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    Why won't the NHS tell you the secret to treating diabetes?

    My experience when GP. Having read Mosley and others and asked GPs for assistance because all their books say so, I have up, did some research, started dieting and exercising. Lost 3.5 stone my medication is more than halved. Diet and weight and CGM (the latter will teach you more about diet and...
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    How to know when to come off drugs?

    That's great advice. Talk to people who have no idea about diabetes, reversing diabetes. I have had a major disagreement with mine Excerpt from conversation : Fad diets Inaccuracies of CGM Explanation of HbA1c this after I said I was fed up being patronised by GPs sending you home with a higher...
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    Type 2 Reversing Diabetes

    I decided about 4 months ago to try some of the various methods of reversing diabetes. I got zero help from GPs [I had been asking them for years]. I lost 17 KG, 3 stone 8n 3 months. My A1C went from 63 to 49. I believe it would have been 40 of I had kept the dexcom CGM. Also for the 3rd month...
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    Continuous glucose monitoring to understand BG ADVICE PLEASE

    I am considering getting a Dexcom for a month to help with understanding my BG levels. I am burning a lot of test strips, not helped by the fact that my first next one monitor was dodgy. I tried researching the answers but contradictions abound. Especially in regard to exercise. My regular...
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    newcastle diet week 6 weightloss stalled?

    Hi Hibby, I'm guessing you're from Edinburgh, sunshine on Leith. How do you get on these diets? I keep asking GPs and get a glazed look. Thanks.
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    Counterweight TFR

    Hiya, where are all these diets recommended by GPs. I've been sent 3 times in the last 10 years to dieticians, each more useless than the last. Eat a handful of fruit said the sages. Given that my hand was twice the size of theirs and being an engineer I prefer precision. I am not doing too bad...
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    Type 2s: What was your fasting blood glucose in a morning? (very low chat level)

    I eat like a bird and a rabbit. Measure it all. Never fbs below 6.3. Mind I had a wonky next one meter. But I discovered that my 1 hour energetic walk first thing in the morning without any nourishment whatsoever. On return BS was 8.3. Coffee and wait for 2 hours for breakfast. 50g of. My own...