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Low fasting insulin?
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Rodney D Join Date: 4/22/2019 Posts Contributed: 1544 Total Likes: 282 Recommends Recd: 0 Ignores Issued: 0 Certs & Awards: 16   Likes Recd: 0

Posted: 1/9/2020 8:04:45 AM Edited: 1/9/2020 8:22:17 AM (1)   I just had my fasting insulin tested along with several other tests. Insulin tested below reference range and I am wondering if that is an area of concern. I know we strive to be insulin sensitive and want a low fasting insulin...but can it be too low? I tried to do a HOMA calc on it and the calculator doesnt go below 2.9 uU/mL hmmm A fasting insulin done in Jun/2019 was 5.5 ref as below. F INSULIN    date:01/04/2020     1.1           Ref 2.0 - 19.6 (uIU/mL) Vit D, 25 H    date:01/04/2020     84.4          Ref  >20 Tags:

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Posted: 1/9/2020 11:33:14 AM Back to Top   Rodney D: Your fasting insulin looks AOK to me but you may want to back off on Vitamin D somewhat. Tags:

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Posted: 1/9/2020 12:14:20 PM Back to Top   If this low fasting insulin is coupled with blood sugars that are low, then this is wonderful.  It does indeed thereby suggest excellent insulin sensitivity. Tags:

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Posted: 1/9/2020 8:55:00 PM Back to Top   Imagine cooking all those SAD foods for the family and then I usually need to put something fast for myself... I don’t mind. I do not desire their food. What I mind is still having BG around 100.  :(( Tags:

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Posted: 1/10/2020 6:45:03 PM Back to Top   ...yes,  this is very restrictive...no wine:)  Why do you like your insulin to be that low? I thought you’re very skinny. Is it HBP? Tags:

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Posted: 1/11/2020 2:25:17 PM Back to Top   It’s good that you’re vigilant. You need to relax with some  wine. Cheers... :) My focus is to lower insulin resistance as well... but have some fun on the way there. Tags:

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Posted: 1/11/2020 4:34:43 PM Back to Top   An insulin level this low coupled with the good blood sugars is a cause for celebration, Rodney.  This is precisely what you are trying to achieve: magnificent insulin sensitivity. Tags:

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Posted: 1/14/2020 6:04:08 PM Back to Top   How long do I need to fast for fasting insulin? I’ve never done this... Tags:

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Posted: 1/14/2020 6:15:07 PM Back to Top   14 hour water only fast.  Get both fasting insulin and fasting glucose done at same time.  So you can use both to calculate HOMA-IR. Tags:

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