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  1. Art Of Flowers

    What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

    Pulsin Keto bar with warm water and lemon juice Cheese Salad with iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, radish, spring onion, celery, carrot with dressing made from extra virgin olive oil and apple cider vinegar with mustard, pepper and Himalayan salt. Strawberries, blackberries and raspberries with cream.
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    How do these levels look for someone who’s non diabetic but has PCOS?

    If you are interested in getting a CGM, take at look at this … https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/getting-started-with-a-continuous-glucose-monitor-cgm.204410/
  3. Art Of Flowers

    How do these levels look for someone who’s non diabetic but has PCOS?

    Normal range for fasting blood glucose is between 4 and 7. A level of 5.5 is in the normal range. However a level of 11.6 after eating does seem to be a bit high. It looks like a glucose spike. Take a look at Alpha Lipoic Acid supplements … https://www.pcosnutrition.com/alpha-lipoic-acid/...
  4. Art Of Flowers

    Linking Smart Watch to Libre 2

    See https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/freestyle-libre2-readings-on-a-andriod-smart-watch.202401
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    Difference between Dexcom One and Dexcom One+

    I have a 3 month subscription for the Dexcom One+. It cost me £229 + £4.99 shipping. I don’t pay VAT because I have diabetes. See https://uk.store.dexcom.com/en-GB/dexcom-one-plus/STX-D7-SUBSCRIPTION.html I phoned up the U.K. Dexcom sales line and they emailed me a VAT exemption declaration...
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    Difference between Dexcom One and Dexcom One+

    See https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/dexcompdf/Dexcom_ONE_Plus/LBL-1005656_D1_D1%2B_comparison_table.pdf The Dexcom One has the same form factor to the Dexcom G6 with a separate transmitter which lasts 3 months ... Dexcom One The Dexcom One+ has the same form factor as the Dexcom G7 with...
  7. Art Of Flowers

    Type 2s: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning? (very low chat level)

    5.4 at 06:28 after taking r-ALA and Benfotiamine yesterday.
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    Weekly weigh in - Fridays

    74.1 Kg down from 74.2 last week
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    Fasting Blood Sugar this morning + yesterday's food AND physical activity

    Fasting Blood Sugar 5.8 at 06:08 Yesterday's food + Dexcom One+ reading 07:15 Pulsin Keto Bar 6.3 09:30 Latte Coffee 7.0 - (raised BG to 8.8) 12:00 Linda McCarney Mozzarella burger + steamed vegetables - 6.7 (raises BG to 8.0) 13:58 Half bowl of strawberries and blackberries with cream - 8.0...
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    Confused about the way forward

    Hi Julie When I was diagnosed with T2 my HBA1C was 99. I started by stopping to eat food such as breakfast cereal which had a lot of added sugar. I later stopped eating other high carb food such as rice, potatoes, bread, pasta, fruit juice and bananas. I found this video to be useful as it...
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    Why do my sugars rise overnight!

    I was having some high fasting blood glucose levels at the end of April in the 8-10 range. I realised that I had got into some bad habits like eating ice cream and chocolates. I bought a new Contour Next meter in May which has an app to record your sugars and started using it most days. My...
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    The Best US meter to use

    The most accurate Glucose Meter is the Contour Next. See https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5505415/ - see Table 2 for accuracy comparisons. See https://www.ascensiadiabetes.com/products/contour-next-gen/
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    The benefits of a Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) for type 2 diabetics

    Abbott is working on 4 new Lingo devices for non-diabetics - glucose, ketones, lactate and alcohol. See .. The Lingo glucose monitor is available in the UK, but it is expensive ... https://www.hellolingo.com/uk The Dexcom equivalent of the Lingo is the Stelo - https://www.dexcom.com/stelo...
  14. Art Of Flowers

    Best cgm

    See https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/dexcom-one-vs-libre-2-libre-2.205095/ The Dexcom One+ has the same form factor as the Dexcom G7 - small with a built in Bluetooth transmitter. The Dexcom One+ does have a calibration function so you can match the readings to your blood sugar meter...
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    The benefits of a Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) for type 2 diabetics

    I went to see a diabetes nurse at the end of April. I didn't have a blood test, so I decided to begin testing again at home. My previous blood glucose monitor was an Accu Chek Mobile which uses a cassette with 50 tests which expires 90 days after the first time you use it. Problem with that is...
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    Sweeteners

    There is a video on some sweeteners Monk Fruit, Stevia, Erythritol & Xylitol with low or zero GI ...
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    Sweeteners

    There is some information about Sugar Alcohols (Polyols) in this thread ... https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/sugar-alcohols-which-ones-spike-your-blood-sugar.204710/ Many Low Sugar products use polyols instead of sugar. Unfortunately Maltitol has a Glycemix Index (GI) almost as high as...
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