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plant base

When you have made a few more posts the software will allow you to post links. I think it's system to avoid spam from bots.

Post by: Mr_Pot, Jan 23, 2021 at 3:46 PM in forum: Ask A Question
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Foot check

I assume you mean a check by a diabetes nurse. Visual examination for any cuts, abrasions, ulcers etc. Check for pulse. Test for feeling in the...

Post by: Mr_Pot, Jan 21, 2021 at 12:31 PM in forum: Ask A Question
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The moment the letter from Diabetic Retina Screening drops through your door

Congratulations! I have an appointment for a screening tomorrow afternoon, nearly a year late. NHS England organises the screening direct,...

Post by: Mr_Pot, Jan 20, 2021 at 10:33 PM in forum: Diabetes Discussions
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Covid vaccine records (dis)organisation

If I understand you correctly, your mum had a jab on Monday but the information hadn't got to her GP by Wednesday. I don't know how the...

Post by: Mr_Pot, Jan 20, 2021 at 5:47 PM in forum: Diabetes Discussions
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Covid vaccination

The Pfizer vaccine doesn't work like that, it is a mRNA vaccine. Vaccination with small amounts of live vaccine is not used any more. If you are...

Post by: Mr_Pot, Jan 19, 2021 at 10:43 AM in forum: Type 1 Diabetes
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Systematic review and meta-analysis of low carb diets in BMJ

Is that because they have had diabetes longer and progressed onto insulin, rather than the insulin use per se.

Post by: Mr_Pot, Jan 18, 2021 at 1:35 PM in forum: Diabetes News
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Face masks

I can't answer your question as it turns out I wear a Type IIR surgical mask on the rare occasion I have to go near anyone. In looking up what my...

Post by: Mr_Pot, Jan 14, 2021 in forum: Ask A Question
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Raise ketones through drugs or....

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Post by: Mr_Pot, Jan 13, 2021 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
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Raise ketones through drugs or....

[ATTACH] What should the ketone test results be? Under 0.6 mmol/L – a normal blood ketone value...

Post by: Mr_Pot, Jan 13, 2021 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
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Raise ketones through drugs or....

Below 0.6 mmol/L is the normal level of ketones, not zero.

Post by: Mr_Pot, Jan 13, 2021 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
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Raise ketones through drugs or....

The liver converts fatty acids into ketones which are then released into the bloodstream for use as energy. It is normal to have a low level of...

Post by: Mr_Pot, Jan 13, 2021 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
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Vaccines

If you're using the calculator I think the change is due to the delay between the 1st and 2nd jab. If I am correct you should get your 1st jab, at...

Post by: Mr_Pot, Jan 5, 2021 in forum: Ask A Question
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plant base

What are you trying to prove with that graph? It appears to show that a vegan diet is marginally better than a conventional diet at blood glucose...

Post by: Mr_Pot, Jan 2, 2021 in forum: Ask A Question
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Food ideas for even lower carbing

It is how much carbs in total that a particular food contains, so you have to multiply the percentage carbs by the weight of the portion you are...

Post by: Mr_Pot, Jan 2, 2021 in forum: Ask A Question
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covid injection calculator

My wife's uncle, who is 84, hasn't heard when he is getting the vaccination yet. He was most put out when he heard that a neighbouring couple had...

Post by: Mr_Pot, Jan 2, 2021 in forum: Ask A Question
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New meter very different results to old meter

If you look on the side of a tub of strips it will probably have a reading you should get if you test a drop of solution instead of blood. As has...

Post by: Mr_Pot, Dec 31, 2020 in forum: Ask A Question
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New meter very different results to old meter

No doubt the control solution is a fixed concentration, the range represents the allowed accuracy of the meter. If the solution was marked at say...

Post by: Mr_Pot, Dec 30, 2020 in forum: Ask A Question
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New meter very different results to old meter

It doesn't matter how many meters there are if they are all +/-15% accurate then the maximum range will be 8.5 to 11.5 for a true 10.

Post by: Mr_Pot, Dec 29, 2020 in forum: Ask A Question
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New meter very different results to old meter

I agree about the +/- 15% but just to be pedantic about the maths. If the true reading is 10 then a meter reading 15% low would show 8.5 and a...

Post by: Mr_Pot, Dec 29, 2020 in forum: Ask A Question
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Christmas time barrrr humbug

In the year leading up to my retirement, there was a great deal of competitive baking of cakes by the women in the office inspired by GBBO. There...

Post by: Mr_Pot, Dec 28, 2020 in forum: Diabetes Discussions

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