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I’ve been eating strictly Keto for the past four months & seeing changes in my weight & glucose levels. But my concern is, following KETO diet is super hard & feels like hell. How to overcome it?

I've started following Katie Kookaburra She's a great inspiration for folks who want to get out on a bicycle and get healthy. She has a full on "Channel" on YouTube too. I'm not related to her in any way but I am full of admiration of what she's achieved. Its an amazing story of...

Hey, Is there any kind of course on becoming a diabetes health coach or something similar? After a some careful research it only looks as if healthcare professionals can do the training? I'm not medically trained or wish to go through medical school to do this. I was thinking of some kind...

I have a HBA1C of 6 type one diabetic I am 29 and I have for about a year now been feeling in the afternoons like I am coming down with something but it never comes on. The symptoms I experience are Extreme tiredness Constant yawning with muscle cramps headaches with eye pains Feelings of...

Hi all Just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Bob, 63 years old and was diagnosed about 3 weeks ago, Type 2. Bit of shock, but finding out has answered a number of questions about my state of health. Looking forward to reading the forum to find out my info on my condition.

Been thinking about this ever since I read Kurzweil’s book ‘Transcend’. Many people might already be familiar with his ideas and his theory of exponential growth and how that will affect our health and longevity. Here’s the latest interview with him where he succintly summarizes his predictions...

Hi! I've recently started to do slimming world, I'm only following the plan from home not going to meetings. I'm wondering if anyone knows if I would have to syn hypo treatments? I'm hoping and thinking not!

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Hi everyone I am new to this page. I'm Georgia I have been diabetic since I was 8. Recently I have started to look after myself and go to the gym and take my carb counting more seriously as I am on injections and carb count. I am finding it SO difficult to give the correct insulin doses before...

Hi all, Im basically after some advice, I will keep is a short as i can. I dont know if i should have the flu jab this year, I had it last year and i became very ill, I couldnt eat, all i wanted to do was sleep, I could keep anything i did manage to eat down and i basically felt like i had...

I've just bought a Garmin Vivofit to track my walking and encourage myself to set goals and lose weight. If anyone is interested I've set up a group on Garmin Connect called "UK Health Walking Group". If anyone has a Garmin Activity monitor feel free to join...

I wanted to ask if improving your liver functions would affect your blood sugar in a positive way? For example: you have high cholesterol and thus benign fatty liver, but not clinically relevant yet so your doctor shrugs it off. Would "tuning" up your liver through lifestyle and diet give you...

Hi. New to all of this but needed somewhere to have a rant and ask questions so... I've had T1 since I was 8, and now at 32 I'm still struggling with it. You'd think I'd have nailed it by now eh? I found my diagnosis fairly easy to cope with but since my teenage years and as I've gotten into...

You can improve the way you and your children react to and manage stress, you can improve yours and your children’s resilience. You can add protective factors, developmental assets, new habits and skills that will help you and your children weather and even gain strength and vitality from most...

Hi I was wondering if I could have a bit of advice I have been insulin dependant diabetic for 23 yrs now and my currant hba1c is around 120 no matter how hard I try it is not going down I was on the pump but the took it off me after 3 yrs coz it was not helping now in am back on injections (nova...

Hi everyone, Just wondering if anybody could help me? I am a type one diabetic who carb counts and i also have an underactive thyroid and i just wanted some information on whether this would be good to take to try to lose weight? I would be taking it as 2 meal replacements breakfast and dinner...

Hi all, I've only recently joined the Diabetes forums, and have been asking a few questions that were worrying me so up to now I didn't make time to introduce myself, well it's about time I remedied that. My name is Fran, my online 'handle' is FranOnTheEdge. I was diagnosed type 2 diabetic on...

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on this with a possible explanation? My mum is 77 years old and she is a Type 2 Diabetic. Her diabetes is controlled via Metformin 500mg (one daily). My mum had a vacuum hysterectomy 40 years ago to remove her womb but her ovaries were...

Hello! I would love your feedback on.. How helpful would a bracelet (example: FitBit) be to your life style and emotional well-being. The bracelet would monitor your steps, distances traveled, calories burned, and the time (like a watch). In addition to the bracelet, it would be connected with...