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Hi @borofergie . . . How do you find the gadget? I also recently bought the Ketonix ("Sport" edition) and have been testing it . . . It seems accurate enough, which I guess is the most important thing . . . results seem to correspond pretty well with the results from my Ketostix urine...

I use something a little similar to this. I use a Ketogenic diet, taking less than 10g carbs per day. This keeps my blood-sugars under control. Every second weekend I take a break from the diet, and indulge in a Sunday afternoon of chocolate eating. (Not suggesting this is right for other...

Hi Becki . . . Apologies in advance if you already know/tried what I say/suggest below! If you are now using a Low-Carb strategy then you need to consider what your body will do with the Protein and Fat that you are eating. When the body is able to get all the energy it needs from Carbs...

Hello Alexandra, Based only on what you have stated here, I would make a guess that you are using Lantus? If yes, then this could explain the Hypos . . . (just search my recent Posts - I have mentioned Lantus Hypos many times). If no, then just ignore this Post. Regards :) Antony

Hello George . . . The situation in the below thread seems quite similar to yours. Perhaps my Post in that thread might be helpful for you? If you are experiencing Hypos 1 - 2 hours after injecting Lantus, this makes me think that you may be getting the same problem that I (and many people)...

Hi Emma, For several years I suspected that coffee spiked my blood-sugars. I like to take large coffees (black), and if I had a couple in the evening at home I would very often notice high blood-sugars the next day. It didn't happen every time so I could never pin it down exactly, but it...

Hi Ian, I am out here in Germany so I don't know if my experience applies where you are. I noticed that prices for Coconut Oil here are very expensive in the Supermarkets and Health Food stores that stock it. Happily I found that in the local Indian and Asian food stores it's available at much...

Hi cazuk . . . A blood-sugar level of 5 - 6 is in the non-Diabetic range, and if your husband is able to maintain blood-sugars mostly in this range he will be able to avoid all the nasty long-term complications of Diabetes. A level of 8 is NOT in the non-Diabetic range, and if your husband...

Hi . . . I had similar problems to the OP and some posters here . . . I discovered that a Ketogenic diet was brilliant for controlling my blood-sugar levels, but I had the problem that I continued to lose weight on it. I didn't want to make changes to my eating routine because I liked it, and...

Hopefully helpful . . . http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/hypo-after-lantus.52342/ Regards, Antony

Hello gaffer, (This is a copy-and-paste of a reply I recently made on another thread. Hopefully it's helpful for you). I don't know if this will apply to your situation, but it might be useful for you or others. It comes directly from personal experience. I have used Lantus for around 10...

Hello Mr Marsden, I don't know if this will apply to your situation, but it might be useful for you or others. It comes directly from personal experience. I have used Lantus for around 10 years. Over the last 1 year I experienced a lot of overnight low blood-sugars. I did not realise the...

Hi Cblake . . . I hope you forgive me for being off-topic . . . but I do have a question regarding the part of your Post that I quoted above. Do you mind if I ask what was your HDL reading? The reason I ask is that I have an HDL reading that is well above what is considered to be the normal...

Hi Hana, I wish you the very best of luck with the diet if your husband goes for it . . . I hope it can acheive some positive things for you both. After your Post, I looked back at my own Post which now seems rather unsympathetic. It was not meant in that way, and hopefully you did not...

Hi Hana, Thanks for this! Very interesting. I have made a lot of research on the Ketogenic diet, and I think this is a really nice, concise overview. As you could see from my signature, I'm very positive about the Ketogenic diet. It's had a great effect on my blood-sugar levels. I always...

Hi . . . Unfortunately I reached the limits of my restricted knowledge of the topic, so I must declare myself out of the discussion after this Post. My feeling is that the state of Ketosis would not exist in humans if it did not offer an equivalent survival advantage compared to other states ...

The body has a myriad of Hormones, which it has perfected the use of through hundreds of thousands of years of evolution. I know from my own experience that the body knows perfectly well whether it is in Ketosis or not, and this will inform the exact hormonal response that it gives in any given...

Hi Mireille, Interesting question :D My understanding is that a fight or flight response in the human body will be stimulated by the release of hormones. At the very lowest level (inside the body's cells) all inputs will end up being converted to ATP (Adenosine triphosphate) before the body...

Hi . . . The following website lists "Physicians with Expertise in the Ketogenic Diet" in various locations. This website is specifically for Epilepsy, so it might be that any Doctors listed here would not accept to treat Diabetes patients. But it might be a starting point for getting...

I have searched for info on the Ketogenic diet for T1 Diabetes, without success. I think this is a shame; my personal experience is that the effects of the Ketogenic diet have been extremely positive for my Diabetes. (Stabilised blood-sugars; no Hypoglycemia). Here is a forum for the Ketogenic...