Glucose tolerance test

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In diabetes the body is unable to make normal use of glucose as fuel, and it accumulates in abnormally large amounts in the blood. Even in healthy people, glucose levels in the blood always rise after a meal, but they soon return to normal as the glucose is used up or stored. A glucose tolerance test will distinguish between the normal pattern and the patterns in diabetes. Glucose is also known as blood sugar.

How is it performed?