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Healthy metabolism starts with steady glucose

Both our Metabolic Health Assessment and Health at Home CarbR tests includes a comprehensive dive into how your body tackles dietary sugars and carbohydrates.

Even without abnormal readings of traditional markers of diabetes or pre-diabetic status, increased glucose variability (GV) and transiently raised blood glucose in non-diabetics is widely considered to be a potentially important risk factor for:

  • Increased risk of developing diabetes, or impaired glucose tolerance.
  • Increased systemic inflammation linked to arthritis and atherosclerosis.
  • Symptomatic low glucose post high glucose, causing daytime fatigue.
  • Future atherosclerotic heart and cerebrovascular disease, including dementia and stroke.
  • Possible ‘premature’ ageing and wrinkles (glycosylation of collagen).
  • Increased BMI, due to insulin resistance.

The Metabolic Health Assessment is available for patients over 18*.

Our top package is designed for patients with coronary heart disease  or strong family history of CHD and includes the following:

  • MHA registration form, assisted by our team
  • Continuous glucose monitor (CGM), fitted or assisted by our team
  • Daily log, added to your smartphone’s home screen
  • Fasting blood glucose and insulin (requires 8-10 hours of fasting prior)
  • A glucose tolerance test (2 hours post fasting glucose)
  • HbA1c, a marker of red cell glycosylation
  • Kidney function test
  • Vit D, Folate and Thyroid tests
  • Lymphocyte-Neutrophil Ratio – a marker of oxidative stress
  • High sensitivity CRP, a marker of active inflammation
  • Advanced lipid profile, Apolipoprotein B, LP (a), Homocysteine
  • Expert report and recommendations

Although our full metabolic health assessment requires clinic attendance for glucose tolerance test and blood tests that need immediate processing, from March 2025 we are offering key components (including CGM and HbA1C) by mail order as the Carbohydrate resilience test (CarbR test) via  online booking.

*18 years or over. In order to undertake this assessment, you must have access to a smartphone.

Interested in booking one of our Metabolic Health Assessment* packages?

You can either enquire or book using the below button.

 

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*For the MHA6 package – there is no need to attend for this, or book an appointment, so you can simply email us at enquiries@scvc.co.uk or book online via our data processing provider MedicalSpace