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As Denise writes, in the UK the system is different. In the National Health Service the model is to use as few healthcare professionals as possible to treat as many patients as possible, to keep wages and pensions as low as possible. Hence time is at a premium. The result is the doctor doesn't...

Feeling tired can be due to many things. A very common cause though is oddly enough, lack of exercise. It sounds counter intuitive but some physical activity can 'energise' you. There is a lot to be said for fresh air and fun. Have a look at the Epworth Sleepiness Scale. I felt myself getting...

If it's two hours later I'd guess its gluconeogenesis, which is the response due to generally low levels, as glycogenolysis is pretty much instant. If you were jogging and suddenly saw a tiger, your fight or flight response requires a immediate boost in energy levels. Two hours to crank yourself...

I'll never listen to Frank Sinatra's 'I did it my way' again.

As far as I know, that's glycogenolysis and is the other main pathway. It differs from gluconeogenesis in the way it is triggered. Both occur mainly in the liver but glycogenolysis is triggered by a hormone, epinephrine (adrenaline), which is released as a part of a fight or flight response, ie...

If you are type 2 and not on strong medications, exercise is good for you. Type 1s or those type 2s on stronger meds have to be careful because as they use up their blood glucose, the meds can interfere with with the body's natural balancing mechanism of homeostasis. This literally means same...

They were the best bit. I used to look forward to going to bed. "What's on tonight?" Invariably I woke up thinking, "Wow, that was amazing". Wish I could get some more!

Truvia uses Erythritol and Stevia extract. I find it very good and unlike other polyols, Erythritol is kind on the digestive system.

I went to the GP Surgery's Smoking Cessation Clinic and they gace me a prescription for a course of Champix. It was very effective and I have never smoked since.

When discussing fat content, yogurts don't spring to my mind. I baulk at full fat cream cheese which is something like 4 times higher than thick creamy yoghurts. Also, if you make a really rich cheese cake, you eat more than a single pot of yogurt and it is quite easy to consume the equivalent...

I'll eat a pudding but I'll choose one of the less sugary options. Last night I had a little ice cream though I really wanted the ginger treacle sponge and custard.

I do, or rather did, but I think it was due to simvastatin. I have switched to atorvastatin and it has improved greatly, though has not entirely gone away. It is very difficult to unravel what is going on exactly.

Sports like soccer or tennis which involve a long period of activity but interspersed with a series of short sprints are, in my opinion, better suited than steady pace activities such as jogging. I suppose shuttle runs were an early form of HIT. All the cross country runners dropped out at a...

Citric acid, like acetic acid in vinegar will lower BG levels. Quite a few type 2s have a teaspoon of cider vinegar and it does work as an emergency, get the level down quick type measure. Lemon juice though is more pleasant and with water or with a calorie and carb free lemonade it is...

Finger stabbing is often used. Even my brother now asks me if I am off to stab myself. Sometimes people overhear and look horrified.

The OP wrote "he can't be bothered to adjust his lifestyle or to worry about this". As such, if anything, he is likely to have high blood sugar levels, not low blood sugar levels.

Yes. Mine came down from 86 to 48 in three months and then I was 36.5 by the end of the year. I don't take medication so I am much less likely to have a hypo. Your body detects when glucose is low and produces more for you by creating it from things like fatty acids in your stores. This is...

Yes but it is not the same BS as your finger prick test which measures the glucose in your blood plasma, it is a measurement of how much glucose has stuck to your red blood cells. This is a sort of 3 month history.

I have seen these sort of episodes with people when they get older and you have my deepest sympathies. Sometimes sufferers can be very pleasant but forgetful. My own grandmother asked me three times in ten minutes who I was. When I asked her where my grandfather lived when she met him though...

If it is just an HBA1c test they are testing for the amount of glycated haemoglobin, that's all. Iron binds to haemoglobin, in the form of ferritin, but to test for iron deficient anaemia, you have to test for that. You wouldn't pick it up 'by accident' looking at the glucose bound to a red...