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My guiding principle is moderation. . Being more royalist than the king doesn't make sense. Yes, I did substantially reduce carbs, by staying away from refined sugar, and bread, jam and honey, but I didn't think that a few sweetened yogurts would weigh very heavily on the negative side...

ThanksI It is true that one of the factors contributing to weight reduction with Ozempic is that it increases satiety and therefore we eat less, but I was wondering whether this benefit is not offset by the body slowing down metabolism accordingly.THis is a well-known draw-back of diets

I am 81, diabetic. My doctor prescribed Ozempic as a last resort because metformin, exercise ( a lot of it , including running , windsurfing, etc ) and correct diet have been unable to significantly decrease my A1C and, worse, to stop my weight increase , mostly around the belly as visceral fat...

I am 77, I train regularly and run outdoor 5-6 km two-three times a week. A few days ago I had an unexpected episode of atrial fibrillation at home, while I was not even exercising. The A.Fib .episode was shortlived ( overnight) and I didn't even feeel any symptoms or discomfort but for...

Can anybody explain in lay terms the process (bio-chemical or other) by which Metformin works in Diabetes 2? Does it restore the pancreas to produce more insulin? If not, how does it reduce the amount of sugar in the blood and /or decrease insulin resistance ? If the daily dose simply "...

Perhaps your comment is an ironic or facetious response to my statement that, for some ,the benefits of a low carbs diet may be due to the placebo effect… I hinted to this as a possibility, though, without implying that it is the only explanation or that the diet has absolutely no scientific...

Thanks for your comments. The low calorie term I have used somewhere is a slip of the tongue. I meant low carbs all along. Your Metformin experience confirms once more that each individual may respond in different ways, be it to medications or perhaps dietary styles. I have been taking...

I was about to bow out of this Forum, faced with the sanctimonious resentment of some members, who see my arguments as biased, wrong and bent on proving that I am right at all costs (and , of course, the others wrong , without listening to them.) ..I do listen more than some may think, but I...

Before bowing out of the Forum, which is what I had already decided, anyway, let me say the following: 1. I am borderline, perhaps pre-diabetic and the decision to go on Metformin has been taken by my doctor as a precaution to attenuate an initial insulin-resistance. So, I don't see the" but"...

Yes I have heard of the wisdom of the crowds ( we call it " vox populi" in Latin). While it can be insightful and even helpful on most non-medical issues, it may be unwarranted or even dangerous to indiscriminately rely on it. And, yes, I am aware of health care professionals open to change...

Getting hot! NoCrbs4Me, I am surprised that your nurse should challenge the Canada Food Guide and Diabetes Canada recommendations and go as far as warning that you’d die if you followed them… Usually professional nurses have adequate medical knowledge and are too tuned in with the medical...

If you question my understanding of the metabolic processes regarding fat metabolism, then you must question in the first place the clinical studies conducted by reputed Universities on this issue, such as the Australian one I mentioned.. : you should explain why it is not true that fat...

I am sure it worked for you, but as I said in an earlier post, the problem is to prove the causal link between your low CHO' s diet and your weight loss or HbA1c reduction. It is not because one event ( lower sugar, decreased weight) follows another ( decrease in CHO's) that the two are...

Saying that CHO’s turn into sugar and therefore diabetics should drastically reduce ( or eliminate them?) is a bit of a simplistic rationale: if CHO’s turn into sugar, as they do, so do fats, albeit perhaps with a different bio-chemical process. . In fact, a clinical study done by a...

Thanks for your imput Paulus 1 There seems to be a wide-spread bias in this Forum in favour a low carbs diet to control glycemia . You go as low as recommending 50-70 g /day! I don’t know on which medical grounds people can make this recommendation, unless they are prompted by an...