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Just a note from me as longterm LCHFer and IFer - I don't go food shopping, or cook for myself or others when fasting - too hard! (I write this in case there is anyone reading this thread who is considering fasting as an ongoing treatment option for their T2D.) And - we are all addicted to...

I personally am very grateful to @Oldvatr for giving me a simple to use 10g carbs per 100g of food/product. I'll stretch it to 11.-something for no-grainola as I only eat a small amount of it, and I love it. But I will choose the products 10g and under when there is a choice of low-carb...

Hi there @BarbaraG. My own approach is to take on board the best of both these magnificent On-Diabetes-dudes. I really like the Personal Fat Threshold theory, certainly in terms of getting insulin resistance in the first place, which fits neatly with the Fat Cells Theory (or, Adipose theory)...

Hi @BarbaraG. Well done you for doing all-day fasts whilst staying away from home! That's a fasting challenge indeed. I find having to explain LCHF/needing to cut down, way down on carbs, and then being able to healthily (according to nutritional theory of LCHF) eat animal fats, really...

This sounds like a very reasonable T2D treatment plan, @BarbaraG. As a long-term LCHFer and IFer, I'm very happy to come on in here and give you a cheer for the team! I'm still trying out meds, and will continue to do so, but realise I need to do some more serious fasting to get my glucose...

Yes, metabolism is a complex (and fascinating!) thing. And type 2 is a metabolic disease, so has many complex (I won't say fascinating!) expressions of it. How I express this is by saying 'metabolic' is at the cell level. No wonder it affects so much of our physical life! The most basic med...

Hi @stukie. Do you mean 'chronic' as in a long-lasting disease? Or, do you mean chronic as in worse symptoms in the here and now, as in bad? Because at the age of 87, the long-lasting nature of diabetes being affected by 'lifestyle choices' is no longer an issue? I would imagine? As I say to my...

Yeah,@Grace04 . The blood glucose regulation system is pretty complex, and things can go right, or wrong at any or many, or even very few stages of the system :) . But, prediabetes, and able to be treating with diet with great results, usually - very little has gone really wrong? And lots of...

I hear you @Antje77. I guess the big difference is then, that normal BG by taking insulin is a life-saving treatment, and the treatment numero uno for type 1. Whereas for insulin resistance based type 2, this is a way more complex picture. (I'm saying the least I can, as I'm not willing to...

This is where the label 'diabetes' for two different diseases with one major symptom in common really rears it's confusing head! So, the answers above seem to be different, unsurprisingly, for type 1 and type 2? Have I observed correctly, or?

Yeah - whenver folks talk to me about carb-free eating plans, I say the only real carb-free loaded with power food is meat and seafood/fish. (According to my understanding at least.) I have yet to talk to a friend who has understood that fruit and vegetables are nature's carbs! (With a lot of...

On my own weight loss and maintenance journey post diagnosis and lowering my carbs, upping exercise (over 10 years), my weight has not been the same, but it has remained in the same general BMI zone (ie normal), and my waist height ratio, which I track the most, has varied within a safe zone...

Yeah - having images of what awful things could happen if I went the sweeties/cake/biscuits/desserts etc route again, and yeah, there at the supermarket, and in those aisles and fridges, for sure. Major deterrent. Especially have to use it this time of the year with Easter goodies everywhere...

Am I right that semaglutide is the non-branded name of the anti diabetic ozempic/wegovy? I must say it is really refreshing to read about its use actually as a treatment for type two, rather than 'just' the weight loss aspect! Thanks to you folks above for posting - very interesting and...

Hi @Mayfly. Interesting question! My own body journey, if you like, with muscle gain and maintenance, ditto normal weight, is that it is closely linked with fueling up! ie that protein you mention, which makes sense. Eating so you have the energy to fuel the exercise is an intuitive and...

Good that it doesn't hurt @Rleady1357. But I have been where you are looking it up online, and I guess you know what I am going to say? You need medical professionals to diagnose you properly, especially as endema (is that how you spell it?) if that is what it is, is indicative of heart issues...

When my mother was diagnosed with prediabetes in her 80s she and I had lots of discussion about what she wanted to do about it, if anything. Rather than avoid or cut down the high carb food in her diet (principally bread and weetbix, and cookies and cake, rice, pasta and potatoes) she chose to...

I have endeavoured to make this conform to Forum rules. I have no problems if I have missed a rule, and it inadvertently does not conform - am perfectly happy for this to just disappear... anyhow - here goes - Hi @Rabdos. Interesting question. Please know this is not advice. My understanding...

Yes, exercise is definitely one of the many metabolic variables that can definitely affect your BG levels, at the time, and over time. What the effect is for you can only be experienced and tracked by you, to determine the extent of the effect for you. And, yeah, this can change over time as all...

Heart issues are super important! I'd say here, as someone who has fasted extensively, and with different regimens - starting out I was medically supervised, which is always my number 1. piece of advice. Many of us go into every form of treatment for type 2, with varying underlying...