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Only noticed yesterday that I have what I believe to be 'Beau's Lines' on both of my big toenails. Supposedly can be caused by diabetes. I know it might not be a question that anyone can answer, but would it be known at what kind of A1c these would start to appear...? I just got an A1c of...

As per this post of mine back in February, I seemed to be experiencing a 2mmol reduction in my post-breakfast increase when I introduced 100mg of Sitagliptin. At some point I stopped enjoying that benefit. So I've now been on it for about 12 weeks, not knowing exactly at what point it stopped...

I've searched, but only found a few, not very popular threads regarding the use of whey for the lowering of blood glucose. I'd been a consumer for years of a certain brand of whey protein in the pursuit of gaining muscle. I hadn't really considered that it was doing much for my blood glucose...

I think I can answer my own question here; that answer being no, but I just want to see what other people think. Of course it's normal to have a spike in blood sugar 2 hours after a meal; that's what happens to normal people. I'm just wondering if it's dangerous / unhealthy in any way to see...

For anyone that has never lifted weights before, there is a thing called 'the pump' that happens as a result of lifting the weights, where the muscle or muscles being worked swell / pump up with blood and get really full. My 'pumps' used to be good, but it seems the last couple of years since I...

My GP told me categorically that he couldn't order me either the GAD antibodies test, or the C peptide test, and that if I wanted them (of course it was me who mentioned them in the first place) he would have to send me to hospital to their diabetic clinic; a thing that until today I was...