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glucose tolerance test

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Noun1.glucose tolerance test - test of the body's ability to metabolize carbohydrates; used in the diagnosis of hypoglycemia and diabetes mellitus
diagnostic assay, diagnostic test - an assay conducted for diagnostic purposes


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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.
Sugar pills: fighting diabetes with supplements by Schardt, David / Nutrition Action Healthletter
1997 = Plasma glucose levels Cobo and Castineira 1997 Delayed glucose clearance after glucose tolerance test = Basal insulin levels in vivo Biswas et al.
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A 5-hour glucose tolerance test demonstrated impaired glucose tolerance and abnormally elevated insulin levels.
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