I am not diabetic, but I thought it would be interesting to track both my blood glucose and my blood insulin. Obviously a blood glucose meter is easy to buy, but can one buy a personal meter that measures both glucose and insulin? I can’t find one online.
If such a thing exists, brand names and websites would be very helpful. Thanks.
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#1 by jjadee on January 27th, 2012
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huh?
i have never heard of measuring how much insulin is in your body.
diabetics just inject/pump manually!
most type 2′s take oral meds tho.
for non diabetics
their body automatically makes the appropriate amount of insulin they need.
i think you might be able too see how much insulin is in your body by the way diabetics use it.
it’s called insulin: carb ratio.
we have to take X amount of insulin for X amount of carbs we eat.
everyone is different but
i need 1 unit of insulin for every 25 g of carbs i eat.
so i assume before i was diagnosed that’s how much insulin my body was making automatically.
so if i ate a 50g of carbs, the pancreas would give out an amount equal 2 units of insulin.
if you could get your insulin to carb ratio
i’m not sure that’s possible for a nondiabetic
but if you do find this out
and figure out about how many carbs you eat a day
you could probably find out how much insulin your body makes.
SORRY IF THAT WAS REALLY CONFUSING!!!!!
i’m just saying what i know
#2 by Bolt on January 27th, 2012
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There is no commercial meter available for measuring insulin levels, however, there is a laboratory blood test that can do it (c-peptide?).
It wouldn’t do much good for us to have an insulin meter anyway, since everybody’s production and needs are different (consider how much trouble diabetics already have just tracking their glucose). How much your body needs to produce can be very different from what someone else needs for the same food item. I’ve been part of the “let’s compare” group at lunch – we all eat the same thing but the number of points on the meters two hours later can vary as much as 100 mg/dL between some of us.
For some type 2s, we do have our insulin levels checked periodically because we produce not enough of our own insulin (and supplement with injections), but enough that we are a type 1. Some oral meds are designed to force the beta cells to produce more insulin (which makes me wonder if after using such meds over many years, will some or all of those cells burn out?).
Ms Lamb: I am a type 2 with reduced isulin production. There is some concern that I may end up type 1 in another decade or so.
#3 by Noccie on January 27th, 2012
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Why would it be interesting to track your blood glucose and blood insulin? Why not track your triglycerides, and blood pressure, and red blood cell count, etc etc
My point is that there is no point in doing random blood tests on yourself without a doctor’s guidance and a real reason to do it. At best, you’ll end up with a bunch of random numbers that don’t mean anything.
#4 by Miz Lamb on January 27th, 2012
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No, Honey! We don’t track our insulin levels that way.
In type 1 people there is NO insulin produced.
In type 2 people we are Insulin RESISTANT. Usually there is a regular amount of insulin in our systems but it can’t get into the muscles to work properly.
http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/
The only thing we can track is Glucose levels.
#5 by Lisa H on January 27th, 2012
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I wish there were! I’ve been a type 1 diabetic for 18 years and testing your blood sugar is only half the problem. I think what you might mean is having what they call a “closed-loop system” in that it measures your blood sugar and how much active insulin is running around in your blood stream. The closest thing they have is what I have–an insulin pump with a sensor you can also insert to see how your blood sugar is going–up or down–not just the blood sugar at that moment in time. The pump also tells you how much active insulin is still in your system in order to help you figure out how much extra insulin you need to take for a high blood sugar reading or when you want to eat, based on your blood sugar level at that time. Unfortunately, there are tons of other variables, including activity level, stress, and sickness to consider, so blood sugar and insulin aren’t the only things that matter. I know I went on and on over one simple question, but hopefully I’ve answered it anyhow.