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This is still the view of the bulk of the medical profession but I think it's likely to change quite significantly over the next few years. The signs from Professor Taylor's work are that many are able to reverse it and if his personal fat threshold theory is correct, there would be no reason to...

midnight rider has it. Also it is worked out on average body weight, they need to input your weight if you are outside the normal range. Working out with heavy weights will increase creatinine as will taking creatine (as I do) which also negatively affects the estimate

Professor Taylor at Newcastle thinks we all have a personal fat threshold and I'm wondering if I've just dipped below mine. I'm going to drop another few kg over the next few weeks and then do a glucose tolerance test.

I started an exercise and clean eating program back in August at 144.9kg , I'm only 5ft 9! Hba1c was 89 in June. In October I saw something on the BBC about the Newcastle diet and started it on November 1st at 127.7kg with hba1c of 59 at end of October. I stopped metformin. At the end of...

I'm a specialist nurse in another field, so I'm not qualified to give a professional opinion on metformin. My personal opinion (as all my opinions are on this site) is that it is often prescribed very early in the disease process, on the basis of diabetes being a lifelong progressive disease...

I'm glad to be off it for now at least. I think it's over prescribe and not particularly useful in lowering hba1c. I doubt many of the other claims for it too, I see too many drug reps peddling drugs with "new" uses particularly when they are not very good at there primary use

Thanks for your kind comments. The Newcastle diet ends on Christmas Eve and I'll eat high fat low carb until I have another shot at the Newcastle diet from 2nd of January. Hoping to lose at least another 15 kg over the next 2-3 months.

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I am a diabetic nurse but not a diabetes nurse. Most of us I think see practice nurses rather than diabetes nurses. I've been disappointed though with discussions with diabetes nurse specialists. One tried convincing me that a type 2 who uses insulin is now a type 1, another told me she NEVER...

5 years after diagnosis and having done well initially I'm back in the normal range. In year three I rediscovered booze and kebabs and the hba1c went into 3 figures. Last year I became a dad again, which was a shock as the other children are in their 20's and I resolved to get my ass in gear...

If I were ever in your position (I doubt I'll ever be too light) I think I would be trying to build lean mass in the gym which in the medium term may help reduce spikes. Personally I don't want to be on any drug that I don't absolutely need for it's primary reason. I prescribe as a big part of...

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I've been in the gym 6 nights per week for the last few months . We have a home gym and I was working with a powerlifting (531) routine until the last few weeks . This was low volume but very heavy . I lost 17kg with that , but I'm now on week 7 of the 800 calories per day Newcastle reversal...

Had my weigh in today and 113.3kg down from 144.9 in may. had blood taken for hba1c today so hopefully I'll have some signs of progress soon.

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