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    Prediabetes Newcastle Not Working?!?!

    I've been eating 800 cal / day for nearly five weeks and lost nearly 10% of my body weight. My fasting glucose started at 6.0 and diet is dropped to between 4.4 and 4.7. I was just about to stop the diet.... But the last three mornings by fasting glucose has been over 6.1(!).... higher than it...
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    Prediabetes When/how Do I Stop Newcastle Diet?

    Absolutely. Newcastle is not a long-term solution. The whole point as I understand it is to put your body into "starvation" mode so that you remove the fat that has been stored in your liver and pancreas. And, that by doing that, diabetes can be cured. The theory being that diabetes is actually...
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    Prediabetes When/how Do I Stop Newcastle Diet?

    I've had a sweet tooth all my 53 years. I was diagnosed pre-diabetic six years ago. And for the last six years the pattern has been: 1) I incrementally improve my diet... 2) I return for another A1c test (hopeful that I've "moved the needle" a little bit).... and 3) I'm STILL about 6.2%. It has...