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ickihun said:

I totally agree. Cream, cheese and rich foods can trigger gout. I always knew acid triggered gout but never knew it was a form of arthritis. I'm enjoying the knowledge I'm picking up from blundering my way through lchf. Although if I knew now what I know now I'd never had started it. My blood test were good and I'm still on insulin and still no weight loss. I'm used to it's way now. A few posters moved to better oils after doing lchf a while, I noticed.
Too much animal fat isn't good and shouldnt be included in the diet. Maybe this part of lchf advice should be amended.
Does mr @debrasue eat too much cheese and animal fats?
Decades ago a friend had gout. I thought from cream, cheese and red wine. Not sure if that is still accurate. It was classed as the rich man's disease.

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He pretty much eats what I give him! But I am going to cut back on the animal fats and use more olive oil, nut oils and avocados for a while, to see if it helps us both. Not sure I can give up cheese, though - I'll have to see how it goes!

debrasue said:

I apologise in advance for War & Peace, peeps, but I had a bit of a 'lightbulb' moment yesterday and wanted to share it with you...

When I started LCHF back in March of this year, I soon noticed that I felt much better generally - less bloated, less tired, more alert - but that my levels of arthritis pain had increased significantly. I mentioned this a few times on the forum, but didn't hear from anyone else who had experienced the same effects. More recently I also noticed that my legs, feet, hands and arms appear to have lost muscle tone and were weaker than previously, although I simply put this down to the ageing process and didn't connect the two symptoms.

Yesterday, however, I was researching the latter effect when I found this: "Protein reigns supreme as a muscle-building macronutrient. But protein-rich foods such as meat, fish, and cheese—along with refined grains and salt—create acids inside your body that can start to eat away at muscle over time, notes a review article on diet and sarcopenia in the journal Osteoporosis International."
(Source: http://www.prevention.com/fitness/how-reverse-muscle-loss)

I learned that age-related loss of muscle mass, strength, and functionality is known as sarcopenia, and upon further research I discovered the following statement: "While consuming an adequate amount of protein is important for older adults, consuming too much protein can result in a low-level, diet-induced metabolic acidosis, or abnormally increased acidity in the body."
(Source: http://www.lifeextension.com/magazine/2007/1/report_muscle/page-01)

Hmmmm... that's interesting. Acidosis = Acidity = Inflammation = Pain...

I also found that studies have shown that potassium can act as a buffering agent against sarcopenia and osteoporosis in post-menopausal women. Some of the foods containing the most potassium are potatoes, sweet potatoes, tomato juice and puree, orange juice, apricots, bananas, plums, satsumas, pineapple, mango, grapes, dried fruit, fat-free milk, bran, wheatgerm and wholemeal pasta. And I've cleverly stopped eating all of these items, whilst avoiding carbs and increasing protein and fats, including animal fats!

So yes, it's looking as if you've been right about protein all along, @ickihun. I guess I need to do some more research, and fine-tune my diet to reduce some protein, increase the veggies, and perhaps include one or two of the potassium-rich foods I was previously avoiding...

I'll keep you posted. (Whether you like it or not! )

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Thanks for the info, I think there's a hint of truth in what you're saying. My joints and muscles feel worse now I've cut down on carbohydrates. I am however very cautious on my Potassium intake as I am on two medications that stop Potassium being eliminated from your kidneys. I get monthly Potassium blood tests. Too much or too little Potassium is dangerous and can lead to fatal heart arrhythmia and even sudden cardiac arrest. Anyone on Potassium sparing diuretics needs to take care and avoid Potassium supplements and Lo Salt which contains Potassium Chloride. I just use old fashioned Sodium Chloride aka salt.

