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Try taking Alpha Lipoic Acid supplements. They help with neuropathy and also increase mental clarity (clears brain fog). 600 Mg per day is good. There are two types of ALA. The r-ALA variant is better.

The goal is to be in the range 4 to 7. Best to get a blood glucose meter and check which foods spike your blood sugar. Check before and two hours after eating. Blood sugars should not raise by 2. In general, avoid carbohydrates such as breakfast cereal, bread, potatoes, rice and pasta. Also...

You need to get your own blood glucose meter. Then you will know if your blood sugars are getting too high.

There are some excepts from the Film Statin Nation ... The first 13 mins Side Effects of Statins The chelesterol myth People with high cholesterol live longer

Unfortunately Statins raise blood sugar, so are not good for people with type 2 diabetes. People in the UK and USA who have heart attacks have lower cholesterol than average, so lowering cholesterol via statins does not always help. There is evidence that higher cholesterol levels for women...

Quite a few people have had bariatic surgery. There are also lots of people who have reduced their weight using a LCHF (low carb high fat) diet and intermittent fasting. Check out the video by Jason Fung linked in my forum signature - the two big lies of type 2 diabetes. Jason has had a lot of...

You need to avoid high carb foods. That means cut out breakfast cereals, bread, potatoes, rice and pasta. Also avoid fruit juice and fruit such as bananas and grapes. If you eat less carbs, then your blood sugars will reduce. You will need to eat more fat in your diet to compensate e.g. cheese...

See https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/keto This link will give you a lot of information on what to eat and what to avoid on a keto diet.

Statins should be avoided. See the film statin nation for some detailed analysis. My HbA1C was 99 and reduced to 59 using metformin and lowering carbs and sugar. I got it down to 44 by further reducing carbs and only taking one 500 mg metformin tablet per day. After that I stopped taking...

When I have an appointment with the diabetes nurse I get a blood test form for three months time. You can just turn up for the blood test on one of three days per week. When I have a blood test I make an appointment to see the diabetes nurse a week or so later. The health centre I visit is...

75.0 Kg down from 75.4 Kg this time last week :)

5.3 this morning :)

Do you have a blood glucose meter? Maybe you are not eating enough fat. Cutting carbs is ok, but you need to eat more fat to compensate.

Type 2 diabetes suffers can lower blood sugars by eating a low carb diet. Drugs like Metformin only lower blood sugars a little. The reason why you may need glipizide is probably that you are eating too many carbs. Eating too many carbs will also increase your weight. Glipizide stimulates the...

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I calculated mine as 8.64 Not sure why you had the LDL converter. Maybe you should have used the Glucose converter : http://unitslab.com/node/1 as the formula uses glucose and trigs. Log normal seems to be the LN function in Excel Your worked example seems to be: log normal of (your fasting...

Last October I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. My HbA1C was 99 and blood sugar 13.1. My weight was 85 Kg with a BMI of about 33. My doctor prescribed Metformin and told to take 2x500Mg daily, reduce sugar and do more exercise. At this point I started looking at the sugar content in the food...

If you eat low carb you live longer. You don't need a drug to do this, just stop eating carb rich food. :)

I never realised I was a trendy “bio-hacker” once I started intermittent fasting. I think fasting does seem to bring out the “oh your going to die” comments from people who know nothing about it. My wife panics when I say I am not eating all day. In reality, fasting seems to have dramatic...

Get a blood glucose monitor and check which foods spike your blood sugar. Some diabetics can eat porridge whilst others find it spikes their blood. I found my blood sugars jumped from 6 to 10, two hours after eating porridge, so I stopped eating it. In general, avoid breakfast cereals, bread...