Recent Content by Richard.E.Craig

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    Aspartame & Candarel

    Does the Administrator demand twisted sarcasm and bullying? you have spent the whole night making me have to defend my opinions,you have followed my every post and left demeaning comments, demanding that I verify every single word I write. I ask you again, has Aspartame been proven to be safe...
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    Aspartame & Candarel

    You will then have no problems in publicly endorsing on behalf of Diabetes.co.uk that Aspartame is safe to consume and carries no risks to the diabetics who use it. If Diabetes.co.uk and yourself say that it is safe to consume Aspartame then I will use it without fear and also give it to my...
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    diabetes and memory loss

    :oops: Neither are diabetes,stroke, respiratory failure,Necrotizing fasciitis, morphine addiction and registered blindness,I suffer from them all, but every day I laugh at them :lol: P.S. I have two or three TIA's per week and sometimes forget my own children's names! "C'est la vie"
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    Aspartame & Candarel

    Source and link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canderel If you dont believe that Canderel contains leucine.Then you dont believe the ingredients listed on the back of that clicky little dispenser they sell them in. A intriguing "factoid" below! Dr. John Olney, researcher at Washington...
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    Painful fingers

    I have found that cod liver oil works a treat for sore joints. Believe it or not my father and many others use WD40 on sore/stiff joints :lol:
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    Aspartame & Candarel

    Just a few links to the myriad articles on the toxicity and risks of aspartame. http://www.dorway.com/ http://www.mercola.com/article/aspartam ... tural.aspx http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/Scf.pdf http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/ ... pinion.pdf http://www.dorway.com/...
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    diabetes and memory loss

    I forgot what I was going to write? :P
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    Frozen from the waist down (Night Cramps)

    You can get cramps due to muscle loss (atrophy) If your not so active now (one of my problems ) Bob Thanks Bob,your suspicion of atrophy is probably spot on. I have lost a lot of muscular tissue over the years due to a recurring necrotic infection that likes to eat me from the waist down. I am...
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    Rant...Information not always shared with the patient

    Dear Richard, I am so-not surprised by your experience. I once took a serious pain in my arm one morning but still decided to drive to work. As the morning progressed my symptoms got worse and my wife came to my work and took me to casualty were I was investigated and informed that I had...
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    Diabetes, anarchy, and social collapse...

    Hi Cortez, the thoughts that occupy your mind often occupy my own too.The question is, for how long is insulin viable for? Setting aside a proportion of your insulin prescription for your long time future survival would seem like a very good idea. I know that insulin has a use-by date, but I...
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    Just Wondering (Induced Hypos)

    Sometimes when I ponder my life and remember my Type 1 diagnosis at 12 years of age. I vividly remember the doctor giving me a small overdose of Actrapid so that I would know the signs of a hypo. I'm just interested to know do they still do this with newly diagnosed diabetics?
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    Frozen from the waist down (Night Cramps)

    I suffer from diabetic neuropathy and have recently been hit with agonising night cramps.They start at the waist and go right down to my feet. I sometimes wake screaming , it feels as if I have been sitting in an ice bath for hours. My legs become very cold to the touch and I cant feel my feet...
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    Complaint made about me using my flexpen in staffroom

    The nurse claimed that the office staff were at risk from Needlestick injuries, despite the fact that the pen was always carried on my person! Ricky
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    Aspartame & Candarel

    Hello Cugila, I have been searching the net for the article, and after FIVE HOURS found it. It is to large to post on these comment boxes so I have e-mailed the whole article to yourself. regards Ricky. Here is the link for anyone who wants to see the data for themselves...
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    Aspartame & Candarel

    Hi Cugila , I learned of this effect in a New Scientist article published some time ago. If you go to the following address you will find many interesting studies. ajpendo.physiology.org/ I have been concerned for a very long time at the mass pushing of leucine into the processed "diet" food...