Recent Content by Clairee72

Well if they were promoting statins and cutting fats … ‍♀️ I’ve just read The Great Cholesterol Con by Dr Malcolm Kendrick and look forward to reading the next one The Clot Thickens.

Sorry typing on my phone so pressed wrong button before I’d finished

Sorry what happened there?! Argh my morning coffee has worn off… anyway … type 2 diabetics have insulin resistance ie high levels of insulin and high blood glucose. I am not diabetic nor prediabetic (despite my doctor suggesting I may be!) - yes my blood glucose is slightly elevated but by...

That also reminded me that I haven’t made sauerkraut for a while - great for the fibre and the healthy gut bacteria.

Thanks. There’s a lot of discussion about low fibre around carnivore diet, and gut microbiome and health. Very interesting!

Although he misinterpreted the results by thinking I am prediabetic without knowing my fasted insulin (which was 5 when I tested), the suggestion to add a small amount of carb back into my diet would improve insulin sensitivity, which can become a problem of insulin levels drop to 2-3. I’ve...

Yes, although the high blood glucose levels in diagnosed T2 diabetes is always caused by insulin resistance (from what I understand anyway- I have listed to a lot of podcasts by Prof Ben Bikman, which are amazingly informative), which is usually caused by a carb high diet. But my ‘elevated’...

Just listened to episode 428 of Dr Rob Cywes podcast on YouTube on LMHR and insulin suppression - very interesting and confirmed my suspicions about blood glucose numbers being slightly elevated in LMHRs so this has allayed my fears about my slightly elevated numbers and also explains why the...

Just reading the Great Cholesterol Con by Dr Malcolm Kendrick - fascinating read.

Yes that’s what I thought - that he was being alarmist and not looking at the overall picture. I pointed out that my triglycerides were low and the TG to HDL ratio was 0.77, which is great! My numbers have shifted prior to the dietary change and at first glance it does seem like they’ve gone in...

That’s interesting- are you a type 2 diabetic and are you very active? Have you been able to improve blood sugar by diet? I came across the Lean Mass Hyper Responder when looking at lipid profiles on keto (rather than blood sugar) and the research done has been on measuring lipid profiles...

Hi, thanks for replying! The measurements were 91 to 94 blood glucose mg/DL pre to post keto, and 5.7 to 6.0 the HA1C % pre to post keto. The lipids are in mg/DL. I’m active but wouldn’t say I’m an athlete bit much more active than pre-keto. I lost around 3-4 kilos on low carb and feel...

Hi all! I've been low carb for about 4 years now, was metabolically healthy before starting keto (BMI 22, normal cholesterol and blood glucose 90). Since then, my metabollic markers have changed - has anyone else experienced this on a low carb lifestyle? There’s quite a lot of info out there...