Kraft's Test for Insulin Resistance

[vk81]

Having a normal fasting blood glucose DOES NOT mean non-diabetic! In fact majority of diabetics have normal fasting glucose!!

This was discovered by Dr Joseph Kraft in the 1970s. He designed a test called the Kraft's Test which measures how insulin-resistant one is. Insulin resistance develops slowly over a period of decades. One can determine how insulin resistant one is using the kraft's test.

What is the Kraft's Test?

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1. Consume 100 gms glucose drink in the fasting state.

2. Measure serum insulin levels at 0, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4 hrs.

3. The pattern of insulin response to 100 gm glucose challenge determines how insulin resistant one is.

4. Stage-1 people are non-insulin-resistant (perfectly normal glucose metabolism) and stage-5 people are fully diabetic. People in stages 2,3,4 are progressively more and more insulin-resistant.

5. With proper treatment, a person in stage 4 will regress to stage 3, then stage 2 and then finally come to stage 1.

[cure Administrator]

Here is more reading...

profgrant.com/2013/08/16/jo...

[Sid_Arthur]

A helpful write-up from ~5years ago. I found Dr J R Kraft's work only during 2021, . . . - & given its importance to all forms of DIABETES, its a little surprising only 18 results are returned by searching for "Kraft" on this forum. Now, in Jan 2022, . . . it may be a g🍒d time to start improving on that !

Thanks to admin Cure for posting his link above t🍒!!❗

AtB . . . to ALL readers - it does seem T2D . . . & T2DM, are manageable & improvable . . . with sufficient UNDERSTANDING & mindful efforts - & have been for many years!

Sid

Sun 2 Jan 2022

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[Bpr24]

Hi vk81, do you know where Kraft's test is available in India? Or which labs do it?