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    You Did Not Eat Your Way to Diabetes

    OP has copied various snippets from this site: https://www.bloodsugar101.com/the-real-causes-of-type-2-diabetes
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    Hypoglycaemia and liver response

    Many thanks for the various informative replies. My understanding about the liver's response to low bsl has now increased a little this somewhat complex topic. Mainly, the liver can sometimes get mixed signals (from hormones) and if not corrected, the bsl can go down or up in an uncontrolled...
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    Hypoglycaemia and liver response

    I'm trying to understand a bit more about T1D. I have T2D. If a T1D is starting to have a hypo (low bsl), can the liver release more glucose into the blood to correct the low levels? - I know that T1D need to use some form of glucose to quickly raise the bsl, however, I'm trying to understand...
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    Rhubarb

    How do you stew it?
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    LCHF Diets and Tinnitus

    Sometimes hypertension may cause tinnitus to be aggravated. Are your BP readings normal?
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    Help Please.

    1g of carb = 4 calories 1g of protein = 4 calories 1g of fat = 9 calories 1g of alcohol = 7 calories
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    Why my blood glucose low after a meal

    Did you have any alcoholic drinks? Wine? Beer?
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    How insulin resistance begins in muscles

    It's from the book "How not to Die: Discover the foods scientifically proven to prevent and reverse disease", by Michael Geger, Gene Stone. Chapter 6 - How not to die from diabetes.
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    Keeping your toes warm

    It depends on the condition of your feet and whether you have any nerve damage in the legs / foot. If there's some, then you feet may not know how hot/cold the water is ... I was looking for ideas for keeping feet & toes warm all day. Thanks for the replies everyone - a good number of...
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    Keeping your toes warm

    With winter arriving now, my toes are feeling the effect of the chilly temperatures. What do you use to keep your toes feeling warm and avoiding the chilblains at the same time?
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    b12 dropping

    I couldn't stand liver either. However, small amounts of finely chopped liver in a stew makes it somewhat tolerable :-)
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    What are the best snacks and healthy alternatives which work for you?

    Snacks: Cheese + butter + marmite (NZ variety). Some nuts (low carbs variety). Hot drink: cinnamon + cacao + cream (sometimes with a little bit of coffee).
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    b12 dropping

    Have you tried Marmite? Cheese + butter + marmite is a delicious snack! I use NZ Marmite due to having lower carbs vs UK Marmite. Australian Vegemite doesn't appear to have B12. Liver is a good source of B12 and Folate is liver. I mix some liver in a beef stew or beef/pork mince pie. Whole...
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    Really tasty, good readinggs after one and two hours after eating. Yes thats a whole flake on top!

    Lidl has full-fat greek yoghurt - 10g of fat, 5g of protein, 3g of carbs per 100g. Only thing is, it doesn't list the ingredients ... (well, from the tubs I have).
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    Really tasty, good readinggs after one and two hours after eating. Yes thats a whole flake on top!

    hmmm, if you want to avoid sweeteners, I'd stay away from Isey Skyr yoghurt - see ingredients list below: Ingredients: Skim Milk, Water, Modified Maize Starch, Flavour, Thickener (Pectin), Vanilla Pods Extracted, Sweeteners (Sucralose, Acesulfame K), Colour (Beta-Carotene), Skyr Cultures