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Some interesting comments from the article ... The 2011 Hunt 2 study, one of the most recent and largest, followed 52,000 men and women in Norway aged 20-74 with no pre-existing heart disease, for 10 years. The results for women were crystal clear. The lower a woman’s total cholesterol, the...

All carbs turn to glucose quickly including brown bread. Best to avoid all bread if type 2.

Some people are TOFI = Thin Outside, Fat Inside. Some body composition weight scales show you % body fat, % visceral fat.

My morning fasting readings are usually between 5.0 and 5.5. I am happy with that.

Over 6.5% is in the diabetic range, but 7% is only just diabetic. If you have type 2 diabetes then you should be able to reduce your blood sugars by avoiding high carb food. Consider getting a blood glucose meter and testing which foods spike your blood sugar. Usually it is best to cut back on...

I saw an article the other day where it said that high glucose levels don’t raise HbA1C levels if the glucose spike is short. So you can have the same HbA1C where glucose is always in range and where there are short term glucose spikes with hypers and hypos. HbA1C does give a good idea of where...

When your blood glucose level drop the body produces cortisol which can make you cranky. This is one side effect of a high carb diet where glucose levels rise and fall quickly. You may like to tweak your diet so that levels are more stable.

5.5 this morning :)

Statins have virtualy zero benefit in terms of making you live longer. They are a huge multi billion dollar con by the pharmaceutical companies. Cholesterol is not a problem. Inflamation is. Inflamation is caused by glucose spikes and that is the reason why people with diabetes die more of heart...

There are a lot of benefits for people with type 2 by having a low carb diet. My blood sugars have dropped to almost non-diabetic levels as a result of dropping high carb foods from my diet. The problem is that many people are fixated with average blood sugar levels rather than being concerned...

See http://www.diabetes.co.uk/what-is-hba1c.html

A poll on this forum for side effects of statins showed about 2/3 of people stopped taking statins because of adverse effects. See http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/poll-side-effects-from-statins.58409/ If you watch the film Statin Nation you will see that the benefits of status are over...

Type 2 diabetes is linked to fatty liver. See https://www.webmd.boots.com/digestive-disorders/non-alcoholic-fatty-liver-disease-nafld A low carb diet and intermittent fasting can help remove fat from the liver by a process called ketosis. If you watch videos by Jason Fung you will get a good...

I am a vegetarian and eat a low carb diet. You don't need to eat meat to be on a LCHF diet. There are many evangelists who claim certain diets can "cure" diabetes. It appears that the LCHF and Newcastle Diets seem to produce good results as exhibited in the Success Stories on this forum. Other...

At my review with the diabetes nurse last May we agreed for me to stop taking metformin. Before that time I was taking 1x500Mg a day, having dropped from 2 to 1 a day in Feb after my HbA1C had dropped from 99 to 59. My HbA1C was 43 in Sept, so lower than May even without Metformin.

My blood pressure dropped from around 128/80 to 108/80 after going low carb.

Some people can’t tolerate metformin. The choice then is either get prescribed another type 2 medication, or eat a low carb diet. A low carb diet is much more effective in reducing blood sugars than metformin. High carb foods are very addictive and it does require some determination and...

About 25% of people suffer from blood glucose spikes. Most of these people have normal HbA1C and normal fasting blood glucose levels and don't have diabetes. However, frequent glucose spikes increase the risk of heart disease, strokes, cancer and alzheimers.

5.4 this morning :)

About 25% of the population get glucose spikes after eating high carb meals. These people may not have diabetes. Glucose spikes can lead to many illnesses including heart disease, strokes, cancer and alzheimers. So, it is good to be aware of glucose spikes and take appropriate action to avoid...