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  1. Cedartop
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    Success at last

    Just an update - my A1c is now 5.0% and I am still on no diabetes medication.
    Post by: Cedartop, Jun 1, 2018 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
  2. Cedartop
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    Getting into ketosis

    Once your body gets fully accustomed to burning ketones, the amount measurable in the blood, or the telltale fruity breath both noticeably drop.
    Post by: Cedartop, May 31, 2018 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
  3. Cedartop
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    Advice on Metformin

    Until recently, I had been on Metformin since it came out. One is typically given an initial dose of 500mg to develop tolerance. That dosage is...
    Post by: Cedartop, Apr 28, 2018 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
  4. Cedartop
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    Success at last

    She is an endocrinologist. I don't know her vies on either. She did not give me an OGTT and since I have never been on insulin, bolus for...
    Post by: Cedartop, Apr 28, 2018 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
  5. Cedartop
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    Success at last

    You should read the book by Dr. Jason Fung (I think its called The Complete Guide to Fasting). The one thing you need to do before starting is be...
    Post by: Cedartop, Apr 28, 2018 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
  6. Cedartop
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    Success at last

    I was diagnosed in 1985. I don't know what my glucose tolerance test reading was at the time - A1c had not been invented yet. I have been eating...
    Thread by: Cedartop, Apr 28, 2018, 15 replies, in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
  7. Cedartop
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    Carpal Tunnel a Predictor of Diabetes!

    Not quite, but I had trigger finger in a couple of fingers and the doctor said that they didn't know what the connection was, but that it was...
    Post by: Cedartop, Jul 16, 2017 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
  8. Cedartop
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    Interpreting Numbers

    You have received great info above, but one other thing to remember is that if you have diabetes, you are "broken" - your entire metabolic system...
    Post by: Cedartop, Jul 8, 2017 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
  9. Cedartop
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    Fasting blood glucose is driving me nuts but doc says to take it easy. Should I?

    My experience has been, when starting a low-carb diet, that my fasting blood sugar numbers went down and were in the 80's. However, even...
    Post by: Cedartop, Jun 28, 2017 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
  10. Cedartop
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    Sukkarto?

    A couple of things. Exercise, while wonderful for a lot of things, is not a good way to try and lose weight long term, unless you train like an...
    Post by: Cedartop, Jun 26, 2017 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
  11. Cedartop
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    Treating high blood sugar alone does not reduce diabetic complications

    As I recall, the increased risk of death in these studies was associated with persons who achieved their glucose levels control with an aggressive...
    Post by: Cedartop, Jun 26, 2017 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
  12. Cedartop
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    Hot weather and the impact on BG.

    +1 on dehydration. When you get dehydrated, your body will leech water out of your blood, but the sugar remains. This necessarily gives you a...
    Post by: Cedartop, Jun 23, 2017 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
  13. Cedartop
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    vegans

    Fat in the cells is an element of insulin resistance, but the primary cause is a barrage of to much insulin for too long (just as, if you eat a...
    Post by: Cedartop, Jun 20, 2017 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
  14. Cedartop
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    Read the label stupid....

    Here in the US, the fat phobias is so prevalent that it is not easy to find yogurt that is not "fat free" or 2%. so I started making my own...
    Post by: Cedartop, Jun 12, 2017 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
  15. Cedartop
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    Insulin Resistance

    It is routine for Type 2s to be producing much higher insulin than normal when diagnosed. That is the hallmark of Type 2 diabetes. A simple...
    Post by: Cedartop, May 19, 2017 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
  16. Cedartop
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    Heartburn

    My wife and I used to have this problem, especially my wife. Now that we are low-carvers, she virtually never has it anymore and neither do I. I...
    Post by: Cedartop, May 18, 2017 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
  17. Cedartop
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    Post meal BS is lower than Pre meal

    If your post-meal sugar is lower than your pre-meal sugar, you obviously ate backwards...;)
    Post by: Cedartop, May 17, 2017 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
  18. Cedartop
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    Carb amounts

    Also, you could choose a meal and check your blood sugar after the meal. If your numbers are too high then you ate either too many or the wrong...
    Post by: Cedartop, May 17, 2017 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
  19. Cedartop
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    Help me get through to my mother please

    A couple of ideas - the idea that "One time won't hurt you." might be true if it was only one time. Explain that the problem is that you have to...
    Post by: Cedartop, May 14, 2017 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
  20. Cedartop
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    Anyone Less than 40?

    I am 64, but I was diagnosed 32 years ago. A1c is 5.8% with only metformin.
    Post by: Cedartop, May 12, 2017 in forum: Type 2 Diabetes
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