Help with interpreting energy substrate utilization test results

username said:

energy substrate utilization test

I don't know the answer to your question. However, here's a website that
does a utilization test:

http://www.meredith.edu/hped/ess/lab/hplpage/endurance_testing.htm

It has an interesting chart of carbohydrate usage versus heart rate for
aerobic exercise.

How do your results compare to this person's?

Bob in CT

A low carb diet can make fasting glucose tests look better.

I'm not familiar with the rest, but it sounds interesting. What country are
you in?

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I recently got my metabolic panel done and below are the results of
the energy substrate utilization test:

ENERGY SUBSTRATE UTILIZATIONS:

CARBOHYDRATE 56 g/24h -- 15.5 % OF TOTAL

FAT 104 g/24h -- 65.0 % OF TOTAL

PROTEIN 69 g/24h -- 19.7 % OF TOTAL

I also got diagnosed with impaired fasting glucose.

Nobody had time to explain these results to me and I didn't want to be
a bother and refrained from asking any questions.

Everyone here seems to be very knowledgeable and helpful and I would
be very thankful if someone would be kind enough as to help me a
little.

Could these results indicate that I would do well on a low
carbohydrate diet, since I don't seem to metabolize carbohydrates very
efficiently?

I really haven't got an idea what all of this means--any and all help
with interpreting these results would be highly appreciated.

Thank you in advance,
username

On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 16:04:23 -0500, Bob in CT <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

On 8 Dec 2004 12:34:50 -0800, username <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

energy substrate utilization test

I don't know the answer to your question. However, here's a website
that does a utilization test:

http://www.meredith.edu/hped/ess/lab/hplpage/endurance_testing.htm

It has an interesting chart of carbohydrate usage versus heart rate for
aerobic exercise.

How do your results compare to this person's?

Bob in CT

Also, if your test was done resting, then it doesn't really mean much (and
I don't even know if the tests shown above mean much, although I'd like to
see what my curve looks like). People typically burn more fat at lower
intensity. Also, low carb is great for insulin response and blood glucose.

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Bob M
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