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    Does Low Carb or Keto worsen Insulin Resistance?

    Dr Bret Sher (previously with DietDoctor) says it doesn't.
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    Low Carb may have utility in Kidney Disease

    Article in Journal of Renal Nutrition cites 20 references agreeing with what Dr David Unwin GP found in his own T2Diabetic patients on LCHF. Low carb may have utility in kidney disease: "Results of a single-center randomized controlled trial addressing the rate of CKD progression revealed a 57%...
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    A Metabolic Advantage from Low Carb ?

    Nick Norwitz "What is a FAST metabolism , Really?!"
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    Obesity - a major cause of T2D but also of cancer

    Dr David Unwin tweeted about this today : Improving diet gives hope of cancer prevention The video he re-tweeted is this: Eat real food! It's more than merely Obesity, the ingredients of Ultra Processed Food can damage Mitochondria, as can some medications. Better to avoid/prevent the...
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    Are others concerned about the roles of Physician Associates in hospitals and GP surgeries?

    Many whistleblowers about them making mistakes and doing things they are supposedly not allowed to. such as writing prescriptions. It's scary that in some GP surgeries and NHS hospital trusts there seems to be a budget for PAs rather than junior doctors - who have over twice the training and yet...
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    Prof Tim Noakes explains Fat Adaptation, Ketones and effect on Heart Attacks

    In answer to a question sent in, Prof Tim Noakes explains Fat Adaptation, Ketones and effect on Heart Attacks in this short video: So perhaps I was making good use of ketones over 1 month before I even realised I had become Fat Adapted.
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    Gary Taubes Diabetes treatment - diet essay

    Published by Time and adapted from Gary Taubes new book Rethinking Diabetes: What science reveals about Diet, Insulin and Successful Treatments. https://time.com/6551555/diabetes-treatment-diet-essay/
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    Freshwell GP Surgery professionals guide to T2D, Low Carb and Prescribing

    Note this only applies to Type 2 diabetes, although that isn't mentioned until some way into the document.
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    Warning: new NHS 'Living with Type2 Diabetes' web page

    More bad advice coming from official sources:
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    T1D Low Carb study shows sig improvement in TIR

    This effect has been fairly well known for years, but only N=1 anecdotal evidence. Now an RCT Dr David Unwin Tweets: Progress an RCT @idlake ! This fits with my clinical experience that People with T1D who choose to go lower carb use about 50% less insulin...
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    Dave Feldman's "CholesterolJoe" experiment

    Dave says: Big thanks to @shawnbaker1967 for his mention of our work on @joerogan . #LEM/#LMHR/#LMHRstudy It has inspired me to go ahead with my most ambitious experiment yet... Demonstrating realtime LDL changes against a random number generator -- in this case, I'll be using the JRE podcast...
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    Hyperinsulinemia linked to Pancreatic Cancer ?

    According to article in Cell Metabolism 31 October 2023 : Full video: So if correct, a low carb or Keto way of eating may help prevent Pancreatic Cancer.
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    136K prospective study over 24 yrs Consistent with Carb Insulin Model

    Short Nick Norwitz video on it: 136432 person (83.5% female) prospective study Carb, Sugar, Starch, GL ass w/ Weight Gain "Associations remained statistically significant after adjustment for energy [calorie intake], suggesting that other resultant changes (for example, changes in energy...
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    Food as medicine - First do no Pharm

    John Campbell interviews Dr Aseem Malhotra. Highlights: Insulin resistance associated not only with T2 diabetes , but with 80% of Heart attacks ( more than high Total Cholesterol or high LDL. Prescription medicine side effects are 3rd biggest killer in USA. Absolute versus Relative benefit is...
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    Progressive T2D and Brain Function Decline

    Another reason for putting T2D into remission. This research based on the UK Biobank dataset suggests T2D accelerates brain aging and cognitive decline. https://neurosciencenews.com/type-2-diabetes-brain-aging-20650/
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    My review results in detail

    I just got my latest HbA1C and Lipid Profile (cholesterol) results today. The GP secretary thought they were good, but in fact they were a step backwards, but for valid reasons. However I still qualify (under UK rules as being in T2D remission and the GP surgery isn't as concerned about me not...
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    Lean-Mass Hyper-Responder paper discussion video

    Only a minority of Type 2 diabetics (TOFI's like me) will encounter this situation when they try a Low Carb or Keto 'way of eating'. At first I thought you had to be really lean (not just not overweight) and really fit in order to fall into this category, but apparently the cut off is a BMI of...
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    Newcastle Diet is Low Carb

    I've had some in the 'blue forum' saying bad things about Low Carb. Mostly from those who advocate the 'Newcastle Diet' as you would expect. But while we know that Low Carb doesn't have to be calorie restricted in any way for it to reduce BG (and weight in the majority of cases), the 'Newcastle...
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    Carbohydrates video by Dr Gary Fettke

    This is a presentation from Low Crab Down Under. I can't mention it's title without breaking Forum Rules, but if you know Dr Fettke you know how he always speaks his mind.
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    Eye damage from reducing Blood Glucose too quickly ?

    Discussion from the 'blue' diabetes forum A user replied to me about me not seeing warnings about permanent eye damage from reducing BGs too fast in Type 2's by cutting carbs too quickly: *************************************************************** You haven't read much then, Type 1's are...
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