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The latest article from Prof Roy Taylor is now available on The Lancet site - Link. Reading the full text is free but requires registering an account with The Lancet. In the paper Taylor has a table listing all the suspected causes of Type 2 that have been suggested in recent years and his...

Confirmation bias, according to the Wikipedia definition, is the tendency to search for, interpret, favour, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one's prior beliefs or values. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias It is a universal aspect of human reasoning and...

Hi folks, I heard though a relative that there's a company that is trying to use AI to predict blood glucose response following food intake. The general principle, I believe, is that they gather data from CGM devices, combine it with some kind of food intake logging, have an AI analyse the...

Hi folks, I've read some things on this forum relating to the Eatwell Plate, something I'd never heard of until a few days ago. Something about it being rigged by Big Wheetabix in order to kill off all the diabetics or.. I couldn't follow it all to be honest. I'd need to Do My Own Research on...

Hi folks, I have only recently become interested in controlled nutrition. Up to now I believed in variety, balance and moderation, though in all honesty I wasn't good at the moderation part. My thinking was that if you eat a wide enough variety of food your body will get all the...

Hi folks, I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in October. I’m far from qualified to give much in the way of advice on here, though I would like to share a couple of suggestions that are specific to Ireland in case someone out there finds them helpful. Firstly, don’t panic! ;) It’s not the end...

Hi folks, I had an experience last night that I’d like to share and I’d like to ask if anyone else has had a similar experience. I am taking Xigduo twice daily, which contains 1000mg of Metformin and 5mg of Dapagliflozin (AKA Farxiga). On New Year’s Eve I drank a lot of alcohol, which is not...