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That is pretty confusing, and I totally understand the sense of... "if I don't understand what's going on, what's the point of trying..." My sense.. (and I'm not a doctor.. so take this for what it's worth...) is that while we think about controlling blood glucose, because that's what we can...

That may have been me, and the answer is because .. dreaming.. Huge brain activity, possibly significant emotional effect also, but essentially a sudden call for energy, resultant insulin spike, resultant BG drop. However, unless your sleep is being affected by it, I'm not sure that it!s...

Congrats @BadgerPaul ... great work. One thing to think about for the long term (and I'm not there, I'm hoping to be listed as in remission by the end of the year) as you become more fat adapted, your blood cells live longer.. therefore will just see more glycation for the same amount of...

Hi @jb42 - did you by any chance get on to IF from Jason Fung? It's hard work to get into, and you need a plan, but I totally agree that a 36 hour fast is kind of the sweet spot for most impact and least risk.. I found, and still find it to be really the biggest lever I can pull. I'm only half...

I think there is even space for some to have a little fun with this - it doesn't need to be all doom (though I don't mean to minimise anyone's experience) - going off the rails every once in a while is pretty much what makes us human.... embrace it!! If you learn, it's always (well, usually at...

Interestingly - the fundamental aspect of what makes the Atkins diet what it is, - is that question of re-introducing carbs to the point just below where you tip into the insulin response... but it was really a detail that got drowned in the flood of opprobrium.. I knew nothing about the...

Uh-huh... very well described @Grant_Vicat - I still find it difficult to ...go there.. to better describe how I felt in that moment, but your description comes close... I get a kind of PTSD flashback just reading your post. As a light aside - are you aware that the words diarrhoea and diabetes...

Good for you @socks55 - excellent work !! We were all taught the same, looking at the history; it's actually a masterclass in delivering a message - there are very few examples of a story taking hold so pervasively. Saturated fat, red meat and salt is bad, m'kay... I spent 3 years on an...

I don't think there are any that really do blood glucose measurement - there may be some in the development pipeline, but nothing that really works just yet. The closest is that the Dexcom CGM will be (is?) able to directly communicate with an Apple watch so that you get a reading without...

I'm currently T2, but spent nearly a year as a diagnosed T1, with insulin - so while I feel pretty balanced now, I totally - totally relate. I felt like it was all I could do to keep a lid on things for a long time. My temper could flare at nothing. The worst incident was simply standing...

GCMs are incredibly frustrating in any case, at least in my experience - but.... you can definitely gain real insight with them... All the above is spot-on advice; I would only add that it's a tool for spotting patterns, and maybe a way to understand other signs that your body is telling your...

6.5 this morning - still seeing an effect from a sausage roll I had yesterday.. :banghead:

Totally relate - I do most (all) of the cooking - wife doesn't like much meat or salt, teenage daughter would have nothing but Korean dumplings, so I end up having to make three different meals every night. I typically do something carby, split between daughter and wife, something veggy, split...

@_Steve_ - thanks for that link... If that's working for you, and you are motivated to do it, brilliant... whatever works is good. Just speaking from my own experience, 800-900 Calories a day is tough... I spent a hard three years limiting myself to about 1000 per day, and was hungry all the...

Fantastic attitude - @Pollaidh If you're up for a little research, I would thoroughly recommend "The case for Keto - by Gary Taubes" - mainly because I've just finished it, but also it's a great summary of the entire background and where we've gotten to .. I'm a Scot myself, though I don't...

I'm finding that with a decent bacon, sausage and egg breakfast, I just don't need lunch, and I'm not hungry at all till dinner, but you have to do what works for you... @_Steve_ - can you expand at all on the "NHS remission program" - is that by any chance a low calorie diet? For what it's...

BG 6.7 - Ketones (as measured by breath where 0.5 is nothing and 40 is dangerous) - 4.5 (so, meaning appreciable but low level Ketosis, or low blood insulin, ie, the Glucose in my blood is there because my Liver made it...) After a half hour Paddleboarding Breakfast, 2 High meat content...

I'm only an enthusiastic amateur, not a nutritionist, but when you say "improve my diet" - these two choices are not the same... Adding fat goes against all the laws of what we have learned for our whole lives, but (it turns out) is really the thing that makes the difference. "rounded" and...

I did use Huel Daily greens while I was doing alternate day fasting - really just to make sure I couldn't be getting into any dangerous nutritional territory. I also got a free Black Pack of the normal powder. Short version - I think these are probably the best of class, and the company does a...

Something that seems increasingly clear to me is that all health services, and indeed all medical training, are set up to respond to invasive or pathological insult - meaning some illness that has invaded or made something go wrong - you need to identify the pathology and prescribe the...