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    Are spikes bad if they come down straight after?

    Most of the diabetic 2 literature that I have read mention measuring BS before meal and 2 hours after meal. If it is within 2mmol/L of your starting BS reading that meal is supposed to be okay for you. There is very little literature about high your BS should be allowed to go up between those...
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    Metformin

    I am not a doctor or in medical profession and am just saying from my own experience.
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    Metformin

    I used to suffer with leg calf cramps when I was on statin. A pharmacist friend suggested I take CoQ-10 (Coenzyme Q-10) daily with statin. It is not given by NHS but you can buy it at any pharmacy or online. I used to take 100mg capsule daily. It stopped the leg cramps. Luckily with the new...
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    Vegetable intake when trying to move from low carb to even lower carb (as a vegetarian)

    I have read that fat has twice as much calories as either carbs or protein and so while on low carb high fat diet the total food portion has to be smaller to make sure the total calorie intake does not jump up. may be someone who knows better can say if I have it wrong.
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    Cholesterol levels

    As far as I know serum just means blood and so what it means that the result is from blood test. Non HDL is just the difference between the total cholesterol and HDL cholesterol.
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    Diabetes Blood Glucose Home Testing

    Thank you
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