Morning, FBG 5.5 mmol/l, figures better on new insulin. Feeling more energetic today and actually felt hungry on waking. It's chucking it down outside and very breezy. Did my loosening up workout this morning and no stiff or creaky muscles and joints. My physio gave a big elastic band thingy to stretch and I'm using that and small weights to exercise my shoulder joints.

eddie1968 said:

Morning, FBG 5.5 mmol/l, figures better on new insulin. Feeling more energetic today and actually felt hungry on waking. It's chucking it down outside and very breezy. Did my loosening up workout this morning and no stiff or creaky muscles and joints. My physio gave a big elastic band thingy to stretch and I'm using that and small weights to exercise my shoulder joints.

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Glad to hear you're feeling better Eddie, I have one of those elastic band thingies as well. I have a metal pin in my shoulder (and a bad back) from an accident I had 12 years ago and I still have occasional trouble with it

Diamum5972 said:

Glad to hear you're feeling better Eddie, I have one of those elastic band thingies as well. I have a metal pin in my shoulder (and a bad back) from an accident I had 12 years ago and I still have occasional trouble with it

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I fractured my left shoulder very badly (smashed into bits + torn tendons) and damaged the tendons in my right shoulder after falling 20 ft from a ladder years ago. I've had a few keyhole surgeries on the left as the movement in it was limited. Funnily enough it's my right one that gives me more pain now.

Hi, my good friends on Type II Life forum,

I had a lovely night's sleep last night. My friend Ioanna paid me back the £20.00 I lent her last Thursday and at my request my best friend Lee brought it around after, as I'd asked, bought me a minced lamb doner kebab with extra chili sauce and garlic sauce and salad that consisted of raw sliced onion, sliced tomato, sliced cucumber and shredded Iceberg Lettuce. The devil carbs in the pitta bread couldn't have been very healthy for my diabetes, though. I ate it all and fell asleep very quickly. At about 5:15 AM I felt incredibly thirsty, drinking water from the tap in the bathroom and drinking several glasses of tap water to quench my insatiable thirst. I think my blood glucose level must have still been a bit hyperglycaemic plus the spicy flavour of the chili and garlic sauce and any salt in the meat in the doner kebab, if any. Lee came round and had several coffees and I stopped drinking water when I took my prescribed medications. At 6:30 AM I went on Google pricing up my shopping on Sainsbury's and My Supermarket websites via the Google search engine. Sainsbury's opened in my area at 7:00 AM and I bought the following:-

* 1 packet of Sainsbury's Basics pork sausages for 85 pence.
* 2.272 Litres of semi-skimmed milk for £1.00
* 2 loaves of crusty Bloomer bread which I asked the bakery assistant to make medium sliced. The bread had sesame seeds.
(Bread cost £1.00 each)
* 1 jar of Reduced sugar Diabetic strawberry jam for £1.50
* 1 jar of Sainsbury's reduced salt yeast extract for £1.90
* 1 tub of Sainsbury's Basics soft spread for 80 pence.
* 1 small notebook for formulating budget plans, shopping lists and doing mathematical equations for £1.50
* 2 pouches of 9 gramme Holborn Yellow Smooth Taste hand rolling tobacco for £2.85 pence each.

I bumped into my elderly Christian friend Matthew and my best friend Lee in the supermarket and I scanned my bar codes on each item at the touchscreen self-service checkout and put the money into the slot and obtained a valid receipt for my Appointee. I made Matthew and Lee cups of tea and coffee at home and a toasted yeast extract sandwich each but I didn't eat anything because (a) I was still full up after last night's kebab and (b) I didn't feel I had an appetite and (c) I didn't want to be greedy. We chatted and prayed to God together and I wept with compassion at the suffering of people less fortunuate than myself in some parts of the world plus the suffering Lee and Ioanna have been through whom I love very much as friends.

Matthew and Lee went back to their homes and I took my blood glucose which was 6.3 mmol at 11:07 AM.

Much love to you all, thinking of you, and reading all your lovely posts diligently and with great interest and concern.

Johnny Baker.

