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<blockquote data-quote="michaeldavid" data-source="post: 385087" data-attributes="member: 57211"><p>Hi Engineer88,</p><p></p><p>I acknowledge I can be very aggressive in an argument. But I don't mean to be disparaging - only provocative, and intent on getting to the truth (about whatever). So thanks very much, just for responding.</p><p></p><p>I really do aim to help. And if I can't help when I believe I might be able to, that makes me unhappy.</p><p> </p><p>I see that you've been diabetic, type 1, since you were a small child. I was not so unfortunate: I only became diabetic when I was around your present age - 30 years ago this month, as it happens</p><p></p><p>My control certainly hasn't always been as good as it is now. In particular, it suddenly improved dramatically just a few years ago, when I moved home. I happen to move somewhere close to a good baker, and I happened to buy a loaf of rye bread, and I happened to eat the lot (slowly) over the course of the next few days.</p><p></p><p>I live with my elderly mother, for whom I'm a carer. But naturally, she keeps her eyes open with regard to me. And she noticed, just as I did, that I was no longer having catastrophic hypos, and dropping to the floor (etc.).</p><p></p><p>I eat rye bread (or rye anything) from early in the morning (starting off slowly) until mid-afternoon: this has a tremendously moderating effect on my blood-sugar. (I don't eat any rye after 4.00pm, or my blood-sugar will certainly tend to rise later that evening.)</p><p></p><p>I don't eat exactly the same thing every day. But whatever else I eat (I'm just now eating a very nice bowl of muesli, with fruit juice rather than milk), I always eat rye bread in the way I've described. I get through just under half a loaf each day: that's a little over 200g, each day.</p><p></p><p>As regards the visually read strips, I didn't say one can't use them when one's blood-sugar is higher than 7mmol/l. Rather, I said that the reading they give isn't very accurate over that level. But any great accuracy of readings over that level is redundant anyway. Even if one carefully measures everything one eats, one can NEVER accurately measure one's energy output. (I seem to use a lot of energy thinking - God knows how much.) However, I never need to weigh or measure anything I eat.</p><p></p><p>I am very impressed with human engineering. However, I'm not impressed with people's degrees, by and large. (I'm being provocative again, but also truthful.) I too have a couple of degrees. But there are plenty of idiots with degrees. And there are even greater idiots who are in positions of authority in our universities. Perhaps there aren't so many idiots in the discipline of engineering, I'm not sure. But I certainly see plenty in scientific disciplines, just as well as artistic ones.</p><p></p><p>I'm racking my brains. Yes, I've just remembered. I can't remember his name, but it's the bloke who was in charge (I think) of designing and building the fantastic footbridge over the Thames, which had teething problems when people started walking over it. I read an article he wrote in The Guardian newspaper. He said engineering is an art that's supported by science. (He may not have used the word 'supported', but the word he used was in that vein.) But I think that's wrong. Science doesn't support anything. Rather, I would say engineering is an art that's INFORMED by science</p><p></p><p>My tongue is in my cheek here (but only slightly): I count myself as a kind of idiot. And I'd say it's no coincidence that the word 'autism' derives from a Greek root that corresponds to the Latin root of 'idiot'.</p><p></p><p>Incidentally, what does 'FYI' stand for?</p><p></p><p>Sorry, my final edit (perhaps): that must mean 'for your information'.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="michaeldavid, post: 385087, member: 57211"] Hi Engineer88, I acknowledge I can be very aggressive in an argument. But I don't mean to be disparaging - only provocative, and intent on getting to the truth (about whatever). So thanks very much, just for responding. I really do aim to help. And if I can't help when I believe I might be able to, that makes me unhappy. I see that you've been diabetic, type 1, since you were a small child. I was not so unfortunate: I only became diabetic when I was around your present age - 30 years ago this month, as it happens My control certainly hasn't always been as good as it is now. In particular, it suddenly improved dramatically just a few years ago, when I moved home. I happen to move somewhere close to a good baker, and I happened to buy a loaf of rye bread, and I happened to eat the lot (slowly) over the course of the next few days. I live with my elderly mother, for whom I'm a carer. But naturally, she keeps her eyes open with regard to me. And she noticed, just as I did, that I was no longer having catastrophic hypos, and dropping to the floor (etc.). I eat rye bread (or rye anything) from early in the morning (starting off slowly) until mid-afternoon: this has a tremendously moderating effect on my blood-sugar. (I don't eat any rye after 4.00pm, or my blood-sugar will certainly tend to rise later that evening.) I don't eat exactly the same thing every day. But whatever else I eat (I'm just now eating a very nice bowl of muesli, with fruit juice rather than milk), I always eat rye bread in the way I've described. I get through just under half a loaf each day: that's a little over 200g, each day. As regards the visually read strips, I didn't say one can't use them when one's blood-sugar is higher than 7mmol/l. Rather, I said that the reading they give isn't very accurate over that level. But any great accuracy of readings over that level is redundant anyway. Even if one carefully measures everything one eats, one can NEVER accurately measure one's energy output. (I seem to use a lot of energy thinking - God knows how much.) However, I never need to weigh or measure anything I eat. I am very impressed with human engineering. However, I'm not impressed with people's degrees, by and large. (I'm being provocative again, but also truthful.) I too have a couple of degrees. But there are plenty of idiots with degrees. And there are even greater idiots who are in positions of authority in our universities. Perhaps there aren't so many idiots in the discipline of engineering, I'm not sure. But I certainly see plenty in scientific disciplines, just as well as artistic ones. I'm racking my brains. Yes, I've just remembered. I can't remember his name, but it's the bloke who was in charge (I think) of designing and building the fantastic footbridge over the Thames, which had teething problems when people started walking over it. I read an article he wrote in The Guardian newspaper. He said engineering is an art that's supported by science. (He may not have used the word 'supported', but the word he used was in that vein.) But I think that's wrong. Science doesn't support anything. Rather, I would say engineering is an art that's INFORMED by science My tongue is in my cheek here (but only slightly): I count myself as a kind of idiot. And I'd say it's no coincidence that the word 'autism' derives from a Greek root that corresponds to the Latin root of 'idiot'. Incidentally, what does 'FYI' stand for? Sorry, my final edit (perhaps): that must mean 'for your information'. [/QUOTE]
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