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    Unusual sources of sugar lead item

    It's the first article on the Home page today. Start from www.diabetes.co.uk.
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    Unusual sources of sugar lead item

    I am confused. One of the paragraphs in the article seems to suggest that it is a good thing to prevent the emergence of glucagon between the hours of 02.00 and 08.00. From several weight loss books I have read that glucagon is the opposite to insulin in that insulin puts any excess sugar...
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    Low Carbs Snacks

    Hi Jools. The craving for tasty snacks is partly in the mind and you need to attack those cravings by programming your sub conscious. You can get help with this by reading a book called PsychoCybernetics by Doctor Maxwell Maltz. I bought my first copy of it in the 1960's and it is still...
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    Basal Metabolic Rate.

    I run a free weight loss clinic under the auspices of my local health centre and one of the subjects I talk about is BMR. I found a means of calculating it in the pages of Diabetes.co.uk and therefore told my members to use it to work out their personal BMR. Sadly I don't seem to be able to...
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    Grapefruit juice investigated as treatment for diabetes

    Thank you for your interesting post. However, when I had two minor hear attacks some five years ago I was told that under no circumstances was I to have anything to do with grapefruit as it would negate the effects of some of the more common heart trouble medication. I would add that a tin...