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    Disastrous Exit From Keto

    Subsequent to https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/help-me-stay-keto-please.175058/ Well, I lasted 3 more weeks, 20 in total, and continued feeling rubbish and unable to exercise strenuously, despite the various advice you guys gave (thank you). I abandoned Keto 30/6/20. Nausea and...
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    Help Me Stay Keto Please

    Hi, At the risk of getting no replies at all, I'm making this long post because i) I can't explain any quicker and ii) I'm desperate. A month before I completed a 12 week transition (starting at HbA1c 47) into a ketogenic diet, I wrote: Hi, I'm 73 yo, male with T2D since late 2013 diagnosis...
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    Criteria For Keto-Adaptation Success

    I have seen on one of Stephen Phinney's YouTube videos and/or the Virta Blog Keto-adaptation entry, that there is a difference between being in ketosis and being keto-adapted, the latter taking 3 months in some people. (I know it can take much longer to recover your full fitness levels, even...
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    Freestyle Libre Accuracy vs SD Codefree

    Hi, I have my first Freestyle sensor and its readings via the Freestyle LibreLink do not agree with my SD Codefree. The latter is 6 years old, has a new battery, has been recalibrated using the supplied dummy strip and gives readings that I have always believed in (!) and that have slowly...
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    GI Data, Protein Consumption and Keto High Cholesterol

    Hi, I'm 73 yo, male with T2D since late 2013 diagnosis, diet controlled, BMI 22.5 and don't need to lose weight. (BP controlled to less than 140/80 by 5mg Amlodipine and cholesterol controlled at 4-5 by 20 mg statin; lifelong asthmatic, controlled well by drugs). Grandson of a T2D...