Recent Content by Handyníall

I'm going to sound like uber-n00b here, but I thought I'd try and reason this out a little bit. Your body metabolises glucose via glycogenesis. Then if it's low on glucose it'd surely look to an ample supply of glucose wouldn't it? Glucagon being secreted by alpha-cells to stimulate the release...

I'm not up to speed with my glyconeogenesis, or my Kreb's Cycle, or my link reactions... Or NADs and FAD etc. etc. since the last time I studied it was 2 years ago for my ILC. But, I vaguely remember something about glucagon stimulating liver and muscle cells to release protein that would then...

Well by law you're supposed to know the side effects to drugs. Although a lot of people rarely think about the side effects of the things they take. In this case, it was probably a doctor who's either newly qualified and is playing it by the book. Or one that has had somebody have a bad side...

Doctors tend to say this to cover all possibilities. You could die from a side effect even if it's a minor one. I took medicine when I was younger to help with my severe eczema (my skin would constantly weep). Anyway, one of the side effects was diarrhea. One day my mam came upstairs to find me...

I have a friend who went to Bute Medical School (St Andrews). He was told not to cut down on carbs because they're a dietary requirement by the NHS, but the lecturer who was teaching nutrition apparently told him to cut them out if he wants to live a complication free life. However, I'm wary...

Oh dear, don't worry. Apparently he had the healthiest liver my lecturer has ever seen!

Re: Poor baby mice! Oh you would not like medical school then. Last year we spent the whole thing dissect 'Kenneth' our cadaver. (That was his actual name). I couldn't possibly leave my body to that sort of science *shudder* mainly because letting first years loose with scalpels is not a...

Ha, there was an article a few years ago that went along the lines of. People who suffer trauma to the head are more likely to have head injuries than those that don't. I remember reading that when I was trying to write a nice reference for why I want to be a doctor and going :shock: is it...

Since most of the 21st century advances (stem cells, cloning, new antibiotics and of course lipstick testing) were originally tested on mice, they are of great importance to the scientific community (and they help us live longer due to chemotherapy drugs being tested on mice etc.). However, I...

Huge tip for all diabetics doing exercise. Don't drink energy drinks like glucose cause they'll send your blood levels through the roof. Instead, fill a bottle with water and add a tiny amount of salt (I mean a pinch). This'll make the water isotonic and it'll be absorbed by the cells easier. If...

Actually before I took low-carbing up my blood glucose levels were fine (no meds). I took low-carbing up partly because I happened to live with a passionate low-carber who threw all my potatoes out of the window one day... (that's true) But my blood sugar levels were fine, if not slightly...

Yup. My GP in Galway wouldn't prescribe test strips as I didn't need them (moron). But a hospital in the area had a scheme on where you could buy them at a knock-down price. So I lived off those for a couple of years until I came to Dublin. Here, I've got a GP that'll happily prescribe test...

Since I'm a T2, there's not really any chance that I'll stop low carbing. I can go anywhere from 10g-75g on a normal day, but if I decide to eat sushi or stew then this'll go up to 100g+. I think that if you said right now that you could cure me, then I probably would raise my carb intake a...

I think the point is with the scientific process you cannot make solid conclusions based on indicatiors. Similarly, although my anecdotal evidence would suggest that low-carbing is a good thing, it doesn't have any scientific value because there are too many variables. Maybe my results are...

I've found myself eating more salads now. I never used to touch salad until I came to Dublin, since then it's been low-carb all the way. However, I do enjoy sushi and stew. These are the only 2 things that I will allow carbs in and I occassionally indulge in some ramen. But other than that, I'm...