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Why doctor always request the patient to eat at least 150g of carbohyrate daily for 3 days before performing an OGTT

pls advise

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Where is the question of taking diabetic drugs off, if a person is going for Oral Glucose Tolerance Test to diagnose for diabetes . If he or she is already on diabetic drugs why he or she will opt for OGGT,

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Very true, rksharmakumar.

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So, anybody can advise me if I do not consume enough carbohydrate would lead to false positive result or false negative result?

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@M77,

Your username or picture do not indicate that it is female. So the natural choice is male or

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ShooterGeorge

@M77,

Thank you for reminding the earlier discussion. This makes me borrow your words once more:

"so no point wasting time on these irrelevant matters."

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