Glucose Tolerance Testing – Dr. Kenneth Finkelstein DO, FACOOG

Glucose Tolerance Testing Services involves determining whether you have diabetes or not. For more information, call us or simply schedule an appointment online. We serve patients from Evergreen Park IL, Mokena IL, Oak Lawn IL, Chicago Ridge IL, Hickory Hills IL, Bridgeview IL and Bedford Park IL.

You are scheduled for a glucose tolerance test to determine whether or not you have diabetes.

To obtain accurate results, you must do the following:

• For at least three days before your test, maintain your normal activities and eat a normal diet. This diet should include three meals and a bedtime snack on each of the three days. A sample menu appears below to help you know how much to eat each day.
• On the night before your test, take Nothing by mouth except water after 8:00 p.m. This means you will have to eat your bedtime snack early (before 8:00 p.m.) on this day.
• On the day of your test Do not eat or drink anything (except water), Do not smoke, do not chew gum (not even sugarless gum). Do not use breath mints.
• If you do not follow these instructions carefully, and especially if you do not eat enough sugars and starches for the three days before your test, your results may be FALSELY DIABETIC.

Sample Menu

Breakfast

• 1 egg
• 2 slices of toast
• 1 cup of milk
• 2tsp. margarine
• 1 cup orange juice

Lunch

• Sandwich with 2 slices of bread and 2 ounces of meat
• 1 large piece of fruit
• 1 cup of milk
• vegetable

Dinner

• Meat, fish, or poultry
• ½ cup of rice, noodles, pasta, or potato
• 1 slice of bread or ½ roll
• salad or cooked vegetable
• 1 cup of milk
• 1 large piece of fruit

Snack

• ½ sandwich with 1 ounce of meat
• 1 large piece of fruit
• 1 cup of milk