Use your skin-fold calipers to look for prediabetes and diabetes
by drmaurer - January 14th, 2010
Skinfold site Triceps
Measure your triceps and measure the hip point. Do this with the instructions found in the booklet and calipers available from our office. http://www.fatbackdiet.com/?page_id=42
In Women, the triceps should be about the same as the hip measurement. So if a measurement of 18mm is found on the caliper on the triceps – you should see that the hip is about 18mm. It may be less if you are training or exercising while following the FatBack Diet. If the hip measurement is 50% to 100% higher, so in this case 27 to 36 mm, prediabetes or diabetes is likely.
In Men, the hip measurement should be within 1.5 times the triceps. So if the triceps measures 15, the hip should be 15 to 22. If the hip is twice the triceps I suspect prediabetes, if the hip is three times the triceps, I suspect diabetes.
Again, a scale does not provide valuable information; the calipers are the only reliable tool for true health in the body.