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How do you keep your bf % at 6%? I have tried looking on the Internet for how type 1 diabetics can lose body fat but cannot find a straight answer. Also, how do you find out your bf % as I'd be interested in having mine measured. Thanks in advance. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

What is the "dawn phenomenon"? Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I am very interested in this post. I'm 23 and have been a type 1 since I was 5. I started weight training almost a year ago but admittedly never checked my blood glucose. I have only started watching my blood glucose levels over the past couple of weeks. Earlier today I checked my BG before...

I use to drink about 1 or 2 2litre bottles of diet coke a day as a teenager (I'm 23 now) plus all the cans I drunk whilst I was out! I loved it! Couldn't get enough of it! That lovely ice cold diet coke straight from the fridge. I don't know why but I don't drink it all now, I suddenly stopped...

My last HbA1c was 11% back in October last year. The doctor said it was very poorly controlled and that I can't keep living like this, so have now started I try and control my diabetes a lot better. I'm going to have another test soon and see if it has got better, I hope it has! I'll let you...

Re: Type 1 diabetic having trouble with control on novomix 3 Hi iHs thanks for the reply. At the moment I'm eating 3 meals a day and snacking in between. I know I shouldn't do this (which is why my diabetes has been poorly controlled for years) but thought I'd still do it to see how it...

Re: Type 1 diabetic having trouble with control on novomix 3 Hi noosrat thanks for the reply, I am currently in that stage of testing so see how what I eat effects my BG but I do not count my carbs I am just taking note of what I eat and seeing what happens to my BG but will start trying to...

Hi all, I'm 23 and have had Type 1 Diabetes since I was 5 years old. My diabetes has always been poorly controlled throughout my teens as i never kept an eye on my blood glucose levels and I am only just starting to try and take control of it now and testing regularly. I am on novomix 30...