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Thank you for your kind thoughts but I think I need something beyond a 24h fast to get me back on track. Our local practice nurse is of the very, very, very strong opinion that T2D is a progressive disease and once you've started the journey it's downhill all the way. I therefore fully intend...

Thank you for the link... I particularly like the references to focus and concentration 'cos, as an old fart, I sometimes forget who I am. However, I experienced something similar when I was well into my keto diet, but Christmas, like my Mum and Dad, has ****** me up.

Yesterday, upon waking, I started a 12 day water only fast. I state this not to seek encouragement (or sympathy) but to ensure that I stick to it rather than publicly own up to dismal failure. During the past 28 days my moving average FBG had increased from 5.5 to 6.0 and my bedtime average...

Forgive me if I sound patronising, but people on the autistic spectrum usually exhibit amazing attention to detail and therefore make great computer programmers, mathematicians, engineers, etc. and of course tax advisors. My autistic grandson is a case in point and before uni he regularly...

One merely has to see the name Michael Greger (a vegan and carb denier to boot) to appreciate the degree to which this diatribe is biased. He is the bloke who wrote Carbophobia: The Scary Truth Behind America's Low Carb Craze (2005) which I would love to read but I cannot bear to put a shekel in...

The original source of this article is The Journal of Nutrition (Oxford Academic): https://academic.oup.com/jn/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jn/nxy194/5167902?redirectedFrom=fulltext This is a typical example of data-mining and is grist to the mill for your average researcher who is...

Fair play, but why not use the clues in the expose to research and reveal the original material rather than the journalistic diatribe.

Quentin Tarantino

A spectacular example of the need to access the original study rather than the meanderings of a journalist: https://www.narcis.nl/publication/RecordID/oai%3Adspace.library.uu.nl%3A1874%2F373263

Actually it is the other way around. High hematocrit results in low readings and vice versa. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3692232/ However, numerous meters that claim to function within a specific HCT range are still significantly affected by it. This is the reason why I rate...

Yes indeed. I have tried the cheapies and banged on about this before... one of the greatest influences on glucometer accuracy is hematocrit levels, i.e. the individual's percentage of red blood cells. Without doubt, the best meter I have used is the GlucoRx HCT which compensates for hematocrit...

Zsa Zsa Gabor

I personally found resistant potato starch to be extremely effective and it is now part of my daily regimen. Alongside providing insoluble fibre and improving gut microbiota it demonstrably improves insulin sensitivity, thereby lowering blood glucose -...

A meter and a low carb diet and you will be back in the normal blood glucose range faster than banana skins.

Leslie Nielson

Oliver Reed

C'mon now! In Hogarth's time you would have given the little beggars gin to keep 'em quiet.

The quality of the information becomes apparent once you find that it takes forever to get to the point. What happens is that after the first five minutes of repetitive drivel you fall into a trance and become a victim of psychic channeling. Your credit card is then at the mercy of any...

Fifteen or so years ago the UK Government made it mandatory for cigarette manufacturers to publish health warnings on their tobacco products. Evidence that smoking caused serious health issues had become overwhelming and this strategy negated any attempt to sue the Government for deriving tax...

You have achieved a magnificent result... on two consecutive occasions measuring within the non-diabetic range. Please don't get too obsessed with driving your HbA1c ever lower. A personal challenge is one thing but now you've arrived you are merely gilding the lily.