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Having gone around this topic with my GP - I totally agree, in fact this was the starting point of my own journey, just feeling totally unsatisfied with the explanation of what Metformin was supposed to do and what insulin resistance was. We kind of agreed on this - Metformin does a few things...

I also had a huge surprise with some cherry tomatoes very early on when I switched out the carbs.. I guess we have to remember that tomatoes are fruits masquerading as veggies, or veggies masquerading as fruits...

I think we tend to think about popcorn as being safe because it's low calorie, but for us, calories are kind of unhelpful, it's all about the speed of delivery of sugar - and popped corn is just corn where the sugar is easier to get to... so, yeah, I would think about it like you're a recovering...

All oral steroids are essentially the same kind of molecule that our own internally produced molecules are - the full name of course being Corticosteroids, so if you understand that your own Cortisol will drive an increase of blood Glucose, you can rest a little easier that it's just the same...

Hey - so I gave up drinking progressively over about a year - during which I was diagnosed T2. Not directly comparable, but the initial diagnosis in my case should really have been around fatty liver - and my guess is that this is also what you are going through, but with alcohol rather than...

Nice work, @TheSecretCarbAddict - and I like the mind map... and I can definitely see the similarities in our stories.. Powerful, life changing steps you've taken though.. and really excellent to hear that you're having a positive, supportive experience with your GP.. that makes such a difference.

Great work - and great to hear; I`m winding up to my next set of blood tests, and it's always good to see others having success, well done!

It's all very overwhelming to start with, and unhelpfully; stressing about it will have it's own effect.. as an 'enthusiastic newb' to this as well, I think one big thing I've learned (learned? am learning?) is that while your body is getting used to the new normal, whatever that is for you...

Particularly in relation to what @KennyA said - don't rule out that dreaming may be playing a part here - I'm a sleep logger as well as having some experience with CGM. Quite often, I could match sudden changes in BG levels to periods in dream sleep during the night. Your brain is quite active...

I've only just stopped wearing a CGM after having one on constantly for nearly a year. I'm eating a high-fat low carb diet now, so my BG is nearly always flat, but I'd gotten to the point that the couple of recent spikes I did have (for eating something I was unaware was full of Pea Starch, and...

Hope you're feeling better now; big shock I would imagine, and for all the complaining about the guidelines, the NHS are often just miraculous with the day to day business...

Just a quick one for anyone who is Type 1, or otherwise using a CGM with an Android Phone, and is also the kind of tech geek that has to be part of any Beta test going. The currently available Android 15 beta (at time of writing this on the weekend of the 14th April) will render your NFC radio...

Hope you're feeling better looking forward to the long weekend.. I've really resisted offering anyone advice - I don't feel like I'm in any position to do so, but one thing that really worked for me, is recognising that a very low carb diet doesn't need to be no fun... in fact, I'm having...

@shadowoftheday - do let us know how the tests go. Personally, I was only aware of drinking and peeing too much after a random checkup that included blood sugar tests revealed something out of the ordinary - well done for getting yourself checked out. I'm very new here myself, but definitely...

Well done, great news...

Congratulations!! That's really great news, and good work sir..! Nice to hear that low-carb is working for you; I think we can all do with success stories to keep us motivated...

6 this morning - 4 on fasting days.

I'm still using Libre 2 units, as I was initially diagnosed type 1 - my experience is that they vary quite a lot. Some will faithfully report on a constant basis for the whole 2 weeks. Some will almost immediately lose contact with the app, and you have to keep scanning manually. Most fall...

Thanks for the recommendation, I now have that in my pile to read - I would recommend also 'Stay off my operating table' by Philip Ovadia, MD It's pretty shocking just how much of the information we were told growing up, and now take as gospel... just turns out to be poor science, twisted by...