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  1. Zeddedhed

    Low Carb diet question

    I was on the listed meds before (apart from the Montelukast) I don't eat at regular times during the day, hence the fixed times. The first test is just after getting up in the morning. The last two are just before an evening meal and then 2 1/2 hours after. The daytime tests are more or less...
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    Low Carb diet question

    Having got through Covid unscathed (I had it 3 times with no symptoms) and thus feeling fairly bulletproof I fell off the wagon somewhat. I stopped testing and paid little attention to my diet. I've clambered back on said wagon and found that my levels are higher than I'd like (no surprise...
  3. Zeddedhed

    Type 2 Milk

    I drink the Area Lactofree full fat and I've not noticed any spiking or other significant changes in BG. I take it in tea and coffee, along with the occasional monster swig at the fridge door.
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    Spoke To nurse

    My advice for what it's worth is to take the nuclear option and try to ditch the carbs completely. It's almost impossible I believe to achieve zero carb (and possibly not even advisable) but I work on the assumption that if I try to eat absolute zero carbs, the small amount that slip through the...
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    Spoke To nurse

    MyFitnessPal is good. You can scan barcodes for details of foods etc. When I can be bothered to log foods it's what I use.
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    Smoking !

    Yes. 20 a day, and in the spirit of being honest, I enjoy it too much to stop right now.
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    Brie

    As far as I'm concerned Brie is medicinal :)
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    How fat is a fatty Liver (or Pancreas)

    Thats a tricky one, as I won't know how much of it was excess until I reach the weight I'm happy with. The good old BMI model tells me that I should ideally be about 80kgs. I'm currently 112/113, and started out 117/118. I reckon if I got to 80kgs I'd look like I was dying from some awful...
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    How fat is a fatty Liver (or Pancreas)

    This might be a strange (or entirely ridiculous) question but here goes... How much fat is likely to be involved in the whole fatty liver/pancreas scenario? The reason for asking is that I've lost near on 5kg over the last four weeks (11/09/21 - 14/10/21 to be exact) and I don't look any...
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    A1C test on Wednesday...

    Hi @pinkfoot and thanks for the update. Sorry to hear that the results weren't as you'd hoped, but.....down from 61 to 51 in just six weeks is no mean feat, and you should be encouraged. I reckon if I managed a change that significant I'd celebrate with a potato, rice and pasta sandwich!! The...
  11. Zeddedhed

    What I’ve learned from my libre...

    Sorry to ask what may be an obvious question, but what does it mean to be 'fat adapted'?
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    Progress is definitely being made..

    I think you forgot the link
  13. Zeddedhed

    Progress is definitely being made..

    Is the Newcastle diet one that uses shakes and drinks, or am I confusing it with some other diet?
  14. Zeddedhed

    Progress is definitely being made..

    Hi Ian, I'd have to agree that it does indeed look a bit bizarre. I don't eat and can't stomach breakfast at 05:00, so tend not start eating until about 11:00. The total carbs in my daily nut mix never exceeds 25g. The rest of my daily grazing brings me up to about 35g, with my evening meal...
  15. Zeddedhed

    A1C test on Wednesday...

    Hi pink foot. I'd be very keen to hear how your test compares to the mysugr estimate. For me it's predicting 44.3 right now, and that's after logging just over three weeks of results. I'm going to book in a test to coincide with three months of regular testing and low-carb eating, and I'm...
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    Progress is definitely being made..

    First some background: On the 11th September my weight was 117.8kg My daily average BG for that week was 9.2mmol/l Now, three weeks later my weight is 114.4kg My daily average BG for last week was 6.6mmol/l I'm testing (probably excessively) using an Aviva Accu Chek mobile, and logging on my...
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    Blood Sugar weirdness

    I doubt that it's anything to do with exercise - this has been happening for the last two weeks and I haven't really got into the exercise routine yet - only averaging about 8000 steps per day at work.
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    Blood Sugar weirdness

    It's not that I'm worried - more that I like to understand what's going on.
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    Blood Sugar weirdness

    2.6g per 100g I'm pretty sure that grams = ml, so a cup of coffee would use 30ml (g) of milk therefore .78g per cup of coffee (lets call it 1g) Or am I doing something dodgy with my maths here?
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    Blood Sugar weirdness

    I've recently started testing again and trying to get things into a good place - low carb, a bit more exercise etc. I've noticed that in the morning my BG can sometimes be around the 8.0 mark, and will continue to rise often up to 10 or 11mmol/l until about 10:00 or 11:00. I know that it isn't...