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    Obesity

    I think we are seeing everywhere how doctors are singularly ill-equipped and in fact incompetent at dealing with widespread health issues. Our public health technocrats have roundly failed us, and yet stand there blaming us for their failures and getting harsher and harsher (there is a good...
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    Obesity

    I am not sure that it is clear that in all cases insulin resistance causes obesity, although it may be in some. The scientific research is at worst all over the place and at best balanced on that, and there are plenty of examples of the reverse causal process. However I completely agree that...
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    Obesity

    Maybe, but how can doctors being frank get where you want? Doctors being frank in the sense Boris is pushing just compounds the problem. maybe doctors being frank about what you are saying would work, but something tells me pressed NHS doctors will not be debating your points but merely pushing...
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    Obesity

    I certainly think it ill considered and that it will be futile. I doubt anyone doesn't know it is a problem, and that it is not good. However, like all "awareness-raising" it will misfire, as the problem is not lack of knowledge but all too natural human traits that make temptation hard to...
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    Hello

    Hi. Sounds like you are on the right track. Brilliant work!
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    is it your own fault

    Sure all of us could be more perfect, and we should never stop striving, but importantly, you survived, which means you won and they lost. And that is a good thing.
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    is it your own fault

    Honey is probably better for you than aspartame (what isn't?!) but the problem with honey is that cavemen found it rarely and with danger, we can buy industrial quantities at the shops... I was always skinny and however much I ate could not put on weight - but what parent took their child to...
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    is it your own fault

    I mentioned above my school friend who is an international authority on IBD/IBS. He says that aspartame is very problematic as it causes stomach etc irritation and destroys gut bacteria and avoids it completely. Interesting that the explosion of diet drinks seems to have had no effect on...
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    Type 2 Does anyone have any experience on metformin?

    I am not sure I understand why people react so strongly about Metformin. It is a true wonder drug and has made life for diabetics so much easier - most of us are too young to remember how hard it was earlier this century - we just died early and painfully instead. It worked amazingly on me and...
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    Covid test

    Hang in there. Call ambulance if you are in serious trouble but it sounds like you are doing the right thing anyway! Do be careful about hijacking jokes as no-one seems to have any sense of humour nowadays and they might send a SWAT team (as frustrating as your treatment was).
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    5 things any newly diagnosed type 1 should know

    It is good to remember decision fatigue. We all have to actively take decisions that non-DMs get to make autonomously/homeostatically and do not even realise they are making. And we are constantly judging ourselves by the numbers and falling short of our high expectations, and then adding guilt...
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    is it your own fault

    These are good points. I think the issue started with the food pyramid that came about in the 1970s. We were all taught that carbs were good and meat and fat were bad. Then we were taught that fat was bad as it caused cholesterol. And we were taught that orange juice was good. Then there was a...
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    Who knew! Type 3c

    I am afraid I have to note that you have BGLs of 18, eight loss, neuropathy and other complications. These are consistent with untreated DM. Gallega officinalis is not an ingredient of Metformin, which is synthetic. French Lilac has that compound which led to the discovery/creation of...
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    Who knew! Type 3c

    Not a problem - neuropathy is VERY serious and can lead to amputations etc (usually more in men as we seem to get everything worse!). You need to get treatment ASAP (and perhaps you might even consider A&E). And a specialist. I would concentrate on that at the moment rather than on ME. My view...
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    I don’t know what to do

    That is vexing. I would suggest you get a referral to an endocrinologist asap. Once you are with him/her and in the system, you should be OK as the endocrinologist can order these tests. GPs should really only be managing very basic T2s after the T2 has seen an endocrinologist. All other types...
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    I don’t know what to do

    Those are all very good points. GPs default to T2 as a diagnosis unless you are young and DKA. To be fair GPs are overworked and cannot be expert in everything. They are meant to refer you to a secondary line of treatment ie an endocrinologist. It is important to read up on wikipedia and then...
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    I don’t know what to do

    No worries at all - in my experience the school exam problem is one of the biggest hurdles DMs face. Everything in modern life is about numbers and we tend to elevate them to such an extent the pass/fail mentality takes over. Sure you cannot just ignore them, but we cannot make them the most...
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    I don’t know what to do

    It doesn't sound like you are a hypochondriac! What it does sound like is that you are expecting changes too soon. This is a long game and it takes a few months for your body to adjust to new drugs etc. Obsessing about point in time test results can be difficult because like it or not we all...
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    I don't want medication!

    Great advice - your legs are your largest muscles and walking is the best way to get out and get fresh air and also increase insulin sensitivity and keep you fitter (and very good core workout as walking is natural unlike weights).
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    Who knew! Type 3c

    PS you might also have your iron levels Agree - generally people should be very cautious about self-diagnosis and self-medicating with pills or quack cures (it is not clear from your post if you have been diagnosed with T3C or have self-diagnosed). The latter is dangerous as there are other...