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  1. Art Of Flowers

    Type 2 berberine supplements

    I recently got some Nutra Science 500mg 98% purity berberine capsules from Amazon. You have to be very careful where you buy it as some of brands have little or no berberine in them and the best have nearly 100% purity. See this comparison on some US berberine brands ... As a result of...
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    Tingling in fingers and feet after starting metformin?

    See https://www.gov.uk/drug-safety-update/metformin-and-reduced-vitamin-b12-levels-new-advice-for-monitoring-patients-at-risk Metformin strips the body of vitamin B12. A B12 deficiency causes neuropathy symptoms. I suggest you take B12 and stop metformin if you are getting negative side effect...
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    Omega-6 Apocalypse - Are vegetable oils driving the rise in obesity, heart disease and type 2 diabetes

    I just discovered this video which explains the link between vegetable oils and heart disease ... There are two problems with vegetable oils ... 1: Plant Sterols are involved with blood clots 2: They cause inflamation
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    Benfotiamine (fat soluble vitamin B1)

    I am still taking 300mg benfotiamine twice a day. It seems to have helped lower my fasting blood glucose and average glucose. My fasting blood glucose has been under 6.0 for the last two weeks apart from one day when it was 6.3. Average 5.7 for the last week. My GMI (last 14 days) on my Dexcom...
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    Overwhelmed

    Get a glucose meter, test your fasting glucose first thing and then before and 2hrs after eating to see if the food is spiking your blood sugars. Look for less than a 2 mmol rise after 2 hours. Edited by mod to remove rule breaches
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    Freestyle libre 2 inside arm

    See https://www.diabeticsupply.co.uk/collections/skin-grip-1/freestyle-libre
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    Freestyle libre 2 inside arm

    See this….
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    Help please understanding cholesterol levels

    I have always refused to take statins for the following reasons: 1: They increase blood glucose which makes diabetes worse. 2: There is little benefit for people on a Low Carb High Fat diet with well controlled blood glucose because inflammation, which causes plaque in the arteries, is...
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    jumping when sleeping and bone pain

    Restless leg at night may be because of a magnesium deficiency. See https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/leg-cramps-what-do-people-do-to-prevent-or-treat-these.203925/
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    Breakfast

    Two weetabix has about 26g of carbs, so is not a good choice. If you have type 2 diabetes that will probably raise your blood sugar between 5 and 10 mmol. Eggs are good. I eat Alpro NO SUGAR yoghurt for breakfast. Get a blood sugar monitor if you haven't got one and test you glucose before, 1hr...
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    Olive oil

    Olive oil is best. You need to avoid the highly processed oils such as corn oil, sunflower oil and rapeseed oil. See https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/omega-6-apocalypse-are-vegetable-oils-driving-the-rise-in-obesity-heart-disease-and-type-2-diabetes.204927
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    Advice for newly diagnosed type 2

    Get a blood glucose meter and go on a low carb high fat (LCHF) diet.
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    How do these levels look for someone who’s non diabetic but has PCOS?

    Check out this video https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/glucose-spikes-the-silent-killer.205341/#post-2715376 which explains the link between glucose spike and PCOS.
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    Referencing

    See https://www.diabetes.co.uk/blog/2021/02/6-things-affect-blood-glucose-readings/ Looks like it was added 6 Feb 2021
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    Type 1 Ketone Measurement

    I got some Bayer Ketostix to measure ketones from urine. The problem is that the measurement is by matching colour against a set of colours on the pack. If you eat low carb Keto diet then your ketones can be in the 1.5-3 range. The colour patterns correspond to 0, 0.5, 1.5, 4, 8 so it is hard to...