern I’ve seen so far is that they have a mental flowchart and I don’t fit into it. Normally I either get ignored or a it’s a quick no.
“Your numbers are perfect. You don’t need this. Just stay a healthy weight.” …but I want the info. “Hourly glucose is meaningless” umm…yes, for a non diabetic I agree, but it would help me answer $ListOfQuestions “Just take care of yourself. You are fine” well, here is an article showing some MDs who say the info is useful for non diabetics. “Oh, that’s fascinating, so why don’t you get one” I need a prescription “But then you might try to get insurance to cover and there’s no medical need” My insurance won’t cover it trust me, nor am I that dishonest. I want to pay out of pocket but I need a doctor’s blessing
The above exchange is the furthest I ever got. I seriously felt like I was giving a school presentation or pitching mom and dad on why we needed to upgrade the RAM on my childhood computer.
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Thinking about this a little more… seems like anything you track is really an attempt to forego the use of your body’s own insulin. You have two levers to affect that: diet and physical activity. You may end up at One Meal A Day if you try to maximize that metric from a diet perspective. I’ve also heard from people who actually have the benefit of tracking, that exercise dramatically and quickly drops blood sugar levels.
When I’m on my game I normally do squats right before or after I eat. Similarly, you’ll see preworkout shakes often containing significant amounts of sugar. The idea is some exercise increases insulin sensitivity in your muscle tissue so a small amount of insulin goes a lot further. Additionally, that means you end up preferentially storing glucose in muscle as glycogen instead of converting it to triglycerides and dumping it in adipose tissue. This is my bro-science understanding at least, so take with a grain of salt. I would LOVE to track and actually validate whether the above is true.
In longevity circles they also talk about a fasting blood glucose level in the high 80’s being indicative of low levels of chronic inflammation. You won’t get a diabetes diagnosis until you’re at 150 though I think???
So basically, you need to Kobayashi some jelly beans in 60 seconds while doing squats and then beemind that.
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Beware!
- 60 to 100 mg/dL is considered normal
- 100 to 125 mg/dL is considered pre-diabetic
- more than 125 is considered to check for diabetis
This is quite important, so, if it continues @dreev I would go for a blood analysis. Ask for HbA1C (glycosilated hemoglobin, which is able to show glucose levels over a 3-4 month period and it is a better estimate for diabetes).
Source: diet and nutrition college student 
(also: check Diabetes - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic)
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