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Reasonable questions, which I will attempt to answer. As in other areas of medicine, in the area of diabetes I have learned not to take the 'official' account unquestioningly. I agree with many people on this forum, for example, that official dietary advice is completely and utterly wrong...

Just to clarify - I wasn't drinking a lot because of thirst, or polydipsia. It (excessive intake) led to high BG, rather than being a symptom of it.

Thanks, both. I'll just try to clarify: I am trying to distinguish between a condition of diabetes, where damage has occurred, and a temporary condition in which the liver, and maybe the body more generally, is overloaded with glucose, so cannot store it as efficiently as before. As result, it...

Just occurred to me recently: As I understand it, under normal circumstances the liver converts excess glucose into glycogen for storage until needed. Presumably there is a limit to how much it can store easily? So here's the question. Take my own case: I was downing litres of orange juice per...

Re: Comments on Low carb diet - a newbies guide I'll certainly compare notes there! I distinguish between dry white wine and Special Brew for two reasons: 1. SB is packed with carbs - DWW isn't. It shows on BG tests after drinking. SB sends me up there, DWW doesn't. 2. I can limit my wine...

Re: Comments on Low carb diet - a newbies guide Hi Viv - I think my will-power would let me down there, but I can at least cut out the Special Brew in favour of dry white wine. I really must learn my lesson about that stuff. What's the usual time scale for Ketosis to kick in? Your body has...

Re: Comments on Low carb diet - a newbies guide OK - thanks. I'll try harder!

Re: Comments on Low carb diet - a newbies guide I started a deliberate low-carb diet last Friday morning. As far as I can work out, the only carbs I get are from coffee (1/2 inch of milk to top up), one or two small pieces of bread or Ryvita, maybe a tomato, and dry white wine. Even so i am...

I'm new too - we are all in this together, so please don't feel apologetic. It's a major learning curve for me, I can tell you!

Definitely! Don't go just because other members seem a bit excitable to you. There are 40,000+ members here, and I am sure most of them value your point of view. :)

Or, I suppose you could get the same result by just measuring the portion size, eating it, and then testing. (From what I've read, each type of food can produce different results, even with the same carb content).

Just as a matter of interest, here is what happened this morning. After a night drinking too much starchy beer (I've already birched myself - don't worry), I had a BG reading (on my machine!) of 8.6 this morning. Had some breakfast, which was just omelette with cheese and ham, and then went for...

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That's really helpful - thanks. One question I have is about the reported meta-studies performed to determine at what level of BG risks of complications become significant, etc. Presumably someone must have come up with a graph, or chart as a result of these stuidies?

Great post, Steve (and the others). I am just wanting some sort of reassurance on this point: If you manage your BG as you describe, day by day, is it really established that you will improve your overall BG levels over the longer term?

I have had a quick search and been unable to find anything on this, so sorry if I missed it. My question is about the statistics of 'increased risk of complications'. Does anyone know of any findings about this? Just for example, if we read that 'regular peaking above 8 mmol/l leads to...

My reply to them: "Thank you very much for the detailed reply. I do want to assure you that I do not intend to extend this exchange beyond what is necessary to clarify the relevant point for me, but I am unfortunately still unclear. My question now is: You seem to be saying that because of...

My thoughts precisely. If I understand them correctly, they say that because of temperature variations and possible impurities it is not possible to obtain the perfect reading (which they imply would be 6.7) for a 6.7 solution. So, as you speculated, they have artificially raised the target...

Here's their response - just in. I can't see anything about a systematic error expected in control solution (?) Thank you for contacting Accu-Chek. Please be aware that performing a control test in your home environment cannot by compared to performing a control test in a laboratory, as the...

The manufacturer specifies a range between 6.7 and 9, from which I infer that the correct reading for this machine and solution ought to be about 8.0, thus allowing an equal margin in both directions. If I am correct about this, the mystery is why they expect such a high reading, when all of...