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There is a petition currently going around that a few like Marika Sboros and Dr Jason Fung have tweeted about calling for people to sign and/or donate to the cause. This has greater ramifications in both general practice and specialists not being able to advise patients about dietary advice. It...

Done From an Australian point of view who would something smallish for day trips and larger for overseas trips and able to withstand temps from 0 to 45 C in the shade. Wishing you the best of luck

Welcome to the world of station crazy doctors. Latest for me was the lovely young heart registrar in A&E at my local hospital. After having read my file that clearly states "non compliant" said why aren't you taking a static? To which I replied because of blah blah blah. (Which are all reasons...

Love my freestyle freedom lite. It only needs the tiniest drop of blood. My freestyle optimum new needs a massive amount of blood compared title but I use it for ketone o the a weekly basis. You will find many chemists have meters that you buy and then get a rebate back from the company. You...

And another Aussie saying hi and welcome. Lots of experienced people on here to help you along your journey!!!

If the home has been built or renovated substantially or changed ownership are the key points. Our house is pre 1997, it has not changed ownership nor been substantially renovated so battery alarms are still fine n dandy. It is a rental that's how they get away with it

No they don't. Maybe on new builds or if a house is on sold now. I rent and ours still has a 9v battery that is checked every 6 months by our real estate agent. Ours goes off every time we boil water or the occasional burning of cooking attempts by OH. And I definitely vote for trying some of...

70% or 85% dark chocolate. I love a that I can get flavoured 70% dark chocolate like raspberry, mint or orange. Yum!! Yum!! Yum!!

Mine regularly sabotages but its not out of malice its mainly sheer forgetfulness. He eats way more carbs than I do and his carbs are mainly corn or potato based. He regularly cooks and adds in foodstuffs that he has been repeatedly told I can't or won't eat. He gets very upset and dejected if I...

Its actually quite common when on insulin to have dry skin especially on the face. Loads of moisturizing is the best advice. We each react to insulin in different ways unfortunately, I suffer from exceedingly dry skin and dry hair whilst on insulin. My specialist just advises to moisturize...

What is it about low carbing that doesn't work for you? Your Gp and DSN may not be in the know about low carbs and by advising you to continue to eat carbs are actually not helping you, your BG levels or potentially any weight loss. This way of eating is a massive lifestyle change for many of...

I have an optimum and though I have not been sick lately check my ketones every Sunday mainly to see if I am in ketosis. You should be able to get the meter for free and then ketone sticks will cost you $ 7.95 per packet. Be warned you need a lot more blood for the BG and ketone sticks compared...

Novorapid and Levemir insulin's Have at the start of my lchf journey been on novomix, metformin sr, gliclazide and lantus at different intervals. I am unable to take any forms of metformin due to constant stomach cramps. As my bs's came down I was taken off gliclazide. My lantus has just been...

Its awesome isn't it. My specialist is absolutely fine with lchf too. He gets quite frustrated with dieticians

I get my flu shot every year for the last 7 years. Its free for me so why not. Last year I actually was very sick with the flu!! Towards the end of all my coughing and spluttering and feeling like death warmed up...they finally took a blood test that confirmed influenza A. Shocked !! There is...