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Aug
3 Hour Glucose Test Fasting. DO NOT eat or drink anything other than sips of water for 8 to 14 hours before your test. On the third day of your diet eat nothing not even toast and drink nothing except sips of water after 1000 pm. You guzzle down the bottle of glucose and wait a whole hour without any food or drink get another blood draw and repeat that same process for three full hours. An initial blood sugar is drawn and then the person is given a glucola bottle with a high amount of sugar in it 75 grams of glucose or 100 grams for pregnant women.
3-hour post-meal glucose values were around 97-114 mgdl. And until your test is complete. The individual with diabetes then drinks a. Only if you need to do the 3. Oral glucose tolerance test OGTT. At 830am I was taken back and had my fasting blood sugar level drawn.
Do Not Eat or Drink anything other than sips of water -no additives 8-14 hours before the test.
At 830am I was taken back and had my fasting blood sugar level drawn. You guzzle down the bottle of glucose and wait a whole hour without any food or drink get another blood draw and repeat that same process for three full hours. First you will need to fast for this test too so you may choose to schedule this test in the morning after completing an overnight fast. You may want to schedule it first thing in the morning if possible and be. For a few tests. I showed up to my 3-hour test armed with my laptop and free wifi to pass the time so I wasnt too worried.