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    Can meat spike BG levels?

    I have always eaten meat as part of my diet. However, since reducing my protein intake by about 30% about 10 months ago my average fasting bg has dropped from 5.8 mmol/l to 4.8. I had two consecutive protein heavier days and my fasting readings were 6.8 and 7.2. Haven't tried that again. Morning...
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    Is weightloss really affective (been doing research)

    On diagnosis I went LCHF and lost a lot of weight quickly.However, my BG came down even quicker.My first readings from about 2 weeks after diagnosis were below 6. In spite of continuing to lose weight my BG stayed much the same. I do wonder if in my case my BG responded to a change in diet,and...
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    Type 2 Eat to the meter, or play the long game?

    I look at my approach to controlling my diabetes from an insulin angle.I found Joeseph Krafts' work with insulin testing enlightening.I want to minimize insulin production in response to my food choices. Kraft found that people can have normal blood glucose readings,but only by producing...
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    Latest Result

    Good news. Dr said my results were exceptional and to keep on doing what I am doing.He mentioned the cholesterol and LDL and said statons were an option. I got the impression he wasn't recommending them but felt he needed to raise the option.I said I wasn't interested and that was that. So...
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    Latest Result

    Doctors visit this morning.Will post again after that Great day down in this part of the world.
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    Latest Result

    Thanks for the replies.Triglycerides are 2.7, 0.7 and 0.90. Both tests were fasting,although the test a year ago I did have a cup of tea with cream 4 or 5 hour previous. I'm not unhappy with the results,will not take statins, but will tweak things. What I took out of the results is HDL is much...
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    Latest Result

    Sorry about the table.It has compressed on posting
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    Latest Result

    I have just received my latest blood results 2 years since diagnosis. diagnosis 1 yr 2 yr A1c 76 38 35 wt 102 71 76 BMI 28.5...
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    Is Fibre Really Necessary?

    Without enough fibre I'm in trouble.I take 10-15 grams of psyllium husk 3 times a day, followed by a glass of water. I had a pretty serious situation last year and have found psyllium husk keeps things moving.I wouldn't be without it. I know we are all different, but for me, and my diet, I...
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    In the news.

    I don't think low cal would have worked for me initially.However after some weeks of low carbing and the subsequent reduced hunger I think it would have been a lot easier.Low carbing was working so well in terms of weight loss I saw no reason to change.In fact the success I was having was...
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    In the news.

    I don't care which approach is best.Maybe they are equal but different ways to achieve the same end.Maybe they aren't. If diet affects changes at a cellular level maybe they are different.If diet affects changes only because of weight change maybe the are the same in terms of outcome. I went...
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    Waist measurement - the new T2 metric replacing BMI

    On diagnosis 13 months ago my waist to height ratio was exactly .5. My hba1c was 76 and I found I had been diabetic for at least 2 years as I later learned my hba1c from two years earlier had been 50.My bmi was 28. Currently my waist to height ratio is .44 and I have lost 7 inches on my waist...
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    Other health problems when suffering from diabetes type 2

    For many many years I suffered night sweating.I would wake up in the early hours with my upper body and head bathed in sweat.Not every night, but it happened even with moderate air temperatures. On discovering my diabetes (type 2) I immediately cut out the carbs and sugars.From that day on my...
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    Good News

    My health team has been largely invisible.They failed to notify me in 2014 when my hba1c reached 50.The first time diabetes was mentioned was October 2016 when it was 76.I waited over two weeks for this latest result,and had to contact them to get it. This latest test was the the second within...
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    Good News

    Got results last week of my latest hba1c.Four months on from initial reading of 76 I tested at 38.I guess I am now in remission. I am so grateful for this forum as it gave me the confidence and knowledge to tackle this without medication. I won't pretend it's been easy.I have been strict with...