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  1. Trevor vP

    trouble getting blood

    When my hands are really cold when I am outdoor running and cycling I have created a little slip knot with a spare shoe lace and just put around top of finger then use the lancet and that always appears to work and actually makes it less painful.
  2. Trevor vP

    Type 2, looking at advice

    If the subway Salad you talking about is the bread with salad in that will do your weight and your blood glucose no good. Try start off simple A. extra weight not great for Diabetics - Weight comes from Calories we eat vs the amount of energy we use, almost impossible to reduce weight with...
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    Type 2, looking at advice

    You are going in the right direction by starting to cook for yourself. Process meat or food generally not great for your health. 1./Any fruit juice will not be great it is fast and high carbs as the body has no work to do. 2./ Biscuit and Sweets at that level not doing yourself any favours on...
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    Hi newly diagnosed T2 help please

    Hi Claire, Welcome to the forum. The Carb and Calc app is amazing when you start. You will note a lot of people that are T1 and T2 follow a low carb lifestyle on this forum, not always recommended by NHS but that is slowly changing and some of us are lucky enough to have diabetes nurse /...
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    Type 1'stars R Us

    That is 100% my sense of humour
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    sad with insulin

    Some ideas A. Omelet with egg/ham/cheese B. Scrambled eggs. C. Tuna and Cheese if you get some lettuce with that nice lunch. D. Spanish fatata Try get some green vegetables, even if frozen so you can buy a bag and just heat a small amount and add them as a small side dish or mix into...
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    Metabolising carbohydrates when fat/keto adapted?

    For endurance athlete longer than 5 hours we teach our bodies to burn fat if we are fat adapted and want to try stay low carb. That means lots and lots of training in what they call Z2 (low heart rate / low energy output) very shorts amount in Z4 and higher (high heart rate / big energy...
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    Cant increase my distance when running due to hypos

    I was getting a strange low at about the same sort of time into my run in the morning 60 mins or so. I always dial back my morning insulin for training. So starter taking my glucose meter with me and actually stopping and checking the actual reading and started to play with how fast I start...
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    sad with insulin

    Lower Carb meals will reduce the amount of Insulin you need to inject, exercise will reduce the amount of insulin you need to inject. Loosing weight will reduce insulin resistance if you type 2 therefore over longer term reduce the amount of insulin you need to inject. For cheaper low carb...
  10. Trevor vP

    Freestyle libre sensors falling off

    Have a try of these, they hold them on for people doing triathlons https://www.supersapiens.com/en-GB/accessories/patches/
  11. Trevor vP

    packed hams / meats

    I found that "Deli" cold cuts especially ham sent my blood sugar sky high especially when I travel in the USA, then I started reading a lot of so called healthy ways of curing meats included putting them in a Salt and Brown sugar brine.
  12. Trevor vP

    Weight Loss

    Have you had your A1C checked lately when sugars are running very high you can loose weight. The explanation given to me was something like this. "When glucose does not arrive in your cells your body thinks it's starving itself and finds a way to compensate it creates energy from burning fat and...
  13. Trevor vP

    Low carb breakfast Help

    12.5 Grams of Carbs for 1 person
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    Low carb breakfast Help

    Plain Greek Yoghurt, Omega 4 seeds, nuts , Chia seeds a little milk and some fruit a little ( calc the Carbs raspberries blue berries) and heat in sauce pan. I have completed 3 half Ironmans starting with this breakfast . For fun mornings Protein Pancake - 10 mins For 2 People 3 X Eggs 3 x...
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    diet issues

    Nuts, Cheese, Eggs, Olives Try make Keto bread roles. https://www.dietdoctor.com/recipes/the-keto-bread Lots of clever ideas under Keto Natural plain Yoghurt (just check the label try get below 4 Gram/100 Ml) .
  16. Trevor vP

    Newly diagnosed

    Hi, and welcome to the forum, A very important part of diabetes control a lot of people, doctors and studies all agree with is exercise for Diabetes control especially T2 that is insulin resistance. If you not already doing your at least recommend by NHS 150 Mins a week,just start slowly by...
  17. Trevor vP

    tiredness

    Agree 100%, if you have not got your B12 tested get a B12 test, Diabetes can link with other immune system issue for example I found out I had Pernicious Anaemia (Body cannot absorb B12 via digestive system). Also Metformin has some studies done that it can deplete B12 that I have read .
  18. Trevor vP

    Does it get harder to control BG levels as time goes on?

    I went from 110 to 37 over a 4 month period, however slowly started to creep back up over the years. I keep a low carb lifestyle and I am very fit and in weight range. I had to increase my medicine as A1C increased and now on Insulin and stable as type 1.5 with other immune conditions. My...
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    Is exercise good for diabetic patients

    Keep it simple, some simple walking, as others have said some resistance bands. Speak to your healthcare provider / GP on safe level of exercise for your own circumstance. The NHS recommends a minimum of 150 Mins per per week. Think about it like this that is 25 Minutes a day you invest in...
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    Is exercise good for diabetic patients

    70 Year old triathlete https://enprocal.com.au/sarcopenia/
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