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The first few minutes of the second video is about HOMA-IR, what are good levels of that test, and why. The video is titled "What causes Insulin Resistance" which might be useful to the original question, but his intro about the tests he uses was the reason it was linked.

Yes, you can do a GTT at home, but that tells you little about your Insulin. Dr Kraft was the first doctor to test Insulin also at the same hourly intervals during a five hour glucose tolerance test. Glucose is a lagging indicator of diabetes if you will, why Dr Fung focuses on insulin. Amy Berger also has good info on it. http://www.tuitnutrition.com/2015/0...-insulin-1.html

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With the help of some very cool people in the low-carb, high-fat (LCHF) world, I have been introduced to a new concept—well, new to me, but certainly not “new” at all—and I’d like to share it with you. There’s a lot to talk about, but the overall theme boils down to this: by focusing almost exclusively on blood glucose, the medical and nutrition professions have been missing the boat on a much larger, much more insidious problem: insulin. As you know, blood glucose and insulin are intimately related. It’s hard to discuss one without the other. But when was the last time your basic bloodwork panel included a measurement of your insulin levels? Have you ever had a doctor look at anything but your fasting glucose and maybe your A1c if (s)he was concerned about your blood sugar management? (Never mind that the A1c isn’t even included in a typical blood panel. You often have to specifically request it.) If you’ve ever been the victim of experienced an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), did your doctor measure your insulin levels, or only your blood glucose?

https://profgrant.com/2013/08/16/jo...inemia-matters/

http://www.thefatemperor.com/blog/2...ent-of-diabetes

Of course, all this information is moot if your insulin has never been tested! Anyone being treated for diabetes should have had the test. But you can also have it done at a direct to consumer lab anytime without a doctor for about $30.