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The general view is that cheat days are a bad move on keto because they have the potential to kick you out of ketosis. Then you'll have to go through keto flu all over again, which isn't that pleasant. However you can probably get your takeaway craving without leaving keto - most actual met...

Far as I understand it remission is no diabetic symptoms and normal blood sugars, but your body is still carb-intolerant and will spike if you consume carbs or sugars. It should be maintainable as long as you maintain whatever lifestyle/diet got you to normal numbers in the first place...

Hi all, I'm trying to up my protein intake at the moment and since I usually am running out the door in the morning there's not much opportunity for a cooked breakfast. Protein shakes sound like a good solution for getting an extra protein hit before work, but given how expensive the powders...

Hiya, Have been thinking about getting the Freestyle Libre, mainly because the data I think would be really interesting (and of course would be good to avoid pricking my fingers all the time) and I had a quick question: do you need the reader as well as the sensors? The website implies that you...

That's great news! I'm hovering in the mid 30s on MySugr now and would be thrilled to get a result like that in November

Yes, he basically summarised it as the more aggressively blood sugar is controlled in the early stages of the disease, the more effective long term treatment is. So I suppose the idea is that if they can bring blood sugars down early, and use metformin to sensitise cells to insulin again, that...

That's depressing to hear @AM1874 but not surprising I suppose given both the financial restrictions on the NHS and the fact that most GPs are indeed quite general in their studies and don't really know more than they're told about diabetes. I have to admit though, that I was shocked to hear...

Vodka, lime and soda water basically has zero carbs/sugars - and if you're at a place that does Coke Zero or other no-sugar soft drinks that's also an option You might find this helpful: https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/alcohol

Well, one trip to the doctor's later - he said that the high ketones should be expected for someone cutting carbs and losing as much weight as I am, but that I'm probably not eating enough and am likely dehydrated. Sounds about right to be honest. Sounds like I probably need to bump my protein...

What an amazing job! Well done :))

Well just back from my first trip to the practice nurse, and how disappointing. Not only got the usual spiel about not needing to use a meter to test but even got "your day to day blood sugars don't matter, as long as your HbA1C is improved". Not sure if she understands that they're connected...

Cheers. Blood sugar at non diabetic levels at the moment (4.4 fasting this am) so not particularly worried about DKA. I think more likely I've not been hydrating enough. It's definitely not my goal to replicate the ND as long term thathat's can't be healthy. At the moment I'm hitting those...

I probably do need to up the fats. I have a lot of weight to lose (5 stone) and have been losing regularly since I started low carb in August. I'm not hungry, but tbh after years of high carb unhealthy eating and binging I'm not convinced that my hunger response is actually doing what it's meant...

Thanks all. I just can't see that 900-1000 calories a day can be healthy, no matter how ok and not hungry I feel. I'm definitely not hitting the protein target that my lean body mass would indicate, and kind of worried that my ketones are so high because I'm not eating enough (++++ on ketostix...

Hi all, I've been a bit worried recently that I'm not getting enough calories. Carbs are so calorie dense that without them, I'm often not topping 1000 a day. I don't feel hungry at all though, and eating when I'm not hungry seems counter intuitive. However as a 17st tall guy my calorie targets...

Hi all! Quick update for you... Gave up on waiting for the nutritionist referral which is yet to materialise. I've been eating to my meter mainly and avoiding the carbs that spike me. Seems I can usually manage about 10g a meal without incident which sorts lunch and then I'll eat very low carb...

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In the UK it's fine provided you don't take insulin

Recurrent infections were my first tip off that I might have diabetes - every time I got a cut (no matter how small) it would get a minor staph infection. Every single time. I'd get a papercut and count down the days until it got infected, no matter how well I cleaned or disinfected it. Given my...

I find MySugr to be the most user-friendly I've found. It's a little childish in places but is really easy to use and is customisable to your own particular target goals. It also predicts your next HbA1C which is cool, though haven't seen yet how accurate it is. I just use the free one and have...