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What's all this 'untrained' ? You make us sound like bad dogs. I'd say Previously-Elite-Athletes-Who've-Been-Having-A-Bit-Of-A-Rest thank you very much...

It's a very confusing time and my sympathies go out to you. You've sort of walked unknowingly into the key debate in diabetes; i.e. the appropriate quantity of carbohydrates in our diets. I'm sure the responses above were all very well intentioned but I can see how confusing they may be...

This sounds pretty good to me; growing insulin in your gut! http://richarddawkins.net/2014/07/it-may-take-guts-to-cure-diabetes/ Dillinger

Yes, don't have a heart attack; and if you do then it was all your idea! Best Dillinger

Yup, and then jump in the air to get back to the starting position. Nasty eh?! Dillinger

Back down to a more comfortable level; HbA1c of 6.2% in old money 44 in new. That's good; if I can drop that amount again (0.4%) I can get back to my lowest ever HbA1c of 5.8% - let's see what my new high intensity training for lazy people will do! Best Dillinger

You don't have to go for the 5 minute marathon stuff; is it possible to 'sprint' on the cross-trainer? That's the thing to aim at; just 20 seconds all out with 30 seconds gap between them. I think the idea is to deplete glycogen reserves in our muscles so more blood sugar get's 'pulled' out of...

I eat the following on the 'forbidden list' List of food not to eat Sweet or Starchy Vegetables Parsnips (occasionally and only small ones roasted) Winter squash (occasionally) Carrots (in moderation) Yellow Bell Peppers (in moderation) Onions (except in small amounts) Raw Tomatoes (except in...

My thoughts are with you and your family. Very best wishes Dillinger

Good stuff - shall we see how we are all doing after a week? Stair running @desidiabulum is hard core! Definitely counts. Anything that makes you breathless and gets the heart going. I didn't really feel like doing these this morning but did anyway and they were completed in a flash. One...

Is this more your style for the plank Andy? :) Best Dillinger

Hi, It was Michael Mosley who came up with the 5:2 diet that raised it recently; and he did 20 second sprints on his bike so that sounds perfect http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17177251 Best Dillinger

Well, that's the plan anyway. Is anyone up for joining me in a very quick bit of High Intensity Training of a morning and seeing what the effects are on our blood sugars? What I propose is this; 1 minute of a plank 1 minute of burpees That's it. It's even easier than that as the burpees are...

@zand, that was why I posted that Lisinopril thing; I'm not sure about it. The study Phoenix gave suggested that it had a 30% benefit. That's not much. Personally I think I have gastric side effects from it. My main issue is if I'm being lied to about one lifetime drug then why not another...

I would, of course, I'm not a zealot; if there is good evidence then I'm in, but as has been said so many times here the evidence for statins is very poor and it is my belief that the small benefits imparted from them have to do with something else they are doing rather than the cholesterol...

Ah, that is a bit difficult isn't it? You might have to take a statin and aspirin to help Leeds.

According to the Hunt 2 study @zand you are exactly where you want to be in terms of heart disease and you could be a bit higher in terms of all cause mortality... http://drmalcolmkendrick.org/2012/09/25/silence-was-the-stern-reply/ However, have you considered the positive effects taking...

I don't even take statins and they have lowered my cholesterol; that's how good they are...

Too good to be true? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10944107/Statins-could-reduce-the-risk-of-breast-cancer.html Roll up, roll up. We've got a limited supply only, when it's gone it's gone. Get your statins here friends; they cure the nation... o_O

Here is Dr. Kendrick with a pretty brilliant letter to NICE concerning primary prevention prescription of statins (i.e. giving them to people who are not at risk of CVD). http://drmalcolmkendrick.org/2014/06/27/another-backlash-begins/ It you were NICE and you got that you'd have to say 'er...