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Grandchildren coming and they are being raised in sugar bomb heaven. It is really bad for me if the house fills up with foods they are used to but I am not much for cooking and I know if I put what Ineat in front of them, it’s not going to work. what would be some simple dishes that kids from...

I wore a libre for six months and here is what I found. Most started out reading a bit high, after 2 or 3 days I get a bit of an itch and the redings go down so most of the time, it reads 10 low about. Imhad two malfunctions in 6 months. Started out for short tome just fine then went like I...

I have to take the SR with a meal or problems show up.

Real sourdough will have a lesser effect on blood sugar. You would have to check yourself and a particular bread. it is very possible you might have a slice or two with a meal that kind of demands it. That doesn’t mean half a loaf with every meal but you know that. the dangers comes in that...

With today’s lancets, I could easily test five times a day on the upper side of my left hand and never destroy my fingers. Double it using the bottom, double it again using the right. Bif you test more than that get a continuous glucose monitor. Bmatter of fact get one anyway, amazing what you...

Well this might shock you. Those labels that tell how many carbs in something, they often aren’t very accurate. And your med makes it tough tobadjust because you have to continue eating carbs so it doesn’t kill you. You really can’t take it and cut out carbs. in your situation, here is what...

Stevia gets confusing because of what it is often mixed with. Many of the stevia products with stevia in big letters aren’t bery good. If you get pure stevia, it seems fine.

Upon diagnosis, my A1c was 14.5 (135) and took me a month to wean myself off sugar and starch and insulin. At 3 months with no diabetic meds was at 6.1 (43). At 6 months based on continuous. monitor it would be lower but doctor said no need to run it. Now, will do so in 6 months.

You could very likely be a late autoimmune diabetic and your own production of insulin is crashing as the beta cells die. Here is how you can know. Insulin testing is tough when taking insulin but when your body produces insulin, it produces c-peptide with it. You test c-peptide level to see...

I was 6 times normal when diagnosed, still ag 3 times normal when I left the hospital. the first time I got to normal range, I was sweating and pretty shaky. Got used to it quickly though. Doc was surprised when I showed up at one week in normal range for sugars that I could tolerate them...

The way jardiance works is when your blood sugars rise to a certain level, you urinate sugar. Buy some test strips and see. People like the losing weight and it keeps the blood sugar from going totally crazy, but really does it make sense to eat it just to pee it out? That comes with risks to...

I kind of refuse to get into the diagnosis word games. when the system says someone who has normal blood sugar, normal insulin, good liver and kidney function and so on is diabetic. At the same time saying someone with high blood pressure, fatty liver sticking out a foot, can’t get an...