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. I've heard good and bad things about regular insulin. You have to get the dosing just right to prevent hypos too. But if it works for you - cool! Well this isn't entirely accurate. Almost no T2's have adequate pancreatic help for their fasting either. The fasting is what breaks first in fact...

You're new here, Caleb, and welcome. I resonnate with a lot of what you're saying. Though I'm never comfortable with the term 'carboholic' (when carbs are some of the most 'vitamin rich' 'energy powerful' nutrients on that planet) - certainly many modern carbs because of their refined nature...

Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn 5.8 for me today.. A little higher than I like -- but I'll take it!!

I couldn't agree with you more, Jim! The problem with diabetes is that it directly affects a 'basic function of life' - eating. And that is a pretty 'personal thing' for each of us. Though I think the medical world is too often forced to cover its a*ss so they don't get sued - in the end the...

I hate the scaremongering game on so many of these blogs who point to their 'one' source - which is usually a very small study only peer reviewed by people in the same building or same study group. One week chocolate is bad for us - then good for us. One week caffeine is bad - then good.. And...

Hi, Debbie. You got a very complete explanation from Pianoman. I would just add - that I too couldn't bear the Metformin - BUT -- for a lot of people there are gastric issues at first. Pretty awful -- and the docs don't tell you how bad it can be. It's funny they give you warnings for every...

Like Ann19 said -- I would try cutting out the fruit. And it's likely you'll need to be on insulin to get those BG level numbers where you want if those oral meds are still yielding those numbers. Eating too 'LITTLE' can also make you gain weight as your body goes into starvation mode and...

Yes, exactly. The brain needs GLUCOSE to survive and any source OTHER than glucose derived from eaten carbs is 'expensive energy-wise' and 'inefficient' to the task. That's really the most important caveat. Just because something 'can' work - doesn't mean it's the 'best for the job'. That's a...

Welcome back, Kenny. But I will say that a 'diet' is only 'the best known to man' if it can a)accomplish its goals [jury's out for me on this one] and b) if it can be maintained for a lifetime and not promote 'off the wagon times'. Most people on 'this' diet will end up like you have - starting...

Great job, Bowell!! You're the only one I think that's still on the 'straight and narrow' with this one. Keep up the great work. So interested to see how it turns out for you. Though I have a feeling you really won't be able to or 'want to' return to 'normal' eating after this. It could actually...

Thanks Bowell for all the articles - but again none of them even remotely state that 'the use of insulin' is an 'automatic fire' or loss of licenture anywhere. You asked 'would it make me think twice' -- the answer is 'no'. Because I know how to use insulin and it's possible to use insulin and...

Thanks for the other article I will read it carefully. Still something doesn't sit right with me about this notion of it being against the law to be a driver while on insulin. But I have to take the word of people that live there when I don't. Thanks!

I know people lament this a lot, Ladybird. But the reason it's such a ubiquitous happening is because, if you think about it -- everything topic on a diabetes forum, every question, is related to and informed by a person's control regimen. So all topics will eventually lead there and 'ARE'...

Oh I assure you, Unbeliever, I do not get a 'kick' out of any of this. WE have a serious disease, that, though very manageable, is often misunderstood and people provide simplistic answers that only focus on the D and not 'overall health, mental and physical'. I guess I would ask, "In what...

Grazer, you asked me in another thread why I'm called NewDestinyX.. New Destiny was the name of a Christian Rock band I formed in my 'youth' and then I came to call my professional production company by that name through the last 25 years. Why the 'X' at the end? Don't know.. Looked cool? :lol:

I realize the 'lottery aspect' of what you're saying with docs. And for them to think of insulin as a last resort is akin to leaches/blood letting in 'stone aged' medicine. :shock: I know they want to avoid hypos at all cost - but rather than educating people so that a driving accident from a...

Yes and no. I apologize for a lack of 'clarity' in my statement. The brain has portions of it that can ONLY survive on 'glucose': fact. Then -- medical science has not yet provided conclusive corroborated study proof that anything else (like ketones - suggested by some) can fuel the brain...

No. Incorrect conclusion and not a logical equivalency either, pianoman. The term 'addictive' is an adjective. Adjectives can only describe a person, place or thing. But a 'thing' can't be an 'addict'. 'Addictive' always implies a 'failure' in behavior. Carbs are only as 'addictive' as a...

Sorry to disagree, Viv, but you can. Very much so. In fact its' ALL about tone. There would be NO 'tiffs' on these forums if it weren't for 'tone issues' and 'postures' that are clear from 'tone'. Here are the 'off limits' words/phrases if you don't want to come off judgmental in tone against...

No. Projection isn't possible if you never do the thing you're accusing. I don't judge or push my way on people. I 'represent it' and 'push back' on people who put down my choices. There are divisions, pianoman. There just are. And there 'are' sides. If the judging tone didn't exist I would...