fasting

I'm prediabetic and am doing 12 hour to 16 hour fastings. The word "medications" is rather misleading. Does anyone know if while fasting, should I be taking my omega 3, turmeric, and other natural medications? Or should I wait until I eat again? Thanks

We are gathering stories of type 2 diabetes remission with fasting stories for a petition to the ADA to publicise that fasting is a reasonable and 100% natural treatment. We're looking to hear from people who have used therapeutic fasting to help manage their health conditions - and the...

Hello all! After my previous fast I was pondering the things I perhaps should have in the fasting period. I know one of such things is broth but I don’t readily have access to making my own bone broth. Is there any alternatives at all or should I stick to water/tea/coffee and keep up with salt...

So I have my second blood test tomorrow to see if I have diabetes as my doctor thinks I may have it.....however my first blood test was to check something to do with my periods and it was a non fasting blood test...so when the doctor said I need to book in for another one he didn’t say if it...

This thread is for everyone who wants to fast and would find it helpful to share their experience and receive or provide support for others.:) There are no rules as to how long your fast should last or what type of fast you chose to do. Some people may want to just use drinks with no carbs or...

I really, really need help from people with more fasting experience than me. I am on day 3 of a fast which will end with dinner tomorrow evening. I decided that in order to trigger autophagy I would only drink water, black decaff coffee and herbal/fruit teas. That's it, nothing else...

It is rather clear that medical professionals do understand the value and mechanics of ketones...but only when it is drug induced? For the Good of Your Patients, Continue Using SGLT2 Inhibitors Per-Henrik Groop, MD, DMSc DISCLOSURES November 14, 2018...

Is there anyone here who has GERD (GastroEsophagal Reflux Disease) who is trying or has tried Intermittent Fasting? What effect has it had on your GERD? I'm asking because lately I've been doing 16-17 hour fast (after dinner until noon the next day). This morning before I got out of bed, I had...

Hi All! Just got my latest results back at 6.8 (in Canada) so was quite pleased (last one was 6.6) as the summer is always harder for me to keep things under control with our anniversary, birthdays and such an awfully hot one this year!! Also just finished having two cataract surgeries and now...

Respected science magazine, FMD trial was just done for mouses onlym and mouses with human beta cells inserted in them... Can't very easily reproduce in humans since you just can't slice human pancreas after fasting ;) https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(17)30130-7 I tried this, but...

I'm entering two years anniversary since I was diagnosed with T2 diabetes and still struggling with the morning readings. At the time of writing this post, I am fit, healthy and controlling the disease with exercise and metformin (1500g a day). I eat healthy and generally low carb but not...

Hi! I usually have my dawn fasting level between 7.2 and 8.1 mmol/l. I take only 1x 500 mg Metformin in the night after dinner. I have breakfast. Is this safe?

I have been having a think about how to tackle visceral fat. I have been looking at the Newcastle Diet, and wondering whether I could do that. My main issue with it is not the calorie restriction, but the idea of shakes, which makes me want to hurl just thinking about them - I like real food...

I had a dissapointingly high bg reading today even though I'm on the LCHF diet and had also fasted for 16 hours. It was 5.8. I would have been expecting 5 or below. I'd also just walked several miles with my dog. Can anyone explain why this is? Has this happened to others with fasting rates? I'm...

I am currently eating (LCHF) to my meter to lower my blood sugars, which means generally having fasts of between 18 and 25+ hours. I am considering one meal a day (OMAD) as a longterm strategy for BG control as I found found it easy to do and less complicated than eating twice a day, which is...

I have been pootling around with a LCHF diet for the last month. My aims are to lower BG and to lose weight. I have struggled with portion size over the last 3 weeks, mainly to do with over eating due to stress, and as a result have only lost a few pounds after an initial big drop in the weeks...

I've read a number of the fasting threads and the recent one by @bulkbiker gave me a push to give it ago. My BMI is at 22 and I feel I don't have much more weight to lose but I've often wondered what effect some form of fasting would have on my FBG and weight, both of which have been a little...

I was diagnosed on the 27th of April with a HbA1c of 82. I had already started to make changes to my diet to cut out processed foods and make sure I was eating a balanced diet with a good mix of nutrients. A few days later I went to see the Diabetic Nurse, and asked for a blood glucose meter so...

Hi everyone, I’ve only just registered but have been avidly lurking for 2-3 months. I have learned such a lot in that time and thank you all for sharing such valuable info and advice! I started to take my Type 2 diagnosis (of a couple of years) seriously when my HBA1C came back as 102 in March...

Please join this interesting discussion... Is there a direct relationship between the fasting blood glucose levels with your HBA1C? For example, if a fasting blood glucose level reads between 5-6 mmols/l, does it also mean a lower HBA1C?