Recent Content by MikeFailBetter

Hopin': I see a reference to c-peptide measurement without a serum test: "Urine C-peptide creatinine ratio can be used to assess insulin resistance and insulin production in people without diabetes: an observational study" (high correlation 0.69, but not very exact), and of course this uses a...

My FMD in November, which was the first time I had used Prolon, was terrible for its high blood sugars. I felt compelled to stop after 3 days because of the persistent highs, which I had not experienced with my previous DYI FMDs. I am guessing the problem stems from the sugary granola bars and...

I found this interesting recent study by Wentworth, et. al. "Beta cell function in type 1 diabetes determined from clinical and fasting biochemical variables " (search for full-text pdf link at immunetolerance.org). They calculate their estimate of true beta cell function from fasting...

Hoping4Cure, as always, thank you for your informative, kind and thoughtful posts. You may well be right out the moderate glucose challenge, but we just don't know what the best level of blood sugars is during the re-feeding. From what I understand, there is significant variability in...

I have been doing monthly FMD since August, 2017, starting with 3 days, then 4, and now 5 days for the last three months. This month, for the first time since I started the FMD, I feel I have improved blood sugar control. I have cut my Lantus from 6 to 3 (while keeping FBG around 84mg/dL)...

Some of us have been discussing carbs during refeeding. Should we allow our blood sugars to be high? How much insulin? Since I'm a newbie, I won't post a link, but point you to a recent article entitled Cells that change jobs to fight diabetes "Researchers at the University of Geneva...