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Hey all. I use a finger-prick monitor (Accu-check Guide), which syncs automatically with the MySugr app on my iPhone. All of that works flawlessly, and the app writes all my data to Apple Health. However, the reporting capabilities in MySugr are pretty bad, and Apple Health has basically no...

Hello all my low-carb amigos. I just acquired a waffle iron and I'm ready to chaffle. Any favourite recipes or important tips? My first goal is chaffles as a bread component for sandwiches...

I know glucose can go up during exercise, but I tested this morning about 30 minutes after finishing an hour long run, and my BG is at 8. That's the highest number I've seen on a meter since...well, not sure. It's been a while. It's perplexing, and slightly concerning, but I guess I'll just...

So quiet in here... It's 11AM in my part of the world, and I'm 16 hours into a 36 hour fast. My first fast longer than 20 hours since the fall. Anybody else fasting today? How's it going for you?

I guess this is kind of an intro topic for me here, and depending on response, it might spark more discussions. I've been running casually off and on over the last decade. I got some foot problems resolved about 18 months ago, and I've been able to run injury free, and mostly pain free since...

Just a public post to promote my own accountability. I've been very ad-hoc, and my average level of IF has been lower than what I would like. To get more consistency, I'm doing 18/6 every weekday this week, and then 20/4 every weekday next week. Weekends more like 12/12. FWIW, my BG and...

Hey all. Anybody have a turkey stuffing recipe that is keto and is worth putting inside a bird? I'm happy to cook the Christmas turkey hollow if need be, but thought I'd see if anybody has something awesome to share.

Hey all, I decided to eat carbs with breakfast today... restaurant breakfast with meats, 2 toast, and some potato. It's a choice I weighed carefully, and I'm okay with it. I'm using it as an opportunity to see how my body is responding. I'm taking BG at 30, 60, 90 and 120 minutes. My...

I finally got around to trying homemade fathead pizza. I can't believe it took me this long! It was very tasty, and was incredibly easy to make. I went from wanting pizza to eating pizza in about 45 minutes. The texture was perfect for a thin-crust pizza, and the flavour was very good. This...

I know this is a much discussed topic, but there's something I struggle to find a good evidence-based answer for. I know what the dawn phenomenon is, roughly why it happens etc. What I don't know is what to do about it. For context, I do keto, and IF. Most of the time I do 20/4 or OMAD...

I'm doing a multi-day fast 2-3 times per month. My last one was 48 hours, and I'm aiming for 54 this time around. Just to try something a little different, and to see how it goes, I switched my starting time from after dinner (7 pm) to after breakfast (in this case, 9:30 am). My hope was I...

38 hours into my fast which was intended to be 36-48 hours depending on how I feel. Right now it feels good. I'm not hungry at all, and the headache I had yesterday has gone away. Need to watch my fluids and electrolytes. I've done fasts of this size a few times, and I know it gets pretty...

Does anybody know what the science says about the impact of stevia on insulin levels? I was listening to a podcast with Fung/Ramos, and one of them claimed "we all now know" that even though stevia doesn't increase glucose, it does raise insulin. But when I look for studies showing this one...

Hey all. I'm doing keto for T2, and my wife is also doing it with mer for weight loss and health reasons. My wife has recently started having issues which appears to be gall stones, although she has an ultrasound scheduled in a few weeks to confirm. By the numbers, she's been doing keto for I...

I know the advice to break a "longer" fast gently, and am prepared to do so if needed. The background here is I have done a variety of fasts over the last few months ranging between 16 hours (barely fasting at all) up to about 36 hours (skip a day). I have never given a second thought to how...

So yesterday I had a fast-food meal for lunch. This was planned so I feel no guilt, but to se what impact it would have, I did a 2 hour post-prandial glucose reading. At 2 hours, I had a reading of 5.3 mol/l. This was pretty encouraging since it basically suggests my body handled the carbs...

I just bought some pork belly and am looking for any suggestions. I've never cooked to before. Simpler is better... whatcha got for me?

Just thought I would share. For context, my last blood work was back in August. At that time, my test numbers were creeping up, but my doctor and I decided to "hold the line" on meds at metformin + sglt2. Since August, I have been eating somewhere between SAD and low-carb, but not really...

Wondering if anybody around here knows the answer here. I know farmed salmon is not nearly as good for you as wild because farmed salmon is fed a **** diet high in corn meal. But just how much less good is farmed vs wild? Is it worth having as a healthy alternative to meats? I have read...

Anybody using a blood ketone meter? Other than simple curiosity, what can you do with the numbers?