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    Type 2 Bodyfat burning BG "level"

    Is there (scientifically or based on experience monitoring individuals using continuous glucose monitors) a specific blood glucose level below which insulin is sufficiently low for lipolysis to primarily occur from a calorie deficit diet in a non-insulin-dependent type 2 diabetic? One of the...
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    Anybody interested in a two-month weekly weight in weightloss thread?

    Anybody interested in a two-month weekly weight in weightloss thread? One day per week we choose and, during two-month we post our numbers. Fridays would be a choice because usually some people tend to fail during weekends (for example, me). The main idea would be to find people with this same...
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    Is a Family Doctor (USA) an actual physician?

    Ted Naiman, the P:E diet creator, is a family doctor. At his Likedin profile ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/ted-naiman-5762664/ ) he has an undergratuade degree on Mechanical Engineering. He is a family doctor. Is he an actual physician?
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    January 2022 Weightloss Challenge

    Hi, I kindly invite you, nice people, to join at the following weigthloss personal challenge: weight yourself tomorrow, January 03, 2022 establish to youself some individual goal to be reached at January, 31, 2022 during these 29 days, please report encouraging words to the collegues who...
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    Type 2 C-Peptide: can it be recovered?

    C-peptide is a blood exam usually applied for type 2 diabetics to help doctors to decide if they need to add insulin injections for the therapy treatment(1). Ketogenic diet as type 2 diabetes therapy has helped me so much that I need to tell a doctor I am a T2 patient because blood tests do not...
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    Carb cycling: my most dangerous diet plan attempt

    Facing my hardest days after trying to follow a carb cycling diet plan. Previously, everthing was so peaceful, so stable, with my ketogenic lifestyle, literally I was 'spending' money with FreeStyle GCMs. Then came that little devil in my mind suggesting "you are feeling so well dude, why...
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    Is there any kind of 'stay focused' thread?

    This is probably the most powerful community I've found to deal with my T2. Lots of experienced people who have almost exactly the same concerns I have. Search tool provided lots of useful answers. Congratulations for every soul who keeps this site in a high level. Is there any kind of thread...
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    Creatine replacing metformin: any tips?

    One study reported "Creatine supplementation combined with an exercise program improves glycemic control in type 2 diabetic patients. The underlying mechanism seems to be related to an increase in GLUT-4 recruitment to the sarcolemma"[1] And another study reported that "Metformin blunts muscle...
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    Newbie looking for a place for daily log

    Hi folks, 53 yo, type 2 non-insulin dependent / 1000 mg metformin, high blood pressure and weigthing 131 kg (288 lb) at 1.83m (6'00''). I found a diet plan that I could stick to it and I want to create a post for register a daily evolution (or not) of my numbers as well as my diet and...