Recent Content by hogweed

No, she does get hypos, but finds in general that even keeping her blood steady at the recommended level makes her feel bad all the time...

I’ve recently started dating a woman with Type 1, and she is quite… errr… plump. With my ignorance of the subject (though I’m trying to educate myself fast), I thought she must overeat a lot, and have high blood sugar. However, having known her for a month or so now, she actually eats...

Hi all – I’ve recently started dating a 52-year-old woman who’s had Type 1 for about 30 years, so I’m trying to learn as much as I can about it. I do have some general medical knowledge. Having known others who haven't controlled their blood sugar well, and have suffered as a result, what I’m...

Yes, my own experience as someone about to become a T2 if he doesn’t look after himself bears this out absolutely. The bit I can't understand is why T1’s get these potentially life-threatening hypos if we can exist WITHOUT carbs. It’s perfectly easy to see how you can get in trouble with sugar...

Thanks both, that’s very informative. But I’m still not quite sure why insulin is relevant at all where a low carb diet is concerned... I assume (perhaps naively!) that the human body is capable of doing OK on a diet containing almost zero carbs (like Eskimos), and that under those...

Hello all – I have borderline Type 2, and find that I can make symptoms go away, lose weight etc by adopting a low-carbohydrate diet, a bit like Atkins but with more fruit and vegetables. However, my 14-year-old nephew has just been diagnosed with Type 1, and it seems that he spends his time...

There’s probably only a 1% chance this is relevant, but... in 1979 I got a cold sore from kissing someone, but either it was a particularly virulent strain of the virus, or it fond me a particularly suitable host... anyway, it quickly spread into my mouth and throat where I developed large...

I've just had Fasting and Glucose Tolerance tests, and the results are strange – I got a printout (along with sheaves of others telling me my liver’s now paying the price for decades of immoderate drinking etc), but it seems to be self-contradictory. I had one blood sample taken at 9 in the...

Hi all, thanks for being here... I’m new to this. I've searched through the posts, and it seems that sugar is absorbed rather less slowly if there’s some fat in the dish. My personal belief, based on decades of study, is that fat is not the villain it’s painted, but I don’t know much about...

I’m not even diabetic yet, but am pre-diabetic, and would prefer not to go any further, thanks. I've tried low-carb diets in the past to lose weight, and find them very effective, and I’m certain the human metabolism is more suited to them, so I’d be very surprised if diabetics wouldn't benefit...