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https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/as-coronavirus-spreads-many-questions-and-some-answers-2020022719004#q12 Bacterial infection can complicate this viral infection. Patients may require antibiotics in cases of bacterial pneumonia as well as COVID-19.

I’m guessing what you’re saying is that you have been having difficulty controlling your diabetes in the not too distant past(HbA1c 60). You’ve got scared by coronavirus (me too!), have got your fasting blood sugar down, and are wondering if you’re now in a good position to fight off the virus...

Just for the record I’ve decided to give low carb a go. I’ve been doing moderate/reduced carb since June 2019. My HbA1c has been normal since July, but I’m not getting far fast with my obesity, cholesterol/trigs and liver enzymes (or snoring). I need to change something and am out of other ideas.

Thanks for the tip. Just installed an app. It’s showing very loud snoring. I really need to go to work on my weight. :( Still obese. Still got trouble with my cholesterol and liver enzymes. Maybe it’s time to listen and finally give this low carb thing a whirl!

Nice to see someone challenging LCHF. I’m personally currently toying with the idea that carbs+fat is the way into insulin resistance and diabetes. If that’s true then dropping either the carbs or the fat might work. There’s plenty reports of LCHF working on this website. Alternatively you...

That’s great news about the pasta and sweets. Seriously if you cut that stuff out you will normalise fast. Actually I’ve recently started to think it’s the combination of carbs+fat that’s the killer for insulin resistance. Even if carbs+fat is the way in, lots of people have found low carb a way...

I also recommend reading about the complications of diabetes as motivation to get things under control! A blood glucose monitor is a really valuable tool for seeing where your blood sugar is and observing how you respond to different foods.

I was diagnosed with HbA1c readings of 58 and 57. 3 months later it was 39 (inside normal range). My last reading was 35. Lots of people on this forum have managed similar, but don’t be disheartened if it takes longer. I recommend trying to stall your doctor on medication while you try to get...

9:20 5.7

I enjoyed it. Made me wonder if carbs plus fat was where I went wrong rather than just sugar. I remember eating white baguettes with butter!

Wow! That seems scarily high. I have to defer to people with more expertise.

With the amount of fasting you are doing and your normal BMI I can understand your frustration. I don’t imagine you’ll get further with diet or exercise, so you need to look around for something else. On the plus side you’re not far off normal HbA1c. In your shoes I would do a blood test to...

Eggs are a source of choline, which I believe is supposed to help with fatty liver. At least that’s what I tell myself as I eat them for breakfast.

This forum has been a goldmine of information for me. Not just for T2DM, but also related problems like obesity, cholesterol etc. The experience and advice of people in a similar position is invaluable. The rest of the site is excellent too with a lot of information well presented. What...

I’ve been using forthwithlife baseline plus. It’s a little expensive but it covers all the things I’m interested in: HbA1c, lipids, liver, and vitamin D. The HbA1c sample is sensitive to clotting which happened to me once but all the other times worked and gave very plausible numbers. It’s a...

4.8 at 7:07. Skipped breakfast and lunch yesterday.

Patrick - really sorry you’re having a tough time. Not easy to low carb if you’re not sleeping well and work is difficult. Have you been testing your blood glucose? How is it looking? I’ve never gone low carb because I couldn’t face the prospect but I have been eating low glycemic index. I...

5.3 5:40am fasted 5.1 8:00am fasted Very happy with that.

Lulu: are you throwing up from your stomach or are coughing up sputum/phlegm from your lungs? I had some really bad chesty coughs when my type 2 diabetes was out of control. My vitamin D was probably really low too.

Bad night’s sleep 5:50 6.3 fasted 6:20 2 eggs + rye cakes (!) 6:40 5.7 7:50 5.4 8:50 6.3 9:35 6.1