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    New hba1c happy(ish)

    It's still going in the right direction despite Xmas and the knee op, so well done. This is a marathon so what matters is sustaining a nice low number. Not everybody can maintain an HbA1C in the low 40's - so if you can that's great!
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    cholesterol ugh ugh ugh

    Several members here have reported that their LDL went up while losing weight and that once that stabilised, their LDL actually went lower than it had been before going Low Carb. These tend to be members who had quite a lot of weight to lose i.e. more typical T2 Diabetics. In my case (a slim...
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    Dawn Phenomenon

    As I have mentioned before, I still get some Dawn Phenomenon, but nowhere near as much as before remission. However I learned to just ignore it. Before I learned to ignore it I found I could halt or reverse the BG rise by eating a (close to) zero carb snack e.g. a boiled egg, some cold meat or a...
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    cholesterol ugh ugh ugh

    Congratulations on the great HDL figure! How much of the Total Cholesterol rise is due to improved HDL ? I'm assuming you are concerned because your (calculated not measured) LDL figure has risen. Are you still losing weight - this could account for that (LDL is higher when removing body fat...
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    Daily testing v HBa1c

    I have already tested the BG reaction I get from my meals many tens of times, we often eat the exact same meal every week or 2. So, if I need reassurance I merely test my BG at the 2hrs post prandial stage since my BG is unlikely to be higher than that at any time (unless ill or injured).
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    Can intermittent fasting cause higher bs levels until you eat?

    For me it was a boiled egg or a chunk of cheese that stopped my glucose (often reversed it). chunk of cheese - not chink
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    Weight loss surgery

    Although I don't outside of the internet, know of anybody who's had bariatric surgery, the number of those saying that it only worked short term for them is so high that I would advise against it unless weight was so high as to put life at risk. Even a Bariatric Surgeon, Dr Robert Cywes said he...
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    Carbohydrates

    It's not so easy, for a start GI isn't universal, different carbs have different GI's when digested by different people., so the published GI's of food items are only an average or a guide. Some Type 2 diabetics process certain carbs better (= worse for blood glucose) than others do. So many of...
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    Healthy BMI - Recently Diagnosed Type 2 at 34 years old - (Help Required!)

    My being a TOFI T2 diabetic was the reason I chose the Low Carb rather than Very Low Calorie route to remission. Basically, I ate to my meter (aiming to never go over 8.5 mmol at the 2hrs post prandial mark and always keeping the rise from just before to 2hrs after a meal at or below 2.0 mmol)...
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    Olive oil

    No, it doesn't. Fats and proteins don't raise blood glucose in Type 2 diabetics, at least not noticeably (unless they are on a starvation diet). In emergencies such as a starvation diet is perceived to be by the body) the liver can manufacture glucose from proteins and fats, it often releases...
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    Ozempic question

    I can't comment about whether you did lose appreciable weight or not, nor on Ozempic side effects since I have never taken any Type 2 medications. But if you did lose 9lbs in 8 weeks, then this is great, because that is in the range that the NHS advise is best (between 1lb and 2lbs per week)...
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    Olive oil

    Oilve Oil like other oils and fats is practically zero carb. It is carbs that we want to reduce because all carbs are converted to glucose during digestion (some even in the mouth while chewing). The 'sugar' in our bloodstream is mainly glucose from our food, both from the sugars (natural as...
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    Carbs and calories book

    Why did the nurse recommend it? What is it supposed to help with? Many of us here just restrict carbs and find that takes care of weight issues, so the calories are OK so long as the carbs are. Lots of people (not just diabetic) have what might be termed carb addiction, in which case the book...
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    Are others concerned about the roles of Physician Associates in hospitals and GP surgeries?

    The idea is supposedly to treat simple cases, but they are being used to diagnose undifferentiated patients without having a full medical degree and extra years of experience that a GP would have. Also to substitute on shifts for 'Junior Doctors' - which contrary to what minister says are fully...
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    Are others concerned about the roles of Physician Associates in hospitals and GP surgeries?

    Many whistleblowers about them making mistakes and doing things they are supposedly not allowed to. such as writing prescriptions. It's scary that in some GP surgeries and NHS hospital trusts there seems to be a budget for PAs rather than junior doctors - who have over twice the training and yet...
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    Dave Feldman's "CholesterolJoe" experiment

    How to lower LDL on Keto (or Low Carb) By Nick Norwitz Tweet with link to full video: 1 page summary .pdf : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U1VK0V2mFL9ppEWXOtbS9YqkSk1Hmh91/view
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    Will I need insulin eventually?

    Yes as @KennyA says, the original group in the first Direct study were anything but random T2D's. In comparison Dr Unwin's low carb T2D patients were merely selected by their willingness to try it - no matter what BMI, insulin dependance, or how long since original diagnosis. And he still had a...
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    Will I need insulin eventually?

    Of course it isn't inevitable that a T2D will end up on insulin, though restricting treatment for a dietary disease to medication only is certainly a way of increasing that risk. @KennyA, @HairySmurf , I feel highlighting the 5 yr 93% failure rate (of maintaining T2D remission) for Prof...
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    Eating guided by bs

    I'm a TOFI Type2 and fortunately my fasting BG has never been over 8.5 since I started measuring it. It would always steady or reduce after a next to zero carb meal (the convince the liver that I'm not starving effect). My longest fast during that time were for a colonoscopies and once my BG was...