Recent Content by LaoDan

Hi. It’s not clear to me what type of diabetes you have. For me low carb and lots of exercise. I lost weight to manage my high blood pressure

I don’t know why my post was removed, the study I linked was for T1 , oh well

I think Dr Cywes has some good stuff, but if he said anything bad about licorice, he’s totally wrong!

My gums were a mess at the time I was diagnosed. They’ve come back healthy after getting control. I think It was a combination of bad diet, high blood pressure and the effects of diabetes on the blood vessels.

yeah, I just don’t believe it, not even for a second. If you find something on pubmed, then I’d be interested. This was the first one in a google search https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31278047/

How about a few doses of sunshine? The great disinfectant. Any time I feel I’m being attacked, I go lay out in the sun for a half hour. Probably placebo but it always helps me feel better

I don’t know about that, I always thought it was your digestive system that breaks down protein into amino acids. The liver will sometimes convert amino acids to glucose, but that can happen with any protein source. Over consuming any food is probably not a great idea, but having a soy protein...

Depends on how intense, how long and how often. If i’m training every day, with higher intensity , then I’ll have 20-40 grams of carbs beforehand. the best way to figure out what is best for you is to wear a CGM, just once is enough. If you’re like me, even training fasted causes a spike. You...

1000mg, it comes in an orange flavor dissolvable tablet, drop it in a cup of water and drink

I supplement C as it’s helps with collagen synthesis and it’s a great antioxidant. I haven’t noticed if it changes anything with regards to BG levels, but I think if it did, I would have.

Interesting, swimming always crushes my numbers. I recommend getting a CGM to see your spiking during the swimming session. You can also try lower intensity

This was what I took into my last appointment, doc pulled me off all medications. I was on a beta-blocker and an ACE inhibitor, slowly chipped away at it over 2 1/2 years. imho, those are good numbers

Hi, do you have a glucose meter? If not, get one, You may not need to cut carbs so drastically. Armed with your meter, you can work on optimizing your diet. For example, since you’re active, eat your bananas and carbs for breakfast and lunch, but drop the high carbs for your dinner. Focus on...

Hi and welcome : ) Are you self testing with a glucose meter? This is what helped me find out the foods that were causing blood glucose spikes. A lot of people here in this forum were able to get into normal ranges by minimizing the amount of carbohydrates.

Hi, Welcome to the club! Getting a meter is absolutely essential. You can’t fix what you don’t measure. You need to find what foods are causing the spikes and cut them out of your diet.