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- Type of diabetes
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I agree, about the sleeping in, but as I am lazy and retired, getting up early is not part of my regular routineood morning all,
Fasting levels were 6.1 today -- seems as if sleeping in seems to lead to slightly higher levels for me.
Just saw a remarkable sequence about polar bears and diabetes today. The speaker said that scientists are interested in studying polar bears to find ways of dealing with diabetes -- as the bears seem to have unusually stable blood sugar levels. Scientists were surprised at this, since polar bears eat meat and lots of fat. (They actually continued saying if humans ate as much fat as polar bears, we wouldn't survive. -- they also never seem to have to have heard about the "classic" ketogenic diet for epilepsy where sufferers have about derive 80% of their calories from fat and live to tell about it.)
To keep on topic, my fasting level today was….. duh, I don’t know, as I forgot to check it! Not even ashamed of myself, as I do feel a bit rebellious today. Had a long walk up a big hill for a couple of hours, sat in sun, ate a flapjack with a cappucino. An hour later I checked and scored a respectable 5.4.
As for the polar bear / diabetes study, I wonder if they have stable blood glucose because they eat fat and live in the cold, and swim in freezing water. Perhaps I will experiment with that. Though I wouldn’t fancy having to check a polar bear’s BG levels.
https://www.nature.com/articles/nrendo.2015.121