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  1. Art Of Flowers

    Fasting Blood Sugar this morning + yesterday's food AND physical activity

    Today's Fasting Blood Glucose 5.6 at 06:13 using Contour Next meter 5.7 on Dexcom One+ Yesterday's food with CGM blood sugar reading 07:10 Eva Bold protein bar 6.6 11:43 Cheese Omelette 6.4 14:28 Small bowl of strawberries, blackberries and raspberries with double cream 6.7 18:00 Alpro NO...
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    Statins

    Statins usage the USA ... rose from 37 million people in 2008/9 to 92 million in 2018/19 - a 217% increase. Despite that the healthy life expectancy in the USA dropped from 66.7 years in 2010 to 66.1 years in 2019 (World Health Organization Stats). See...
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    Breakfast or no breakfast

    I rarely eat breakfast these days. If I do, I have some Alpro No Sugars Plain Yoghurt.
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    Ambrosia Systems CGM - anyone had any user experience please?

    You asked the same question before ... https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/looking-for-reviews-of-the-ambrosia-real-time-cgm.204633/
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    Dexcom G7 recent upgrade

    There is some info about Omnipod 5 on this video ... New Diabetes Tech at ADA 2024
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    Moving to New Zealand

    Try talking to @EllieM
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    The worst food ingredient for diabetics

    I read an article about Oatly milk the other day ... https://www.jeffnobbs.com/posts/is-oatly-healthy It reckons Oatly oat milk has a similar glycemic index as coca cola, so not great for type 2 diabetics, plus it contains rape seed oil which causes inflammation and diabetic complications.
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    The worst food ingredient for diabetics

    It has 5 ingredients according to Morrisons - water, rice, almonds, sunflower oil and sea salt. Has 10 g carbs per 100ml, probably from the rice. The Alpro No Sugars Almond Milk has 0 carbs ... https://www.alpro.com/uk/products/drinks/almond-drinks/almond-roasted-no-sugars
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    Would Fresca or Crystal Light be better to drink?

    Fresca is made by Coca Cola … https://www.coca-cola.com/us/en/brands/fresca-sparkling-soda#accordion-9226fad062-item-e1d74f2fbf Has no sugar, but does contain aspartame. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified aspartame as a "possible" cause of cancer. Crystal...
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    Why do my sugars rise overnight!

    Check out Dawn Phonomenon” or Liver Dump”.
  11. Art Of Flowers

    Fasting

    If you are interested in intermittent fasting check out Jason Fung … https://www.youtube.com/@drjasonfung
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    Sensors

    There is a section of the forums for Blood Glucose Monitors. See https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/category/blood-glucose-monitoring.42/
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    Sensors

    See https://jdrf.org.uk/knowledge-support/managing-type-1-diabetes/guide-to-type-1-diabetes-technology/continuous-glucose-monitoring/can-i-get-a-continuous-glucose-monitor-on-the-nhs/ If you have type 2 diabetes you probably won’t meet the criteria. If you want to self fund getting a CGM then...
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    Have you been told not to test your blood sugars?

    My diabetes nurse gave me an Accu-Chek Mobile glucose meter. I found it very useful. when I was diagnosed my blood sugar was over 13 and my HBA1C was 99. I cut out food containing sugar such as Country Crisp breakfast cereal and the fist reading on the meter was around 9.6. I gradually cut out...
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    Benfotiamine (fat soluble vitamin B1)

    Does Benfotiamine lower HBA1C? I started taking 300mg Benfotiamine twice a day since 20 Jun. Using my Dexcom One+ CGM my GMI was 6.5% before I started taking Benfotiamine on Jun 20. Now it is 6.3% (last 14 days). My fasting blood glucose (using my Contour Next meter) was typically over 7.0...
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