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I had hot flushes when I first started on metformin - the first couple of weeks. I wasn't breathless though. I just would get very hot all of a sudden. Similar but not the same as the hot flushes from menopause.

Speaking of gut biome and poo transplants (see what I did there?), the baby koala eats a diet high in their mum's faeces in order to receive the bacteria they need to tolerate their diet of eucalyptus leaves. Quite fascinating. It's called coprophagia. They only eat eucalyptus leaves and only...

So I just rang around the usual places to ask about CAC score scans (Coronary Artery Calcium score). Two places in my state so far, with the local one charging $330 and the one at the other end of the state starts at $330 and goes up to $650 if they actually find any calcium, depending on how...

He's a long way from home.. I wonder if they deep fry and batter the eucalyptus leaves in America?

Just wanted to say thanks, @Indy51! You rock my world with your shared videos. I really get a lot from them, and I'm sure I'm not the only one. So a big, big thank you for your contributions!

How much can a koala bear!?

I wonder what that ratio is in the general population and how it compares?!

Keep in mind that loads of 70 year olds don't have heart attacks! On my report, it's written that I have a 1:5 risk of premature cardiovascular disease. Well, unless I'm wrong, 80 out of every 100 people with this family hypercholesterol business don't have premature cardiovascular disease. A...

I know how you feel Marcus. You feel as if you're just starting to get somewhere close to the finish line, and they go and move it. It's hard not to worry about that cholesterol business. I've been given the same news, and I'm going back to the doctor, even though I feel like I'm being...

Well there's a coincidence, I'm just listening to Dave on the youtubes!

Ohh FH - got it.. No testing has been done for FH, as far as I know. Never heard it mentioned before. My GP didn't mention it today either. It is just written on the results as a given because the LDL is between 5.0 - 6.4.

I'm not sure what FH is?

I was fasting from lunchtime the day before. I have been intermittent fasting for the last 2ish weeks. Having just one meal each day and sticking to LCHF - in fact, nearly entirely meat and fat.

Had my appointment with GP today to get results from second HBA1C and other tests. Firstly the good news: I've lost 7 kg and my HBA1C after 3 months has fallen from 8.9 % to 5.2 %! My FBG has decreased from 20 mmol/l to 6.2 mmol/l. I'm quite delighted by the response of my body to LCHF and...

I've just finished watching those 2 very long streams from the conference and I am just sitting here gobsmacked - lucky my fingers are still finding the keys. I know I have my own bias - it is really hard to ignore your very own n = 1 results when you aren't telling any fibs or misleading...

I'm not sure if this has been suggested yet. I have read and watched quite a number of people claiming that eating protein and fat keeps us feeling full. I don't know if that's true in my case. For example, when I ate eggs with toast, I would feel hungry a couple of hours later. I think it...

Do you put them in the oven like that, or the microwave (I only have traumatic explosive experiences which connect microwaves and eggs!). Looks like silicon muffin tin? Does it clean up really well afterwards?

Whereas, my highest reading is always the very first one of the day, and then it gradually declines with last reading generally the lowest of the day. I started to eat breakfast for the first time ever in my life, when I was diagnosed and following HCP advice. My numbers don't go up 2 hours...

What I hate the most is that input A doesn't equal output A. You can eat and do exactly the same thing days in a row, and suddenly you have a change in your readings. I think it might be partially because we're taking on board the perception that we've bought this on ourselves, and so, when we...

Would it make any difference if you make an appointment and actually see the doctor? Where I live, you can get a repeat prescription for a $10 fee, but if you see the GP, it's bulk billed and no charge. You could always cite "immunisation enquiry" as your primary reason for the visit.