My doctor did not translate this lab result for me and I wondered if this is the fasting insulin test result? Is it good? My A1C was 5.4 and I was kind of disappointed because it hadn’t moved down in the last 3 months with a strict keto diet–no meds. Maybe because I had the shingles during that time?
I will just stay the course and keto on!
Could someone in the know comment on the fasting insulin result?
Thank you!
The result is <2.2 uIU/ml?
That would indicate their equipment doesn’t do well with anything less than 2.2 so instead of giving a non-accurate answer they just basically say its lower than 2.2.
That’s really good though if it was actually 2ish.
I think fasting level over 5 IU is considered prediabetic. 10-30 is considered diabetic.
A hba1c of 5.4 equates to an average of 108 mg/dl (roughly 6-6.1 mmol/L) of blood sugars.
http://www.diabeteschart.org/bloodsugarchart.html
http://www.joslin.org/info/conversion_table_for_blood_glucose_monitoring.html
My A1c took an initial plummet and has stayed at 5.4 for a while. Since being pregnant my sugars have been a lot lower (70-95 mg/dl 3.9-5.3 mmol/L) so it will be interesting to see during my next lot of testing what my HbA1c will be.
Maybe working on testing fasting blood sugars and after you eat certain foods may help you to ascertain what might be keeping your sugars a bit higher. Sickness can definitely make your sugars higher.
Hba1c can also be a bit limited as well if you have red blood cells that live a bit longer as well making the count falsely higher.
Trial and error is all we can do most of the time when we are all doing this type of hacking.
I don’t have the numbers, but that doesn’t seem right to me.
I believe Tha 6.0 is pre-diabetic and something like 7.5 is diabetic.
In a YouTube video that the @dudes posted Aug 1st they said that at under 5.5 you can grow beta cells faster than they will die due to high levels.
I am on the phone and don’t have the link handy, I will post it in a few hours if no one beats me to it.
–Jacob
Maybe you’re thinking A1c ? I think the poster was referring to fasting insulin levels which can vary over a wide range in the population.
My doc said he doesn’t test them because they’re not reliable and the A1c iis what’s really important. Turns out he tested insulin anyway and I was 4. Made me happy anyway. 
Might be differ depending on the units. I was looking at a American site because she had it in UIU/ml. 5 UIU/ml and over was insuy resistant.
In Australia over 9 mu/L is insulin resistant. My fasting has been in the past 87 mu/L fasting and during a glucose tolerance test with an Insulin assay it was 155 mu/L.
If I had a fasting insulin of 2 uIU/ml I would be very happy.
I am talking about A1c. Diabetes and pre-Diabetes are defined by a high A1c. Insulin levels are at least a little useful to identify insulin resistance itself, but Diabetes is defined based on certain levels of A1c and/or blood glucose.
Despite my misunderstanding above. Here is the video I was referring to:
–Jacob