fasting

James Cracknell, Steve Bennett and 6 others completed their Zero Calories 5day 100miles experiment yesterday. They water fasted (with electrolytes) for 5 days during which they ran 100 miles and measured their bloods. They had so much energy that the actually ran 90 miles in the first 4 days...

Hi, I've struggled with stress during the pandemic and during lock down got into some bad comfort eating - icecream is the latest evil- it's just so hot!! . We also have a glut of fruit in the garden and have been eating much more than I am used to as I've been on a low carb diet for a couple of...

I am a 55 yo male, type 2 (diag 2012) on Metformin only (2000mg extended release). Last two A1C: 30.1 mmol/mol (4.9%). Current weight 210 down from 400+ a few years ago. No complications. Diet: VLCHF, < 20gr carb daily. Well most days. ;) Fasting Regime: Water, tea, black coffee, vitamins...

Hi Folks, Yeah, I’m asking the hive mind for help. I have a suspicion something’s wrong, but I don’t know quite what yet. So I want to pick your brains, if that’s okay. So there’s a few things going on, and while I know they’re not directly diabetes-related, they do involve diet. And no-one...

Dear all Apologies I'm sure this will have been covered elsewhere but I'm struggling to find it. Regarding daily BS tests. Other than my first day (and today) I've been avoiding taking readings first thing in the morning. This was really to save lancets/strips because I didn't have many...

I've just tried for the second time 72-hour fasting. This time it ended up 74-hour. My average BG (7 days) before fasting was 87 mg/dL. During the 74-hour fasting, on the second day, I've got FBG 70mg/dL, but I guess before the dawn phenomenon period (I had insomnia and woke up really early...

Hi everyone, I'm not sure if I have done this right but I was hoping that you would be able to help me please. Background - I'm 34 and I was diagnosed with PCOS around twenty years ago and receive no treatment/medication. My adult weight has fluctuated between 14st and 23st at my heaviest. I...

Hi ppl,I am a 20 year old type 2 diabetic.i take jalra 50/500 twice a day ,reclide 40 mg twice a day and lantus 14 units once at bedtime .I would like to fast for ramadan but aren't sure if I should continue the same meds while fasting.i couldn't reach out to my endocrinologist so any thoughts...

Hi, I have prediabetes, I am a lean person (BMI = 18,72), and I've been on low carb/carnivore diets and different (progressively longer) fasting protocols for about 4 months. After a couple of fantastic weeks in which I would have morning BG = 75 mg/dL (no medication, only diet and exercise)...

Long story is short I had some of these symptoms, fasting and keto made it way worse now even meat cause's a hypo. Would saying there is glucagon resistance due to long fasting and keto have any sense? And would eating carbs reverse this? An alternate could be cortisol resistance but I showed...

Hi all , i was diagnosed with type 2 beginning of November last year with a Hba1c of 135 . I had my review two weeks ago and have managed to get this down to a Hba1c of 51 :) . i was delighted with this result ! my nurse said she would like me to try manage without gliclazide to see if i can...

Hi, I've just started my first 36-hour fasting attempt. So I've decided to check my BG out on specific points. My very first meal of the day had 7g of carbs, I finished it at 2:00 P.M. The second and last meal before fasting had 4.4g of carbs and it ended at 6:00 P.M. I checked my BG at 7:00...

I had a fasting blood test to explain my weeks of extreme fatigue. Came back v low in B12 and glucose levels of 8.8. I need a retest in 2 weeks. I’m v concerned. I don’t feel I have any of the typical symptoms of D apart from tiredness, which could be because of b12/D deficiency. I know my diet...

Happy 2020! I went to the doctor, had some tests, and got the following results Fasting Glucose: 97 mg/dL Fasting Insulin: 4.2 mU/L HbA1c: 5.4%. Estimated Average Glucose: 108 mg/dL HOMA-IR: 1,00 HOMA-Beta: 44.26 The doctor agreed to hold medication a bit and see if physical activity (muscle...

I have, in general it seems, steady but raised fasting insulin levels around 6.5mmol/L. Even when not on my prednisolone (forgot it and it has short half-life) Obviously, I am looking for ways to reduce fasting glucose to non-diabetic levels. I find it easier to stick to a diet regime that has...

I’ve started early research gathering on this potential aid to the eventual reversal of my Diabetes. Do you have something I can add to my knowledge-base. This could be empirical - numbers -, and/or experiential - you’ve tried and it has worked or not. NB: Anything I do will only be done with...

Hello, I was wondering if I ate late at night would that affect my morning fasting blood glucose reading ? I talking about 300-400 calories about 2 hours before bed. Low carbs but with maybe 30g protein. Many thanks in advance T

An interesting article from CNN... https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/26/health/intermittent-fasting-jared-sklar-wellness-live-longer/index.html Could have been sponsored by Dr Fung (but wasn't).

On 30 April they did my first blood glucose test. As a result of that test, The doctor diagnosed me with severe Type 2 Diabetes as the HBA1C read 14.3. That is where my journey commenced. One of the first places I turned to was Diabetes UK because with respect to the efforts of the Canadian...

I was diagnosed with pre diabetes in January (HBaC1 was 44).Apparently it has been creeping up for years but no one ever told me. I have a lot of weight to lose but took it as a wake up call and have lost over a stone since then, cut out basic white carbs ( bread pasta potatoes rice) been doing...