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0 pointslolc8y ago0 comments

Testing instruments are widely available and affordable too due to diabetes being such a widespread disease.

I've just started using Freestyle Libre[1]. It's quite affordable even though it's not as accurate as blood measurements. It's possible to have one sensor attached for up to two weeks. This should be enough time to assess your body's reaction to carbs.

I don't know how you would test for pre-diabetes but to test for diabetes you can basically just drink a lot of sugar-water and see what your blood does. There are levels you can't reach unless you're diabetic.

Personally I've switched to a mostly carb-free diet because managing sugar levels is much easier that way.

[1] http://www.diabetes.co.uk/blood-glucose-meters/abbott-freest...

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pimeys8y ago· 2 in thread

Have you tried to use it with xDrip plus[1] and an NFC capable Android phone? It allows you to calibrate the values using accurate blood glucose values. If you do a bit of research and do the calibrations right, it can be as accurate as the values from a fingerstrip reader.

[1] https://github.com/NightscoutFoundation/xDrip

lolcOP8y ago

I've only just started using the sensors. xDrip is very interesting, thanks.

pimeys8y ago

Being a type 1 diabetic, this software has changed my life totally. It's just that good nothing else comes even close. I use Dexcom G4 as my CGM and I wrote an InfluxDB support to xDrip, so now I can use Grafana to monitor my glucose values in real time.

The development of xDrip plus is very active, so you probably want to use the nightlies.

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