Recent Content by AndyStein

I have had some great responses from experts for a similar issue - fatigue and aches. The upshot of it all seems to be that diabetes is about insulin resistance and the fact your glucose is loitering in your blood and not getting to your tissue. Your insulin is not unlocking your cells to the...

Good advice. Thanks. What fats do you recommend? Not sure my hiatal hernia likes this sound advice I am having my thyroid checked out…My TSH seems OK, but I am having T4 thyroxine done as well. I have often wondered about rheumatoid arthritis.

This is a very kind and pitched perfectly to my level, thanks ! So, I am aware that my recent bouts of aches and fatigue could be either the adoption of my rather strict keto-style diet or periods of glucose highs. You have re-enforced all that in your excellent commentary (above), so thanks...

The concept of calorific energy is vitally important when the thread discussion is speciifically on fatigue and muscle aches…I would imagine you cannot suddenly starve yourself of energy without some symptomatic evidence….I agree my values are too high but very much improved and I am seeing the...

Over the winter my food intake including ridiculous milkshakes and sweet yoghurts was out of control, as were my sugars. Now I have cut carbs and I eat frugally with small portions and exercise alot. This brought me down from around 20mmol/l or more, to no more than 12mmol/l (maximum) 2 hours...

I‘m an unmedicated 61 yo T2 man…My weight is stuck around 16 stones + Over the winter my glucose got way out-of-control, but I have wrestled my values down to beween 7mmoll and 12 mmo/l through diet and exercise, In fact, my morning ’highs’ are lower than ever and I am not excreting sugar in my...

Thanks for the kind responses. The carbs I am eating are brown, whole-grain types. I tried to survive without any carbs by just eating protein amd salad/veg but this made me feel quite ill. I felt better when I had a small amount and stick to whole grain. So I added the whole-grain stuff, in...

I have just been diagnosed as being diabetic. At Xmas 2017 my Hba1c came back as 63 mmol/ mol. This was significantly worse than the 44 mmol/ mol last year. I was feeling really grotty at Xmas. Fatigued, spaced-out, anxious, dry mouth, dry eyes, headaches, etc... I have now lost one or two...

Hi Alison, I test my sugars regularly and often through the day. They do look better than a few months ago. It's those morning highs I am most concerned about. Hard to deal with, accept over the longer term - continued good diet and weight loss, methinks ! I shall try to ensure the smoothies...

Hi Alison, Your answer is appreciated; in fact all the answers are kindly received. I have put myself on a low carb/ low glycemic Index diet and the weight is falling off. I'm back in the gym and pool now and feel better. In fact I feel a damned sight better, sleeping better and getting back in...

I am 56 yo, 6' tall/ 18 stones (a few stones overweight!) and been suffering tiredness and lethargy. Find it hard to motivate myself physically. My sugars are high in the morning (9 mmol/l pre-brekkie) and aren't going down so readily now, as they were a year ago. I have just come off a 6 weeks...