Recent Content by ianf0ster

I strongly disagree, staying in remission (especially with an HbA1C as low as 33) is a great achievement - I wish it wasn't, because that would mean most people could do it - unfortunately that's not the case.

You misunderstood. Although Glucose is needed for certain parts of the brain, when glucose is low (for the majority of Type 2 diabetics as well as for non-diabetics) the body can produce sufficient glucose from Fat and Protein. If you were not needing to take insulin, then the most glucose you...

Everybody, including non-diabetics get an initial increase in BG after eating some carbohydrates because the insulin response isn't as fast as digestion of most carbs (some of which turn into glucose whilst still being chewed). This is the reason that it is bets to check BG just before first...

Merely having a cold is quite likely to raise your BG. Illness, injury, stress and lack of sleep are the main non-food and non medicinal causes of raised BG. Please note that conventional medication for a cold merely reduces the symptoms and have no effect on duration.

No, we Type 2's are a very diverse group and can react very differently to the same food in the same quantity at the same time of day! So you should not assume that any artificial sweetener is OK for you just because it is OK for some other Type 2. Neither should you assume that you will get the...

I add ground linseed, along with sesame seeds, sunflower seed, pumpkin seed to my salads. Linseed are the same thing as flaxseed.

I know of members who have reported 10+ yrs in T2D remission, I'm only 5 1/2 yrs in remission so far. Is long term T2D remission possible? - Yes I think so, but it isn't easy to keep it up because our bodies change over time and carb creep is a real thing (along with carb addiction). While...

@NewbieHelp Have you ever thought that the solution to traffic jams is more cars on those roads? To me that seems counter-intuitive, as does taking more fibre to try to relieve constipation. The more likely solutions are moisture or lubrication. Thus on the rare occasions that I have that...

Hi @P40 and welcome to the forum. I see you have been a member for over a year, but you have only just become active. It would be extremely helpful to know what units that 70 (and that 9) were measured in and whether they were form a simple finger-prick (single drop of blood) or a phial of drawn...

Hi Alan, and welcome to the forum. The experience of the majority of Type 2's is that in the UK most are offered medication without any advice about diet - merely a suggestion to lose weight. This forum has many members who are in T2D remission despite the standard care, due to being prepared to...

For some reason, while in the popular media they all suggest eating less and exercising more fore weight loss, that's not how it works fin real life for most people. About 10% of Type 2 diabetics are slim (normal BMI or even underweight) - so weight isn't the main factor. 100% of Type 2...

I'm male, but take magnesium glycinate as a part of my electrolyte supplementation. I chose the glycinate salt of magnesium based upon both my own body and the recommendation from both Dr Jen Unwin and another doctor who works at the (Southport) GP practice of Dr David Unwin. People who need no...

I don't know how long your journey has been, but it isn't healthy to eat very little. Eating low carb (low enough to satisfy your BG meter) is sufficient to lose all excess weight for the majority of people. In fact many worry about how to stop/reverse weight loss on low carb.

Hi @Chop1 and welcome to the forum. While Blood Glucose levels do change during the day (and night), they mainly fluctuate due to the immediate impact of a meal or during strenuous exercise, though there are over 40 different factors which can affect BG. They include illness, injury, stress and...

Congratulations on reducing your HbA1C so much, in that respect you are a winner. Commiserations for reducing it so fast that you got retinopathy problems. We don't mention this problem (for neuropathy as well as retinopathy) of too rapid a reduction often enough - probably because it is quite...