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Hello all, So I spoke with my dsn on Tuesday and she suggested I try ‘eating normally’ (her words)- she means compared to the low carb low cal I’m currently doing. This would be to see what my blood sugar does so they have a better idea of how my pancreas is functioning (in addition to the...

Well it’s official… I have LADA. Antibodies through the roof despite c pep coming back that I am producing a decent amount of insulin. I have to get repeat bloods and they’re getting me a Libre on prescription. Doc was nice, praised me for doing low carb/if and losing weight and for being 92% in...

So I’m two weeks in to the fast 800 low carb (40g net carbs a day) and 3 months into low carb/IF. It complicates things that I have coeliac disease and also am a vegan, but with preparation and inventive use of tofu and tempeh (and discovery of vegan babybels and ‘this isn’t bacon’ bacon!) I am...

I have been doing the fast 800 since Monday. I’ve been doing IF and low carb for two months and had some improvement but would still spike around midday despite not eating or doing heavy exercise. I was feeling despondent and decided to try fast 800 remaining low carb Other than one blip in...

Hi all I got tested for c peptide gad antibodies and thyroid function. Today dsn told me I had high insulin production in c peptide test so I’m likely not Lada/type 1. But my gad results not back for another month. So my question is can you have high insulin production (suggestive of insulin...

Hi all Was waiting for c pep gad antibody and thyroid bloods and I called the diabetes team today Nurse said I am producing ‘loads of insulin’ (1199) so she ‘doubts I’m type 1’ but the GAD antibody test hasn’t come back yet. My thyroid was low but last test showed it’s normal. Despite low...

Hello all, and apologies for the constant questions- I’m new to this! My blood sugar has greatly reduced which I attributed to a combo of low carb, intermittent fasting (initially 16:8) and also having sitagliptin added following my hospital stay. A week or two ago, after being on sitagliptin...

Hello everyone I’ve been doing IF and low carb for a month or so and greatly reduced my bm to now normal levels, plus lost 5kg. I’m feeling a lot better in myself too, more energy etc. but last few weeks I’ve started feeling cold, particularly in my hands and feet, but overnight I’ll wake up...

Hello everyone I’ve been doing low carb (40g net, sometimes more sometimes less) and 16:4 IF for about a month. My blood sugars have greatly reduced in this time and I’ve lost around 5kilos. In three weeks my bm was averaging around 5-6 am, lunch and evening. However this week I had a slight...

Hello all Since my blood sugar went through the roof and had to go to a&e with dka I have gone low carb and intermittent fasting. My blood sugar has started getting much better and my phone made this fancy graph! It’s still way higher in the morning but lower than it was and is 4.5-5 in the...

Hello everyone I have been t2 for approx 5 years. It wasn’t controlled by metformin because my diet and exercise were both terrible/non existent. I was prescribed 80mg gliclazide which brought it down and then lived in denial until last year when I finally got a diabetes review at the gp. It...