fasting

  1. tsouza

    Low carb diet to eat more?

    i am inclined to believe that low can diet is yet another market-friendly charade to let you eat without too many restraint on quantity. What pinches hard is the call to intermittent fasting or to keeping the food quantities small. Restraint and self-control goes against the grain of market...
  2. L

    Type 2 T2 LCHF with DP - Fasting Advice

    Hi I was diagnosed with T2 in Oct 17 with a HbA1c of 84 and put on Metformin, of which I should be taking 4 now but only taking one as I want to control this by diet and exercise [now walking 10k a day] So I'm self testing my BG and 11 weeks ago my weekly average was 10.90, for the past few...
  3. jwongcsp

    Good article about Fasting

    Good Day Fello Fasters: I came across this article which doe a wonderful job of explaining intermittent fasting. give it a read even if you know everything about fasting. For me it is good to know I am doing things right and not causing further injury to myself from fasting...
  4. Alexandra100

    Low carb training

    https://www.outsideonline.com/1930761/new-science-behind-low-carb-training
  5. ruby_jane26

    Do I NEED breakfast?

    Hey So I was only diagnosed with type one in September and before this diagnosis i didnt always eat breakfast, either because I would wake up too late or just because I'm not hungry in the mornings. This became my routine. But since I was put on fixed doses i felt like I absolutely had to eat...
  6. N

    Fasting and insulin dosage for type 2

    I am a type 2 diabetic taking 2 Metformin 500mg with breakfast along with 18 units Novamix 30 and the same with the evening meal. I successfully managed to lose 10kg and halve my insulin dosage a couple of years ago after researching the Newcastle trials and reading David Cavan's book. Things...
  7. T

    Not quite a hypo but why....

    As I posted elsewhere, I am a Type 2 of long standing (16 years) who went on a LC diet in June and has so far shed 13kg. I was on 36 unites of Lantus and about ten units of Novorapid when I started and two metformin a day. Consultations with the diabetic nurse (who has not objected to my diet)...
  8. S

    Have You Read Dr Mosley New Book - The Clever Guts Diet?

    Got this book today from Amazon and it is absolutely amazing...MUST READ
  9. S

    What Do I Do Now?

    Last week Wednesday my fasting mmol was 11.6. After starting Dr Mosley Blood Sugar Diet with intermittent fasting...7 days later this morning it's 5.0 which has never happened even when I was taking metformin. What do I do now to not let it get too low. I'm on no medication at all
  10. Chook

    Cold hands and feet....

    Hello everyone :) I am on day 2 of a 2 day fast - my last meal was dinner on Monday and my next meal will be breakfast tomorrow (Thursday).- this is a total fast with only one cup of Bovril for if I get the shakes plus unlimited caffeine and calorie free drinks / water each day. I have done...
  11. M

    Just a quick Question.

    Hi there all I am very puzzled about this fasting and first reading in the morning. What is the difference if you haven't eaten since say 6 pm and test first thing in the morning say 5 am before the first coffee is that fasting ?
  12. T

    Not Diabetic: Morning glucose reading

    Hello! I have recently bought a blood glucose test as I am interested in tracking my results. I am not diagnosed as diabetic. Yesterday I had a fasting test result of 5.7. Two hours after eating it was 6.7. I did a test as soon as I woke up this morning (13/14 hours since last eating) and it...
  13. Oldvatr

    Fasting-Mimicking Diet Promotes Ngn3-Driven β-Cell Regeneration to Reverse Diabetes

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39070183
  14. Postleneo

    What was your Blood Glucose levels this morning?

    Really pleased! my fasting level this morning was 5.9 yesterday 6.2 day before that 5.8.... finally think im doing something right :-)
  15. kokhongw

    Fasting micmicking diet

    This is a pretty good video on the benefits of extended fasting AND the importance of refeeding (simulating stem cells regeneration, rebuild lean mass, increases IGF1)... The patent for the protocol for diabetes is here...http://www.google.com.sg/patents/US20150004280
  16. beckysalvage

    Living Abroad with Diabetes

    Hi all, I have recently moved from the UK to Costa Rica for a job for 2 years and I am struggling a little with my diabetic control. In the UK I was well controlled, minimal hypos and an HbA1c of 6.5 (when I left in June 2016). I have been Type 1 diabetic for 25 years, since I was 2 years old...
  17. CherryAA

    Timing of meals and snacks

    I was on holiday last week, I had a big fry up minus the carbs every day for breakfast, probably close on 1000 calories, then spent the day doing stuff before a smaller meal in the evening with three whiskeys to finish off. So probably eaten 1600 calories but with more exercise than usual...
  18. Pink&Perky

    Type 2 Why Are Fasting Blood Tests No Longer Needed?

    I just received the summons to go get my yearly blood and urine test. The paperwork this time says "this blood test no longer needs to be a fasting one" - to which I shout hallelujah, because I hate not having anything to eat or drink except water until usually well past 11am, since the Clinic...
  19. T

    Prediabetes When/how Do I Stop Newcastle Diet?

    I've had a sweet tooth all my 53 years. I was diagnosed pre-diabetic six years ago. And for the last six years the pattern has been: 1) I incrementally improve my diet... 2) I return for another A1c test (hopeful that I've "moved the needle" a little bit).... and 3) I'm STILL about 6.2%. It has...
  20. notafanofsugar

    Therapeutic Fasting - Jason Fung

    If you haven't seen this, it's amazing - and how it is better than calorie counting! I <3 Jason Fung! :)