Recent Content by MetabolicJim

Thank you. It has been a difficult winter

Just went out for a stroll, got back and decided to test my blood glucose for the first time in ages. Was shocked it was 6.8. Opened a new tub of test strips and got 7.9 followed by 7.4. I am yet to eat today. The walk will have made my liver dump a bit of glucose but the numbers reflect insulin...

I should clarify that I wasn’t directly asked to buy the machine but the alternative would have been to go to the surgery twice a day and use the machine there

Yes. My blood pressure was high when I got diagnosed. I think the doctor didn’t address it then because I was reluctant to take medication so ranked the problems in terms of what needed addressed first and blood sugar came out top. Anyway he sent me a nice form to fill out with 2 morning and 2...

You need to ask what was tested and get the numbers and units. Then you can compare to the normal ranges. You probably want to know your GGT and ALT levels. It really bugs me how secretive the NHS can be with test results. I’ve been there at reception as they slowly print out each number one by...

I am not a doctor but I think uncontrolled diabetes can cause inflammation which affects the immune system. If you look at the Wikipedia page for neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio you will see that it is a marker for inflammation and “NLR can be used as a prognostic marker for COVID-19 given the...

I got my HbA1c done in Aug 2020, one year on from my last NHS test (both 39 mmol/mol). They also sprang a cholesterol test on me and later got a call from my doctor offering me a statin, which I declined. I hope to sort my cholesterol out my fixing my weight and fatty liver - work in progress...

It’s hard work avoiding seed oils. You have to read the ingredients on everything

Assuming you are type 2... I’ve been doing intermittent fasting and reduced carb for over a year now. Recently I switched to The Croissant Diet plus one fast a week. Not been on it for long enough to report results but it’s an interesting approach. I intend to give it at least 6 weeks. I found...

I’ve recently tried adding a spot of cacao powder to yogurt. Super chocolatey

So you’ve checked blood sugar, vitamin D and thyroid. I think the next thing to try is electrolytes. I think diabetes can mess up your electrolytes with all the peeing. I’m not aware of any way to tell how much you need of what so I think you’ve just got to try them and see how you feel. I...

6.0 at 6:40. My highest fasted morning reading for ages :(

5.4 at 9:15

I occasionally have sugar free jelly. I don’t get the premade stuff which has strange ingredients. I only get the powder where the top ingredient is pork gelatine. The main problem is it takes a long time to set so you pretty much have to decide the day before that you’re going to want jelly. I...

About the fatigue there are couple of things that might help but they are not standard advice round here. First I would recommend getting a postal blood test to check your vitamin D level. Vitamin D supplements are dead cheap so if you are low it’s an easy fix. I have found it took me many...