Paul Saladino· MD
I believe that fasting insulin levels should be used to diagnose diabetes and if these were drawn more we would see a massive increase in the diagnosis and treatment of pre-diabetes and diabetes
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I believe that fasting insulin levels should be used to diagnose diabetes and if these were drawn more we would see a massive increase in the diagnosis and treatment of pre-diabetes and diabetes
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so if you have diabetes your fasting um glucose levels is going to be elevated yep fasting glucose is going to be elevated if you have yep I me your fasting insulin is going to be elevated too