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    Hba1c Number 3....but What Is All This Ferritin Malarkey

    I had my second HbA1c since diagnosis - my third in total - this week, and have dropped to 38. (90 originally in Oct '17 and then 40 in January '18) No meds just LCHF diet. My total cholesterol has risen to 6.0 but my ratios appear very good, pretty happy with triglycerides at 0.9. The number...
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    Steak & Kidney Pudding

    Now I love Steak & Kidney pudding, not pie, but pudding, proper suet pudding. So this week I am going to attempt Mrs Beeton's original recipe....but with Almond flour replacing regular flour. I have beef suet coming from the local butcher, because the supermarket suet has way too much flour in...
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    Celeriac.....who Knew? Any Other Surprise Delights?

    Three weeks ago I had no idea what celeriac was. thanks to this forum and I apologise because I can't remember which post here recommended it, but man alive I have just had three pieces roasted and all I can say is why is this utter delight not filling entire rows in the supermarkets? Another...
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    Altitude And Blood Sugar Meter Readings

    Does anyone have experience with altitude and blood sugar meter readings? Google throws up mixed results with reports of meters reading lower or higher. Presumably reduced oxygen has some impact on the chemical process of the strip/blood etc, but does that same reduced oxygen impact the body's...
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    Travel for the T2.......how do you maintain your eating habits?

    It is all about to go horribly wrong for me. My self restraint is about to go out of the window after three weeks of three 36 hour fasts per week. I am faced with some rather nice South American reds on the wine list and the steak and truffle mash sounds........well......enticing. Overall I...
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    The 'truth' about low-carb diets

    The inverted commas around truth are mine, but the article can be found in the Daily Telegraph. Sadly it is behind a paywall but the journalist has enlisted Miguel Toribio-Mateas, director and chair of the British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine to offer his and presumably the...
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    Musings, Questions, and Ramblings of a Type 2 Traveller

    I confess to being a lurker, not a longtime lurker but long enough, so it is time to add a meagre contribution to what is a wonderful forum, populated by inspirational posters. My diagnosis came in October 2017. After experiencing extreme thirst and the follow on consequences of satisfying that...