subject: What Are Home Diabetes Screening Tests [print this page] Home Diabetes Glucose screening tests are effective, quality tests for the early detection of abnormal blood sugar (glucose) levels that can be a sign of diabetes or other medical problems. The best home tests are fasting blood glucose test that requires an 8 hour fasting period prior to testing. The most convenient time to test is in the morning, before breakfast which makes it even easier as they can be done in the privacy and comfort of home. Results are obtained by matching the test to an easy to read colour chart clearly indicating a low, normal or high result.
They use the same technology that diabetic patients use to monitor glucose levels and include a built-in quality check to ensure accuracy before testing. If the test shows a result in the high range, medical advice should be sought for further testing Untreated, Diabetes causes serious harm to the body. If an abnormal result is confirmed and treated by your doctor, this can prevent or delay the onset of serious side effects.
When diagnosed and treated early by your doctor, the harmful side effects of Diabetescan be prevented or delayed through simple lifestyle changes. They include regular exercise and diet changes such as choosing foods high in fibre, low in fat and GI. These changes in combination with oral medication can help to reduce glucose levels.
Home-Check is an Australian brand owned by an Australian company. Our vision is to empower the individual in leading a healthy and fulfilling life.Todays busy lifestyles leave little time for the most important aspect of your life your health. Far too often your health is neglected because there are always other priorities.With this in mind, we have developed a range of products to assist you at the various stages of your life.
Our goal is to keep adding to this range so you can monitor your health at the key stages of your life in the privacy and convenience of your home and take appropriate action as required with your doctor or health care professional. We are passionate about product quality and performance. There is only one way to ensure that product quality is assured and that is to have a globally recognised third party to evaluate product quality and performance against manufacturer claims. Consequently, any products that we market are listed with the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). The TGA is Australias regulatory agency for registering all drugs and devices and its reputation is globally recognised.In addition to purchasing our products from this site, we will only make them available at quality stockists these are listed under the stockists tab on this web-site.
