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It's really a whole thing that says nothing - Read it through looking for real evidence leading to conclusions - it's all association and "this person who had nothing to do with the study, has this opinion" It's hard though, as soon as you start to, let's say develop an opinion on what might be...

Hi @Paulcambs - from your other posts it seems that you are newly diagnosed, and using CGM for the first time, and on metformin at the same time? it's all a lot to take in, is bound to feel enormously stressful, and metformin is quite an effectful (in the sense that it has quite an effect on...

Fantastic news @Nicola M - very glad to hear that...

All right - watched the article, and it's more about the likelihood of having an oral glucose load test being mis-interpreted while in Ketosis, or generally insulin sensitive, or fat-adapted, whatever your term of choice. Someone who is deliberately keeping their insulin level low (as I am) in...

Ha - that's on my list of videos to watch, but haven't yet.. Dr Ben Bikman is often linked to this topic.. The short version is that 1 - insulin resistance can be shown to increase in liver cells surrounded by saturated fat in a petri dish. 2 - this is nothing like what happens in a human body...

@Honeyblossom - don't know if this helps directly, but the test I did was a simple urine test. I had to deliberately eat a carb-heavy meal then pee about an hour later. It was the hospital team (ie the consultant) that triggered, but the test itself was done at home, then posted in. You may be...

Totally understand - was not implying that at all. @Melgar has the sense of it. Backing off though...

I agree that it would be pretty wonderful to be able to not have to think about Diabetes... no argument there... :headphone:

Totally agree with that @Melgar - If I'd had a C-Peptide test a year ago, it would have saved me about 8 months of feeling progressively worse, while doing the very opposite of what, with hindsight, I should have been doing. ironically, it was the consultant that I had the most trouble with who...

A friend and colleague of mine has been on the insulin pump for about six months now - that seems to be a game changer in all the ways that matter - I do worry a little about the phrase in the article... "Glucose-responsive – so-called smart – insulins are regarded as the holy grail of insulin...

Great to hear that you had such a positive meeting. However much some of us believe in the results we see in ourselves through low-carb high-fat, it's so much easier if you're not also fighting the system. I think we also have to keep remembering that most practicing physicians and nurses are...

I've recently taken to making this- Carbonated tap water - (best if Yorkshire water, but I realise not everyone is blessed that way...) Aspalls raw apple cider vinegar - about a teaspoon A couple of twists of Morrisons best Himalayan pink rock salt. Sounds horrendous, and I have to be honest...

Was just going to say the same - keep us informed...

@nabilla - I think you are going to find (just from what you've written so far) that quickly you will understand how all this works (for you) better than anyone else. Get yourself well first - infection requires energy to fight off, and that means more Glucose, so pretty much give yourself a...

It's all tremendously confusing.... Firstly - BG and HbA1c are both measures of the level of glucose in the bloodstream. The finger prick test is doing that directly, whereas the HbA1c test looks at the amount of glycation (the effect of glucose directly on red blood cells) - given the roughly...

I really do wish you the best of luck - I was limiting myself to around 1000 Cal per day for three years, measuring everything - I did lose about 3 stone, and was keeping it off... then I was diagnosed diabetic.

I would bin it... fat free generally means full of sugar...

It's all a form of nourishment, right ? - I do like that...

That does look fabulous - I had similar "no chance of cooking" situation, with relative and could only buy off the shelf, so had a meal of ready-to-eat prawns, paté and Olives - and found my Ketone level basically doubled.. really need to try that again. Also need to start making sauce like...

Hi @BarbaraG and @TheSecretCarbAddict - just read through this thread for the first time. I can't really explain why, but I never ventured into the fasting section, despite fasting being the core of my own Damascene journey. I would have definitely have joined up in Jan/ Feb though, that was...