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glucose tolerance test

In medicine, a method of assessing the efficiency of the body to metabolize glucose, which is used in the diagnosis of diabetes. It involves the starvation of the subject for several hours before giving a standard amount of glucose by mouth. Concentrations of glucose are measured in the blood and the urine over several hours.



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But when Dutch researchers gave 13 women with diabetes 1 1/2 grams of ground cinnamon (3/4 teaspoon) every day for six weeks, they did no better on an oral glucose tolerance test than similar women who were given a placebo.
1997 = Plasma glucose levels Cobo and Castineira 1997 Delayed glucose clearance after glucose tolerance test = Basal insulin levels in vivo Biswas et al.
A 5-hour glucose tolerance test demonstrated impaired glucose tolerance and abnormally elevated insulin levels.
 
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