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so just to clarify - something carb based before bed reduced your Dawn Syndrome measurements of BG on waking ? Just asking because although i am also firmly in remission i still seem to have high BG on waking adn i wonder what the mechanism is that it addresses Thanks

So - the DN this morning has put my notes down as 'Remission' with annual bloods and retinal checks. Just need to avoid the ice cream cake to celebrate :woot:

So a bit of an update Results of the latest HBA1C and Tryglicerides are in and although the drop wasnt quite what i wanted (was looking for a sub 40) i am showing a continual improvement HBA1C - 41 Tryglicerides - 0.6 Weight seems to have plateaued at 93.5KG and BP remains unchanged...

I quite like Dr Jason Fung's Diabetes Code for an explanation of how it is all interlinked and potentially caused. The science of liver Metabolism of different sugars (glucose and fructose) adds up and from a personal experience looking back (hindsight is great) i can see some of both the...

totally agree - if you dont inform and educate then how will people know Yet to see a Dr on the NHS - even with an initial reading of 125 i got a 5 minute phone call. Our DN in the surgery apparently only does phone calls but in fairness im not annoyed - my choices seem to be working for me -...

Agreed - not only do they not not pushed a proven treatment regime but their own advice as you say is wrong. Totally agree about the longer term effects of medication and disease progression but if i was cynical i would say that an immediate difference fixes the patient in front of you today...

As someone who has seen good progress with a diet and lifestyle only approach i have had this discussion with Mrs J_P many times - along the lines of why arent Drs pushing this. Her well reasoned reply is that making diet and lifestyle changes and sticking to them is hard and most patients wont...

My experience (diagnosed with a tasty 125 end of June) was that when i presented a thought through plan of action (i.e. this is what i'm going to do and for how long and here is how i will measure the outcome) then they were happy for me not to medicate to start with. In real terms i said give...

6.8 :mad:

7.2 at 0630 :arghh:

7.2 at 0630 :confused:

6.6 this morning

and back up to 6.4......... Swings and roundabouts

A better 5.8

FBG (23/11) 5.8 Yesterday Food BF : IF L: IF Dinner : Sausages and mash (small ice cream scoop worth) plus plenty of kale with onion gravy (onions, stock no flour), Greek Yoghurt Blueberries, Brazil Nuts Exercise: 5KM (Slow Run): 34 Min Strength and Core: 25 Mins Going to do the Libre free...

A much better 5.8 this morning

6.7 :(

6.6 - seems to have gone up on average 1 unit - Earlier reading s a month ago were all in the 5-5.5 range **** Liver

6.7 Going to fast today and see what that does to levels later

BG (16/11) - 7.1 (Really Annoyed) Yesterday BF: IF L: Salad Nicoise and salami D: Pizza (Homemade Sauce and Keto Dough (Cheese, Egg and Almond Flour) Exercise 5Km Run (27 Mins) Strength Trg (25 Mins)