Using of Ice Cream for Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus

The overall global prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is rising. Based on the latest Thai National Health Examination Survey, an estimated 3.2 million people had DM, of whom one-third was undiagnosed. The inexpensive oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) is a more sensitive and reliable test of DM than fasting plasma glucose (FPG) or HbA1c, and is recommended for diagnosing DM and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT). Although the OGTT provides useful diagnostic information, poor patient tolerance of glucose solutions is inevitable.