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Subtracting fibre from total carbs is the basis of the glycemic index. Calories burnt in a calorimetre includes fibre which we do not digest. Soluble fibre slows fat & carb absorption & both are prebiotics for a healthy gut biome. Our bodies evolved to crave carbs on a LCHF diet. With more...

After a stressful year my reactive hypoglycemia / false hypos became extreme & sent me down the diabetes path. Already Paleo, going VLCHF & morning fasting got my BSL stabilized until I realized the dawn phenomena was the reaction to fasting stress. Leg cramps, tight chest & obsessive thoughts...

Thanks Nosh & Brun, if I may call you that. Been working well the last few days. The previous 2 months I had been spending 3 - 6 hrs researching on the computer. Pre-dawn now before I can get out & my comp time is now restricted by 'a normal life'. I didn't have access to your blog Nosh. A quick...

Can't see the point of OGT, we all know what the result will be, unless they test insulin levels as LBG is a symptom of too much insulin. Thanks Brunneria & [Dr?] Kraft, the insulin assay. What happens to the excess glucose when we are skinny & insulin can't pack it away in fat cells? Do we...

Thank you Brunneria. It is you & Kristin 251 that I was referring to in my first line. In my 30's, when I asked for an Oral Blood Glucose Tolerance Test and presented a classic Hypo curve, it was basically, so what! It was then that I determined Diabetes was symptomatic. I am now coming to the...

New member & thanks for some very informative threads, particularly RH. My doctor told me I was insulin resistant. Did I misunderstand as it is usually associated with obesity? At school I went from A student to D for dropout over 4 yrs. I fell 'asleep' mid morning & was exempted if I couldn't...