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I’m exactly the same and have a very sweet tooth! I find that total avoidance is best or it just triggers a huge craving and as soon as I get the taste for it, it very quickly leads to ‘oh, only one more…’ and it can spiral so quickly. To satisfy sweet cravings I’m currently having 85% dark...

I’ve found that even the ‘sugar free’ biscuits (like gullon, and Maryland do a sugar free chocolate chip cookie too) are still big no-no’s because they still have the same number of total carbs as the full sugar biscuits! It’s the carbs not just the sugars that are key factors in glucose levels...

I also suffer from high anxiety without hypo’s on a finger stick test and have more put it down to hyperinsulinemia due to insulin resistance or a surge of insulin if I eat too many carbs. High levels of insulin have been shown to link with anxiety, so it may be the dose of insulin and sudden...

yes, the GP is refusing to accept there is a problem and is quite close-minded on the whole thing - assuming HbA1c is the answer to everything. Unfortunately, my relationship with my GP has really broken down over the last couple of months as I keep trying to prove myself as I just know in my...

Thank you for your suggestion - unfortunately, I haven’t had much success so far with trying to merge the private and NHS routes - it seems both like to stick to their own systems and neither seem keen to utilise the other…

Hello, I have just been to see a private nephrologist about excessive fluid loss and high blood sugar spikes (reaching between 14-18 mmol/l pretty much every night around 4am) despite a seemingly normal HbA1c, because my GP is being exceptionally dismissive. He recommended a fructosamine test as...

Highest I’ve had is 22. And about a week ago I got an 18.8. Most days the highest is around 10-12. And yes - I am 26! I had a fasting insulin done about a year ago and it was slightly raised (can’t remember the exact value of the insulin but the HOMA-IR was 2.1 But my symptoms (and weight!)...

thanks for this - I hadn’t heard of them before. But from looking at the website they seem to just do a GTT and only use finger prick blood glucose during that time, and from the video it says any measures of insulin or anything else are done at a ‘separate time’ from the GTT anyway so would...

Thank you for this! I've just joined now! The more help and comradery, the better!

I'm so desperate to get reversing the insulin resistance as soon and quickly as possible - it's hard knowing your fighting against your internal hormones that you can't see/properly measure at all... I'm a scientist so love a good bit of hard data and facts haha!! The fasting insulin test I find...

Thank you for this! It does seem from pretty much everything I read at the moment that keto seems to be the best way to tackle both my BG and liver issues. I think part of my problem is I'm trying to be too restrictive with my diet - keto cuts out all carbs, for my liver (and weight) I'm...

Thank you for your response - I'm really hoping much of it is too much worry and the reality is not as bad as I'm fearing!! I have been diagnosed with fatty liver by an ultrasound, and as I'm experiencing fatigue etc. as one of my symptoms at the moment anyway I'm concerned that's linked to...

So the 'diagnosis' point is a tricky one - not technically been diagnosed diabetic but have been experiencing severe insulin resistance symptoms for quite some time now (lethargy, hunger particularly after meals, carb cravings, acanthosis nigricans...) but my HbA1C is not in diabetic range - but...

thanks for your reply and the useful sites - I’ve read Jason Fung’s book and I find it makes a lot of sense… but to be honest I’m just concerned that I’m literally *too* insulin resistance to ever be able to successfully get into ketosis. I know it’s a long old fight and I shouldn’t be...

It normally goes from around 5.5-6ish to 8 at 2 hours after eating - and it’s more the big rise considering how few carbs is it that concerns me… surely such little should not be causing a sustained rise of that level?! And it takes a good 4ish hours to fall back to baseline whenever I eat. I...

Hello, I'm in a bit of muddle at the moment and would greatly appreciate any advice/tips anyone can offer on the best ways to reduce insulin resistance and tackle fatty liver?! Basically, I'm really struggling with the symptoms of insulin resistance at the moment - constant fatigue...

thanks for your reply. I really want the medical problems addressed - especially as they’re making me incredibly anxious but no matter how many times I approach my GP and even with a second GP’s opinion, they are so dismissive of my concerns as I’m technically underweight. I feel like I really...

thank you - that was really helpful! I had no idea it would falsely increase the reading - I assumed a low haemoglobin would give a lower hbA1c!

Hello, Thank you so much for your reply. My hbA1c was 34, but I worry that was just because I had been so cautious with my carb intake - is the only way to truly ‘test’ if I am pre/diabetic to be to eat the amount of carbohydrates I actually want/is ‘normal’ and see the results?! I just don’t...

Hello! I’m very new here but am hoping for some help/advice! For the past few months I’ve been experiencing a lot of symptoms of insulin resistance - lethargy, difficulty concentrating, skin discolourisation (which I suspect is acanthosis nigiricans but the GP is very dismissive of my concerns)...