Proper time to check fasting blood glucose oh hgh?

[Bobertson]

Hi

What is the proper timing to check fasting blood glucose for impacts from hgh?

Currently on 6iu taken at night around 10pm.

I wake up around 0530 and measure it at about 0550. It’s been coming in high at 90-110.

If I measure it after my morning LISS (with no food) at like 0800 it comes in at 70-80 which obviously is no concern.

Blood tests don’t show elevated hba1c, but I’ve only been on this for about 2 months so have a single data point.

Am I just measuring it too early when the hgh is still having too much impact?

Diet is very clean from bad carbs, no fried foods, desserts, fast food, crap like that.

 

[Mac11wildcat]

For me it was wake up, move a little bit (not cardio but get blood moving a tad) then test.

I would also test your pre and 30/60/90/120 mins post meal.

 

[AlexDavis43]

Hi

What is the proper timing to check fasting blood glucose for impacts from hgh?

Currently on 6iu taken at night around 10pm.

I wake up around 0530 and measure it at about 0550. It’s been coming in high at 90-110.

If I measure it after my morning LISS (with no food) at like 0800 it comes in at 70-80 which obviously is no concern.

Blood tests don’t show elevated hba1c, but I’ve only been on this for about 2 months so have a single data point.

Am I just measuring it too early when the hgh is still having too much impact?

Diet is very clean from bad carbs, no fried foods, desserts, fast food, crap like that.

Take it when you get up in the morning. Don't have to overthink it. Take a few days average.

Like Mac suggested, a two-hour post meal measurement should be back to baseline.

 

[Bobertson]

Take it when you get up in the morning. Don't have to overthink it. Take a few days average.

Like Mac suggested, a two-hour post meal measurement should be back to baseline.

Thanks

It’s not that I’m overthinking it, it’s that if I test immediately after waking it’s in a range where I should be concerned but if I wait an hour or two it is in a great range.

Sounds like I need to start metformin, as I already do berberine.

 

[FuriousAngus]

Take it when you get up in the morning. Don't have to overthink it. Take a few days average.

Like Mac suggested, a two-hour post meal measurement should be back to baseline.

I'd like to add: whether your BG will return to baseline 2 hours after a meal depends on a lot of factors (it needs to be said otherwise people will start to freak out over nothing), like how big your meals are, is it a high carb or high fat meal, etc...

That said, it shouldn't be TOO far off.

Also, it's best to measure fasted (key word here) blood glucose in an actual fasted state, so 8+ hours of sleep/no food.

 

[AlexDavis43]

I'd like to add: whether your BG will return to baseline 2 hours after a meal depends on a lot of factors (it needs to be said otherwise people will start to freak out over nothing), like how big your meals are, is it a high carb or high fat meal, etc...

That said, it shouldn't be TOO far off.

Also, it's best to measure fasted (key word here) blood glucose in an actual fasted state, so 8+ hours of sleep/no food.

I'm nitpicking now and will further add that the 2-hour time point is good bc it's generally a clear cutoff between healthy and prediabetic almost regardless of what you eat. Ie, it's easy for normies to track.

For example, if it's a high fat low carb meal, you should be back to baseline easily in 2 hours.

And unless you're a competitive eater (maybe?), even after a decently large high carb meal you should be back to baseline in 2 hours.

 

[Ateam2023]

if i eat a bunch of skittles, my bg will get 140 mayybe, but is back in low 90's in a coupla hrs,,

 

[BigDadd7]

Thanks

It’s not that I’m overthinking it, it’s that if I test immediately after waking it’s in a range where I should be concerned but if I wait an hour or two it is in a great range.

Sounds like I need to start metformin, as I already do berberine.

If your doc gave you an order for fasted lab work-
Wake up and take a piss. Maybe have a glass of water. Take a shower and brush your teeth. Get dressed. Drive to the lab. Wait a bit. Get your blood drawn. Sounds like a few hours after waking?

 

[Bobertson]

If your doc gave you an order for fasted lab work-
Wake up and take a piss. Maybe have a glass of water. Take a shower and brush your teeth. Get dressed. Drive to the lab. Wait a bit. Get your blood drawn. Sounds like a few hours after waking?

I’m horribly weird and work kind of prevents that. If my doc gave me an order for fasted blood work I just tough it out through the morning and day with water only and get it drawn at like 3:30pm. Same thing I do for my testosterone bloodwork.

 

[Demondosage]

If it’s slightly over 100 then begin taking 500mg berberine before bed, if after 1 week it’s not under 90 then 1,000mg before bed. If that doesn’t lower it then you need to come off for awhile

 

[Bobertson]

If it’s slightly over 100 then begin taking 500mg berberine before bed, if after 1 week it’s not under 90 then 1,000mg before bed. If that doesn’t lower it then you need to come off for awhile

thanks. Already on dihydroberberine so will add the metformin.

