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I am diet-controlled T2 and have been able to keep my BGs in check for the last 3 years with an average BG of 6 mmol/l. I would like to see the average below 100. I am not insulin resistant, overweight. I am more concerned about my postprandial spikes. On low-carb, i can keep my spikes below 7...

Can someone guide me please on what's the difference between Contour Next and Contour Plus glucometer. Do they both have the same accuracy? I am asking this because the cost of strips for Contour Next is almost double the Contour Plus. If results are the same then why this difference?

I have a question about first phase insulin response which i will breakdown into two sub questions. 1. Has anyone who has no insulin resistance, not obese, low BMI, no belly fat has seen significant decrease in postprandial blood glucose with Metformin ? Means does Metformin helps in activating...

Having a shorter RBC lifespan means that your estimated HbA1c will be lower than the actual value. This is because of fast turn around of RBC and having less glycation as compared to RBC with a normal lifespan of 90-120 days. I have G6PD deficiency where my calculated RBC is much shorter so i...

Hi all, from your experience, does metformin work for those who do not have insulin resistance, no fatty liver or central obesity? Does it still lower your postprandial blood glucose? did you try some meals without metformin and how much difference does it make postprandial?

My diabetic T2 sister got an ACR (albumin to creatinine ratio) of 15, which is quite high. Has anyone had high ACR and reversed it? Any dietary recommendations or personal experiences on this please? Also does anyone know what's correlation between ACR and eGFR as she didn't do that test so i am...

I understand that having delayed diagnosis and being diabetic and prediabetic for long will eventually increase your glycation, oxidation stress and atherosclerosis eventually. The more reliable way to know how clean your arteries are the CAC score. I believe i have been diabetic several years...

So this is again a dilemma that i am not able to figure out despite all the literature and experiments i have done so far in the last 2 years. So here is the case. When i eat a heavy protein/fat meal, my glucose stays elevated for 3-4 hours (in the range of 6.5-7 mmol). Now if i eat less protein...

I have come across few studies that show metformin can reduce testosterone levels significantly and leads to low sex-drive and ED. I am just wondering anyone taking metformin has observed this affect or tested their testosterone levels before and after metformin therapy? You can Google it and...

Hi there. In the absence of central obesity and insulin resistance as a type-2 diabetic, do you see your fasting sugar levels go to 80's (4's mmol) using metformin or any other medication for that matter? I am doing pretty low-carb but my baseline fasting sugars are close to 6 mmol. I have no...

Hi all, Im just wondering what works for you if you decide to eat a carb heavy meal without an exaggerated glucose spike? I am mostly interested to understand if a one-time Metformin will help? or a one-time Acarbose dose? Without building these medications level in the blood (one-off?). There...

Hi folks, listened to couple of videos and read some studies talking about postprandial endotoxemia which has been shown to originate from the intestinal absorption of gut lipopolysaccharides (LPS). My question is that it seems saturated fats and heavy cream does increase LPS production...

So we understand the high BG levels are dangerous, but staying in high BG for long is even more dangerous. Then comes the glucose variability model where they see how much standard deviation you have from the baseline. My questions is regarding a pretty controlled BG levels and not very high...

here is a question if anyone can shed light based on their personal experiences. I was diagnosed with T2 about 18 months ago at a1c of 78 mmol. At the time of diagnosis i had several symptoms of diabetic complications including PAD, neuropathy, tingling in hands, high BP etc. When i normalised...

I am a T2 in remission with a1c of 5% (30 mmol) for the last year and a half now. I started my journey with 30 gms of carbs a day when i was diagnosed with a1c of (78 mmol). However, now i can eat double the amount of that and still stay within non diabetic range. The only surprise i get is when...

Being a diabetic, you can't eat a lot of carbs. A lot of fat will eventually raise your cholesterol levels (regardless of whether its good or bad). So my question is how you take your daily calories intake? Is there a must daily calorie intake or its just an imaginary thing? I am controlling my...

This is a great read for anyone who needs to understand their diabetes and hyperglycaemia. It cleared several of my questions that I always wondered based on my experiments. In particular the affect of GLP and incretins over the stimulation of insulin secretion was an interesting read...

I have a quick question about someone in the family who was diagnosed with diabetes. Here is the data and i am trying to make sense of it. Male, 28 years age A1c in Sept 2021: 13.3% After following low-carb and no meds, his stats are: a1c in January 2022: 6.6% fasting insulin: 4.5 (same time...

Hi fellows, Here is my recent report on cholesterol readings and the A1c, which is stable at 30 for few months now. HDL has greatly improved over the recent months and TG has gone down, any comments, suggestions? I did decrease dairy fat intake in the last 4 months and my LDL has gone somehow...

This has just come out last year and sounds very interesting. As it seems, regardless of one being diabetic or non-diabetic the safest BG range seems to be between 70-110 mg/dl. This reminds me again of Dr. Richard K. Bernstein, who survived type-1 diabetes now for over 75 years and still very...