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  1. CotswoldsBloke

    Low Blood Glucose on Keto

    Hi I’m experiencing dips in BG below 4 during the day and night (I’m T2 and controlling through diet). I’m fairly newly diagnosed so I don’t know if I’m having a hypo or not. Reading about the symptoms of one, the only thing I feel is a little tired. I use a Libre 2 and at first I just thought...
  2. CotswoldsBloke

    Type 2 Measuring a meal: my first time

    Hi I’ve been following an increasingly low carb diet since diagnosis in January. I’ve taken this up a notch over the last week or so and am now on 20-30g of carbs a day. For lunch, I decided to run my first experiment on measuring the effect of carbs on my BGL. I had two slices of Hovis Nimble...
  3. CotswoldsBloke

    Guidance needed - low BG readings

    Hi I was diagnosed T2 in early January (HBA1C of 88). I’ve been low carbing since then (30-50g) a day, cut down portion size and have been taking a brisk walk for an hour a day). It’s been going well, I’ve felt good and have dropped nearly 4 st in that time (I’m a big guy with plenty still to...
  4. CotswoldsBloke

    Newly diagnosed

    Hi I was diagnosed with T2 at the beginning of January this year. I had been previously advised that I was pre-diabetic 3 years ago and went on a fairly hardcore Keto diet and reversed the pre-diabetes without medication (the doctor wanted me to use metformin) but I wasn’t keen. Those gains...