 

[Middus]

I'm nitpicking now and will further add that the 2-hour time point is good bc it's generally a clear cutoff between healthy and prediabetic almost regardless of what you eat. Ie, it's easy for normies to track.

For example, if it's a high fat low carb meal, you should be back to baseline easily in 2 hours.

And unless you're a competitive eater (maybe?), even after a decently large high carb meal you should be back to baseline in 2 hours.

Technically 2hrs after a meal is not 'baseline' It's a measure of how well insulin is handling the glucose.

 

[Demondosage]

Also, something to note here is that some ppl will have slightly elevated a.m. glucose that normalizes as the day moves forward, I’ve seen this before also

 

[serkan]

Do you have to worry about your blood sugar level if you take 2-3 IU?

 

[Ateam2023]

Do you have to worry about your blood sugar level if you take 2-3 IU?

Its a good idea to while taking any kind of hgh, you have to be diligent when using hgh , water, diet, cardio , bg monitoring etc, and you have the best results , Don't forget to get a baseline igf1 number before you start to get a idea of how you respond down the road to hgh ,,

 

[songsofpyramids]

Do you have to worry about your blood sugar level if you take 2-3 IU?

We are all different. You might be fine and it might not dent your blood sugar at all, or it might be the straw that breaks the system’s back.

 

[serkan]

We are all different. You might be fine and it might not dent your blood sugar at all, or it might be the straw that breaks the system’s back.

Last night, around 9:30 p.m., I ate pasta with yogurt and ground beef. Around 12:30 a.m., I injected myself with 2 IU of HGH and 3 mg of TB500. This morning, around 9:00 a.m., I checked my blood sugar. My blood sugar was 114. I've checked my blood sugar occasionally over the past few weeks, and it was always between 100 and 105. This morning, it was at its highest at 114.

What can I do about this? I'm taking HGH for anti-aging purposes (joint problems) in addition to BPC 157 + TB500.

Should I stop taking HGH? Can HGH cause diabetes? My mother is diabetic. By the way, my IGF-1 level was 217 before I started taking HGH (I'm 50 years old).

I would appreciate some advice.

 

[IndividualMan]

Type 1 Diabetic here,
a Blood sugar of 114 is absolutely nothing to worry about, especially at 50, especially considering some people get a slight morning peak of blood sugar during puberty, which for some peopley returns as they age.

A fasted blood glucose of 114 is SO FAR away from the point you actually have to worry (I would start worrying upwards of 135 despite countermeasures if I was a non-diabetic) especially if it goes down into the 90s-80s after waking/ moving around the house a bit.

Due to Diabetes having a pretty strong genetic component, you probably want to keep an eye on your A1C (preferrably below 5.7) and maybe visit a doctor at some point in the future.

 

[FuriousAngus]

Type 1 Diabetic here,
a Blood sugar of 114 is absolutely nothing to worry about, especially at 50, especially considering some people get a slight morning peak of blood sugar during puberty, which for some peopley returns as they age.

A fasted blood glucose of 114 is SO FAR away from the point you actually have to worry (I would start worrying upwards of 135 despite countermeasures if I was a non-diabetic) especially if it goes down into the 90s-80s after waking/ moving around the house a bit.

Due to Diabetes having a pretty strong genetic component, you probably want to keep an eye on your A1C (preferrably below 5.7) and maybe visit a doctor at some point in the future.

It wouldn't be wise to wait until things start to "really" break though, no? Metabolic health isn't an ON/OFF switch.

 

[serkan]

Type 1 Diabetic here,
a Blood sugar of 114 is absolutely nothing to worry about, especially at 50, especially considering some people get a slight morning peak of blood sugar during puberty, which for some peopley returns as they age.

A fasted blood glucose of 114 is SO FAR away from the point you actually have to worry (I would start worrying upwards of 135 despite countermeasures if I was a non-diabetic) especially if it goes down into the 90s-80s after waking/ moving around the house a bit.

Due to Diabetes having a pretty strong genetic component, you probably want to keep an eye on your A1C (preferrably below 5.7) and maybe visit a doctor at some point in the future.

I'm not diabetic. My long-term blood sugar level is 5.1 on March 2024 and 5.5 on December 2024. On the days I didn't inject HGH, it was 88-90 the next morning. What do you mean by 30-25 C?

I just want to relieve some of my joint problems.

I'm thinking about stopping it. May I ask your opinion? Should I stop taking it? Can I become diabetic by injecting 2-3 IU of HGH? How can I lower my blood sugar despite this?