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Shalom @paulelee

Hi there @mangoman reading your fasting C-Peptide results in relation to your high blood sugars I would tend to agree with you. Not wishing to diagnose, of course, but one would think a T2 would have C-Peptides over 1200 + pmol/L for blood in that range. Of course, HCPs will see a figure of 668...

Lots of people have those very same concerns @Lainie71 . I guess that’s what this research paper is looking to address . My legs ached a year or so before taking statins. If I was already on statins I would have blamed the statins for my aching legs for sure. Not saying statins don’t cause...

I don’t want to derail this thread as it concerns research around side effects of statin use and how this latest research suggests only 4 out of the 66 known side effects are evidenced as being attributed to statin use. Muscle cramp would, in my opinion, be covered under ‘tissue swelling’ which...

I’m definitely in the radishes are wonderful camp. I have them in my flower beds . I like the small traditional ‘English’ radishes as well as the Daikon radishes. Thanks for the post @Amos1947 You made me smile with your radish adjective @Lamont D . I feel the same about cauliflower I don’t...

Mash potatoes and tinned salmon makes it a very easy recipe to follow. Like @Julieckarke, I’m not on a low carb diet, but combination of meds and exercise, so tinned salmon mixed in with mash potatoes works well, but carb heavy. The key is draining all the excess moisture out to keep the shape...

I think the UK is the only country that sees testing your own blood unnecessary. It is encouraged here in Canada.

Great result @Dee1960

All Scientific and medical research has to be funded from somewhere. And to make my point, this would include research on subjects around low carb diets which is championed on this forum. Research funding will inevitably come from areas where there is interest, as government funding is more or...

@lessci One would imagine that has something to do with tissue swelling and a known side effect.

This has been reported in a number of news outlets . The paper they are referring to, was published on line Feb 5th 2026 in ‘The Lancet’ titled : ‘Assessment of adverse attributed to stain therapy in product labels: a meta-analysis of double-blind rendomised controlled trials.’...

Hi @oceans above 13 . Did you cross check that CGM reading with a finger prick test? CGM’s are not as accurate once they fall or go above the ‘normal’ range.

Great result @AllieRainbow :)

I had in my basket yesterday frisée lettuce , a Boston lettuce, some plum tomatoes, a growing basil plant , a rotisserie (lime and tequila) chicken, and a bar of Cadbury fruit & Nut.

I make my own fish cakes @julieclarke . I buy some cheap white fish, bake it in the oven, then mixed it with mash potato , salt, pepper and chives. Roll them in breadcrumbs then fry them . :)