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I have type 2, not well controlled. I.m currently on chemo for stage 4 colon cancer and was put on insulin. I started on 10 units am and 5 pm. Increasing it over time I was on 40 and 20 two days ago. Whatever the insulin dose, my blood glucose remained between 10 and 20 mmol (average 14). Being...

Just started on a SGLT2 inhibitor (Jardiance). Non stop peeing and BG ranging from 18 to 27.

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Re: 6monthly HBA1c unnecessary for well controlled diabetics The research is about using statistical analysis to determine the value of the test at 6 monthly intervals and concludes that a longer interval gives more reliable results. I suppose if more regular test makes you feel more...

If you can tolerate gluten then make your own high fibre, low carbohydrate bread. Looks and tastes like hovis but doesn't toast too well.

Type 2 diabetes is a set of symptoms, one of which is flawed glucose metabolism. Simply treating the diet/glucose aspect may be missing something more fundamental. Obviously, raised blood glucose is a priority because of the damage it can do. If low carb lowers blood glucose, can you be sure...

I've just eaten a dinner of belly pork. :oops: What would my Jewish grandmother have to say? What you eat is an issue. I'm not convinced that it's the overarching one. Lewis Wolpert observed, with lots of examples, that 'common sense' is a very poor predictor of outcomes and it seems to me...

I think that's a sensible observation. I have a personal strategy which is very effective but is more than simplistic dieting. The real issue is sustainability. You are better off with variety. If you lose a lot of weight then it may well change your dietary needs and what you can tolerate...

I don't recall that. but it might, as you say, be a typo. On the other hand, it has assumed a 'political' dimension. Most of what I type is removed within minutes.

I have said that my HBa1c was 8.5. It was more recently 6.2 and is probably lower now. Where the one year as a diabetic came from I have no idea. It's not something I would have written, having had it for about 10 years. Advice from forums about medical matters is best avoided unless it...

I don't recall anyone saying that, only people accusing others of saying that.

That sounds a bit like Sciatica. Needs a scan to locate the cause.

Taubes doesn't provide a prescription, simply a critique of the evidence. Acting on journalism like this, however persuasive it is potentially dangerous and should be done with care and preferably with medical support. So your proposal that people counter one set of journalistic opinions with...

I'm am entertained (and horrified) by the way that some substance or other, having been tested on a very specific kind of mouse in a very specific way, is then sold by companies as a cure for something or as a way of losing weight without doing anything else. Paleo and more particularly hunter...

Perhaps you should also remove the ones I responded to as well ...

Someone has complained that I don't follow the low carb party line and also suggested that I've had diabetes less than a year. I suppose that will become official now. It's part of the behaviour I have been responding to. I can see that dissent cannot be tolerated.

... or you could read the DUK advice and make your own judgement: http://www.diabetes.org.uk/About_us/Our ... -diabetes/ You can do something entirely different from low carb and the DUK advice, which is much more effective.

Mostly responding to posts like yours. Maybe people will stop and think and realise that magic potions and easy answers are unlikely to help them. No evidence that it will happen though.

As someone with diabetes, a site with such a title sounds useful. Type 2 diabetes is one of the list of causes on the death certificates of my brother and father. But a lot of the 'information' here is just mantra, browbeating and misinformation. Everyone seems to be an expert in...

The "low carbs" mantra misses the point rather. Restricting carbohydrates is a possible way of controlling your blood glucose but it does little to address the underlying situation and does not prevent poor diet choices. Complications are quite clearly highlighted in NHS literature and on the...