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I have no personal experience of taking Glic, or of coming down so fast from such high Blood Glucose levels. In your place I would put my concerns about the side effects to my GP. However, the diabetes forums are full of reports from people who had their BG come down fast like yours. Some had...

While all medications have possible side-effects, the majority of your symptoms are most likely due to your Blood Glucose being much lower than was 'usual for your body' over a long period of time. Yes, unless you have also changed diet and lifestyle, this is due to the Glic - because it's doing...

I'd like to know what is 'internal fasting'? - Is there such a thing as external fasting? Also ''better results' than what? My own experience is that I hate to be hungry and so started with LCHF and eating more calories than before until I became fat adapted. Then since I had all that body...

@BadgerPaul I would argue that with an HbA1C below pre-diabetic range and taking no diabetes meds I'm only in T2D remission (for 4yrs). I'm fairly certain that if I went back to a so-called heathy diet again (based upon lots of fruit and veg, low fat, lots of fibre etc.) I would soon have an...

This is not so applicable to Type 1's, but Dr David Unwin said that there was no need to fear Protein, he found that his T2 patients on a Low Carb way of eating actually had improved kidney function despite eating more protein than before. Of course this may be also be attributed to lower Blood...

We are not allowed to even try to diagnose in this forum, We generally only talk from our own experience. Thus, I'm surprised that with a BMI of only 20.8 you are aiming for a 750KCal per day deficit. How thin do you want to be? In my experience, when reducing carbohydrates, there is no need to...

Obviously if it's the same doctor, then a physical appointment makes it more likely to get the right diagnosis, however phone or online appointments are often more convenient for simpler matters. In your case it was not your usual doctor - do you even know if it was a doctor? - Dis you ask? I...

Tim Spector and the others behind Zoe belong to the plant based diet camp i.e. vegetarian/vegan. So I feel that they make things more difficult for T2 diabetes control. Thus unless you are a veggie/vegan, I feel that Dr David Unwin, Low Carb Freshwell and the 'What have you eaten today' thread...

Hi @Linda64 and welcome to the forum. I know you are a Type 1 and therefore on insulin, but I will start from my own experience. For the majority of Type 2 diabetics reducing Blood Glucose reading is simple (but not always easy). That is because there are only 2 major sources of Blood Glucose...

We talk about remission rather than cure. I have come across people who say they are cured, but I doubt them. I', pretty sure that if I start eating Low Fat High Carb like my GP, the media and the NHS advise, (which I did for over 10yrs) then my higher Blood Glucose levels would return. I'm...

@nabilla Many people eating Low Carb find that their tastes change and so milk chocolate becomes too sweet. Lots transition to dark 85% and above, which gives the option for a stronger chocolate taste and so possibility of just eating a few squares instead of a whole bar. As for alcohol, like...

Tips on finger prick BG testing. 1. Finger must be clean, dry and warm. False readings can easily occur if it has touched something sweet or is wet. 2. Best sites for pricking are at the sides of the fingers - NOT the pad, because the skin is much thicker on the finger pad so would ned more...

Well, that's the big question. Some doctors say the ratio doesn't matter at all and that there is no such thing as good cholesterol. In my opinion what matters it the ratio of 'light fluffy' LDL to total LDL, but in the UK the standard test doesn't even measure total LDL, it is just estimated...

We use black bean pasta (spag like stuff) from Aldi. It's organic and it looks and tastes a bit different, but with a strong pasta sauce it tastes fine and is cheap as well. Only 1.6gms of Carbs per100gms. Last price was £1.79 for 200gms, but currently out of stock.

We are all different in genes, gut biome, insulin sensitivity. tastes in food etc. So eating 'normally' should be different for different people too! Since it's obvious that eating normally should not harm us, in my opinion, for a T2 Diabetic in remission, eating normally is thus, in almost all...

Hi @Donnadoobie We are all different, but in general as well as in my personal experience LCHF increases HDL and decreases Triglycerides in most people. Also, most T2 diabetics (though not me) are/were overweight and for them LCHF mostly either has no effect on LDL, or actually reduces it. As I...

Although it is unusual, it is possible to take too much Vitamin B https://gyazo.com/f6353a64885df434fdebd907afbdc9de So rather than jump to conclusions, I strongly suggest consulting your GP before either taking a decision about a Vit B supplement or about stopping taking Metformin (unless...

Having a stoma means there is no large intestine to hod digested food and remove liquid from it. From what I know, this presents 2 problems: 1. The need to eat highly digestible food. 2. The need for nutrient dense food because volume is a problem when there is limited space to hold it. A...

Hi @Lazycat6 and welcome to the forum. I'M in remission from T2 Diabetes (by use of Low Carb way of eating) and my brother has a stoma. We can eat much the same as each other and have had several meals together, though since he has never been diabetic he eats bread and more carbs in general. If...

As a T1, you don't need to worry about ketones so long as they are low. So a 'Lo' on the meter is fine, this means you are in no danger of DKA which is probably the main concern right now. T2's eating very low carb/keto and trying for nutritional ketosis (as opposed to DKA) may be disappointed...