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    frustrated!

    This disease never fails to frustate. I have been diagnosed 30 years and still it is often impossible to manage. Hoping for some ideas. for 3 years I've eaten low carb which on the whole has done wonders for my control When I'm at work I can be running along very steady all day between 4.5 -...
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    Tummy bug ,ketones

    Hi I am currently on holiday in the UK. Yesterday I developed a tummy bug. Initially my blood sugars dropped to 2.7mmols and it took around 2 hours to get them to come back up.This was prior to actually being sick but I was feeling unwell with nausea. Since then they have been between 11 and...
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    Not losing weight on low carb

    Posting for my daughter who is struggling to lose weight. She eats healthily and always has done and has adopted the low carb diet She exercises regularly..long walks, squash twice a week ,weights and goes on exercise bike. She wants to lose around 1 stone. For breakfast it will be eggs or...
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    type 1 low carb worries

    imHi I have been following a low carb diet for around 18m. Type 1 on MDI novorapid and tresiba I found it really helpful at controlling by blood sugars more evenly and it improved my Hba1c. However there are a couple of things I have noticed and wondered if others following this lifestyle...
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    Spiking overnight on low carb

    HI Has anyone got any advice on how to stop spiking overnight? I eat a low carb diet and am on MDI ..novorapid and tresiba. I've been following a low carb approach for 18m and found my blood sugars were much better controlled. However I'm really struggling recently with my main meal at night...
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    Type 1 on low carb /cholesterol levels have increased

    I have been doing low carb for approx a year. I came off statins a few months ago as I was concerned about long term effects and I had less energy whilst on them and hips felt more achey (may have been in my head as i dont like taking them lol) I just got my blood results today and my total...