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According the Brum Uni between 15 and 35 mmol/mol... http://medweb.bham.ac.uk/easdec/prevent ... _hba1c.htm (I have done the conversion for you)

I suggest that everybody has a look at this blog by one of the leading researchers in the field of diabetes and metabolic syndrome. http://rdfeinman.wordpress.com/2012/02/ ... you-blood/ There are plenty of other posts there that are relevant to Type 2... Plough your way through the...

The answer is "no idea" but it is worth looking at the causes of erectile disfunction. ED is closely associated with cardiovascular disease including hypertension together with the side-effects of diabetes. In other words - get professional advice before you start...

Nope - i am not (and they are not separate conditions) Ketogenesis is the production of ketone bodies through fatty acid breakdown and is caused by a lowering of carbohydrates in the system. High levels of ketones (actually ketone bodies) cause ketoacidosis - in particular acetoacetic acid...

Do you reallywant to go ketogenic? Do you really want to play with fire with hypoglycaemia? Want muscle wastage? Bad breath? There is PLENTY of evidence that some carbs are needed in the diet.

3 months after being diagnosed.... 2 * 500mg metformin a day, 8kg weight loss, exercise every day .... HbA1c 46 Total Cholesterol 4 HDL Cholesterol 1.3 LDL 2.17 Triacyglycerides 1.1 :D

Visited the diabetic nurse yesterday who gave me :D and :D ...... Although I am awaiting my HbA1c result I have managed to lose about 8 kg, my morning glucose values are perfectly fine - round about 5 in the morning. My BP gave me a huge grin: 120/68 The nurse would like me to stabilise my...

It does indeed. Its called gluconeogenesis and its effective the reverse of glycolysis . However there is some doubt (actually a lot of doubt) whether even-numbered fatty acids can be convered back to glucose but other stuff can be ....

Its the physical protection that husks, seed coatings etc confer which is important . These prevent the digestive enzymes from reaching the starch - and of course allowing any glucose formed from being absorbed. Good article here: http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/QAA400579/C ... Index.html

Interesting. Looking at academic articles, there is some evidence of a low GI diet causing a lower glucose levels in T2 ... http://care.diabetesjournals.org/conten ... 6.abstract (There are older reports but I am discounting them) One thing to note: however you take the carbs the actually...

Absolutely. Cellulose is a carbohydrate but has a GI index of a flat round zero ...... In mammals it cannot be digested directly - in herbivores it is the the presence of intestinal symbiotic bacteria that does the job .....

Fair comment. The labeling of foodstuffs for diabetics is frankly ****. My wife has just come in with a pile of shopping and l am looking at a packet of Tesco Finest Stoneground Wholemeal Farmhouse Batch. OK let look at the labelling: Carb (per 100g) 36.1g of which sugars 3.0g Now lets...

To say "Sugar is just a kind of carb. You should ignore the "of which sugar number entirely". The total carbs are what count for a diabetic." is not true - and rather dodgily so. The key point for diabetics is: "How fast can a saccharide be converted to glucose?" This gives the idea of slow...

There was a typo. The word "attach" should have been "attack". That will now make sense. And edited to fix. "

Not all carbohydrate are sugars but all sugars are carbohydrates. That is a very common mistake that is made (and sugars are NOT converted in the stomach to glucose but rather in the small intestine) . To understand the difference some basic chemistry is required. Sugars are relative simple...