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In terms of cannabis as a substance it's very low down on the risk assessment in terms of harm; this is Professor Nutt's study that got him fired by Cameron for having the audacity to suggest a scientific approach to drugs and harm...

Diabetes is a work in progress; and all of our results will fluctuate. However, I very much agree with @GrantGam's point about us all trying to improve our levels. It's very difficult to get a clear causative view on what is causing blood sugar fluctuations as there are so many plates in the...

It is so useful; it's too expensive for me to use constantly but I think the libre is genuinely the greatest step up in diabetes management since test strips over the ancient urine testing approach. You'll learn a huge amount about what your bloods do and understanding how things go overnight...

That's a great link; thank you. I want to eat all of those fat bombs immediately! The avocado and bacon one looks fantastic

As an idea for what else you can eat Google 'fat bombs'; there are loads of recipes for those and some of them sound great. Cold pressed coconut oil is pretty great too; you can put some in coffee with cream and it's pretty substantial. I've decided though that coffee and cream is not really...

Sorry to break this to you; but you've got an HbA1c of 6.5 now according to your footer! I'm not saying one should have zero carbs I'm saying you can if you want. As a Type 1 insulin is never optional; of course we have to have it. This is all based on the science; technically carbohydrate is...

Diabetes whether Type 1, Type 2 or anywhere in between and beyond is at its most basic an inability to properly metabolise glucose. All carbohydrates turn to glucose, so for Type 1 diabetics the glycemic index isn't really relevant. One does not need to eat any glucose (i.e the minimum daily...

I just found this; there is virtually no positive evidence as to the use of statins for type 1 diabetics (i.e. studies looking directly at Type 1's and statins) and what there is is of a very low quality: http://www.practicaldiabetes.com/article/statins-people-type-1-diabetes-treatment-start/...

Hello, It's daunting but don't worry too much; you'll get used to it. The starting assumption for insulin to carbohydrate ratio is 1 unit of fast acting to 10 grams of carbohydrate and your 4 units of Humalog seems to be along those lines. There are a number of apps for phones that will give...

Hi Conor, for retinopathy there is a scale of severity from NSC R0 meaning no retinopathy and a normal retina whilst NSC R3 is the most serious (I think in Scotland they have a slightly different grading system with NSC R4 as the worst). I've been Type 1 for almost 40 years and for about half...

Don't take an evening split dose. Just start again tomorrow morning.

Hi Zand! They do cause myopathy (muscle pain) directly because they interfere with the production of co-enzyme q10. And the drug companies know this; Merck registered a patent for statins and co-enzyme q10 in 1989 but then never released the combo-pill. Who knows why? Possibly because it's not...

Do you split your basal dose? It sounds like you need to reduce your night time basal by a unit or 2. You shouldn't need to go high to routinely deal with this. If you don't split basal I'd ask about swapping to Levemir and splitting it; it means you can deal with these type of issues...

You are probably deficient in vitamin D and B1 (Thiamine) as most of us are. You can have these levels checked by your doctor or pay for tests yourself. To supplement for vitamin D make sure you take D3 and consider also vitamin K as an adjunct. Have a look here for some good advice on...

Very sad. It doesn't quite hit home how serious this all is until you get news like this. Hold onto your friends we are so lightly here.

No, trouble. Do get the 1,000 per drop not the 'children's' version which does not have enough. That study I posted is quite old and was repeated in Finland, I believe, using only the rda for vitamin D3 (either 200 iu or 400 iu) which showed no benefit and guess what the conclusion was? Vitamin...

Absolutely, there are upper limits for D3 but those are unfeasibly large; i.e. multiple days in excess of 50,000 iu / day as I recall. Which says to me that 2 or 3 times the 'rda' is going to be fine. Recommended daily allowance figures are very questionable in any event; the agreed Vitamin...

I was told by a pediatrician that bloods in toddlers can be much more variable than in adults. The key thing is is there is glucose in the urine; as that indicates that blood sugars are elevated to an such an extent that the 'renal threshold' is met and the kidneys start trying to get rid of...

Hi, total cholesterol levels are meaningless with regard to CVD/CHD (familial hypercholesterolemia aside). Statins won't make you live a single day longer if you are a woman (I'm making that assumption based on your name, so forgive me if you not!). Elevated HbA1c over time directly...

I find that I have to take some short acting insulin for pretty much anything I'm eating, possibly not necessary for pure fat but who really wants to eat that? Once thing that happens when we eat is that the liver dumps glucose in anticipation of our normal insulin response, but as we are...