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  1. first14808

    Plant based diets

    Also curious if there's a vegan pizza effect. Figure on pizza basically being a large slab of carbs + toppings. Decent dough needs some form of fat, and if butter or lard is out, some other oil may be substituted, plus any that may be added to toppings. Then zip through a hot pizza oven that...
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    Newcastle on the NHS

    From the BBC:- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-46363869 I think those results may be a bit oversold, and there's a risk of false hope based on that description. Also appears to be a larger trial, rather than making it generally available. That seems a good thing given it'll generate more...
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    how do you guys experience a hypo

    I had much the same experience & signals as others. I was feeling a little odd, so went to make some food. I noticed my hands were shaking when I was trying to chop an onion. I started feeling a bit wobbly and out of it, and luckily went for my meter to test.. And was under 4, so made a cup of...
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    Ultimate diet aid? A mass spectrometer! Scientist does diet

    Yep. I saw another video, possibly from Low Carb Down Under where a doc makes the same point. We expel CO2 as a result of carb metabolism, amongst other processes. And I also found this- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urea_breath_test Where patients are fed the same isotope to diagnose for H...
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    Ultimate diet aid? A mass spectrometer! Scientist does diet

    So I stumbled on this- The creator is a scientist who does quite a few debunking videos, but has become interested in dieting. So he figured out we lose weight by breathing. So now he's curious about how that process works, and been doing simpler measurements of his O2/CO2 ratios. But now...
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    Sainsbury jumps onto the bandwagon,

    We have a pub called 'The Slug and Lettuce'. I must check their food more closely..
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    Sainsbury jumps onto the bandwagon,

    So.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Food_Defect_Action_Levels Hops Insects Average of more than 2,500 aphids per 10 grams So much for vegan beer.. A cynic may suggest that supermarkets are simply conditioning us to think bugs are good eating so they can then ignore those defect levels and...
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    Fasting 7 days (probably)

    I've noticed that a side-effect of fasting is breaking fast with something simple like that makes them seem to taste soooo much nicer than if you eat them regularly! Fasting, helping appreciate the finer things in life.. :p
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    Falling for Fasting

    On testing and weighing, I think it's a combination of what you're measuring, and consistency. So if you test BG first thing on waking, result will be influenced by the liver dump/dawn phenomenon. Pre/post meal would give you an idea of how you're responding to that meal. For OMAD, I'm not...
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    T2 vs T1 stigma - anyone else feel a bit 'shamed' for having T2?

    She makes some good points. I think it may be a little unfair to blame GPs because they're only following orders. Or the official guidelines. Those are looking increasingly outdated, but GPs have to contend with the myriad of ailments we present to them, managing a practice and trying to keep up...
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    Wasted youth, or selective muscle loss?

    Ah, Mammoths. That got me thinking about the practicalities of doing a mammoth roast. Thanks to modern technology, we could make a large spit, but it'd still need a lot of cooking. And apparently some people have tried eating mammoth steaks from ones deep-frozen in Siberian permafrost! I think...
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    Wasted youth, or selective muscle loss?

    Thanks for that, and agree. And congrats for finding a way to focus! Strongman events are fascinating given they include a bunch of unnatural challenges.. Like humping rocks where it's not just weight, but awkward shapes so require things like grip strength and technique which you don't get from...
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    T2 vs T1 stigma - anyone else feel a bit 'shamed' for having T2?

    I'd add 'cured' and possibly 'remission' and replace with 'controlled' or 'managed', mostly to avoid false hope. With these shakes, I cure thee! But if someone has a predisposition or developed a carb intolerance for whatever reason, the 'cure' is to manage T2 by watching carb intake. I've got...
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    Wasted youth, or selective muscle loss?

    Thanks for that, and I'll post my graphs later. Your diet/lifestyle got me thinking as we're of a similar age & height. I see fluctuations in my daily measurements, but not entirely convinced they're accurately measuring muscle changes.
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    Wasted youth, or selective muscle loss?

    Or at all.. Agreed, although glucose may be something of a red herring given lipids being a bigger energy source. So the need for circulating glucose is typically low, and can be substituted with ketone bodies. I think you're right about potential measurement error. So the typical body...
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    Wasted youth, or selective muscle loss?

    Exactly, but it's something I keep seeing repeated, especially in relation to fasting.. Where it's even less likely if it's intermittent or short term. It's possible via gluconeogenesis, but not energy efficient, especially when there are better sources like our fat reserves. So I doubt it's...
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    Wasted youth, or selective muscle loss?

    Hmm.. Maybe also add 'Always singe your mammoth downwind'. But a reasonable catchphrase, although I'd say it's staying healthy, not just fighting diabetes. I suspect the answer's still general loss, but muscles that are used the most often get spared, ie signalling for nutrition to replace or...
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    T2 vs T1 stigma - anyone else feel a bit 'shamed' for having T2?

    I think we still have an uphill battle. So we've just had World Diabetes Day, and this:- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46192979?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cx250pynpv4t/diabetes&link_location=live-reporting-story See? It's that simple. Or there's also evidence that...
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    Wasted youth, or selective muscle loss?

    So I've been thinking, which can sometimes be a dangerous thing.. An argument against fasting sometimes seems to be that it results in muscle loss. So I'm curious how selective our bodies are about where they'd scavenge protein from in a starvation situation. I'm assuming from an evolutionary...
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    Extended fasting

    I'm much the same, and probably why I prefer one evening meal.. So I can work up an appetite thinking about it. And I try to avoid snacking, or if I do, make sure I've got fruit or something healthy to snack on. If I open a bottle of wine, I'll happily finish it and can polish off a big bag of...