Good Afternoon, my friends on the Forum,

I ate a yeast extract spread sandwich at 12:00 PM and smoked 6-7 Holborn Yellow Smooth Taste hand-rolled cigarettes and drank 3-4 glasses of water from the tap in the kitchen. Lee called to visit me and he looked very drained, tired and slightly unwell because he was waiting for his injection for his suicidal Paranoid Schizophrenia and was having bad withdrawals from his medication. I chatted very sympathetically to him and allowed him to make a mug of coffee for himself.

At 1:15 PM I ate another yeast extract spread sandwich and really enjoyed the lovely crusty sensation of The Bloomer bread slices with sesame seeds.

At 2:43 PM I took my blood glucose reading and it was 10.3 mmol at that time, regrettably.

My back and side - muscular cramps - that I have been experiencing from the early hours of this morning have been controlled well with my administration of my Phorpain Ibuprofen Maximum Strength muscle relaxant and pain-killing gel. I still get occasional muscular cramps in my middle of my back and in my right part of my lower torso.

My care coordinator contacted me and I made her aware of my muscular cramps in my back and right side. She said I need to obtain some Ibuprofen from a chemist when I get my money and she - a trained occupational therapist - will give me some exercises to do to improve my muscular pain. She also said with regards to my mental trouble, the assessment at the Lambeth Autism service I have nothing else wrong with me apart from Asperger Syndrome, not bipolar disorder like I thought I had - wrongly! My Dad advised me not to read too many medical journals or websites because one can become hypochondriacal and start imagining all kinds of diagnoses and that this is common amongst mental health users.

On 9th May, 2016, I received my official ICD-10 diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome, a neurodevelopmental autistic spectrum condition and that, my care coordinator said, is what the Lambeth Treatment Team is concentrating on and treating and supporting me for.

Blessings,

Johnny Baker (@autisticwonder1970 )

Sufferer of Asperger Syndrome and Insulin-Resistant Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Hello, my friends on Type II Life Forum and a very Good Evening to you,

I had a lovely afternoon, talking to my best friend in the Stockwell community Lee. I've had 2 glasses of tap water and 5 hand-rolled cigarettes and 8 sprays of Nicorette QuickMist Nicotine Replacement Therapy product.

My Blood Glucose Level at 4:50 Post Meridian was 5.5 Millimoles Per Litre. Brilliant, Awesome, Cool!

I've just watched KC Undercover on The Disney Channel Sky Channel 609 and now Liv And Maddie is commencing on the same Channel.

Have a lovely evening, my friends. I'm thinking about you all.

Love

Johnny Baker (@autisticwonder1970 )
Sufferer of Asperger Syndrome and Insulin-Resistant Type II Diabetes Mellitus.

autisticwonder1970 said:

Hello, my friends on Type II Life Forum and a very Good Evening to you,

I had a lovely afternoon, talking to my best friend in the Stockwell community Lee. I've had 2 glasses of tap water and 5 hand-rolled cigarettes and 8 sprays of Nicorette QuickMist Nicotine Replacement Therapy product.

My Blood Glucose Level at 4:50 Post Meridian was 5.5 Millimoles Per Litre. Brilliant, Awesome, Cool!

I've just watched KC Undercover on The Disney Channel Sky Channel 609 and now Liv And Maddie is commencing on the same Channel.

Have a lovely evening, my friends. I'm thinking about you all.

Love

Johnny Baker (@autisticwonder1970 )
Sufferer of Asperger Syndrome and Insulin-Resistant Type II Diabetes Mellitus.

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Hi Johnny - sounds as if you had a good evening.
Do be careful with the Nicorette spray, won't you? If you're using that and smoking cigarettes at the same time, you could be in danger of having too much nicotine in your system, I think....
Hugs x

@eldergarth I'm sorry to hear the pain's no better, Ron, but it's good that you've got the finances under control and found a house-buyer. Do you have any idea where you're going yet? Let's hope it all goes through as quickly and smoothly as it did for @Cumberland.

debrasue said:

@eldergarth I'm sorry to hear the pain's no better, Ron, but it's good that you've got the finances under control and found a house-buyer. Do you have any idea where you're going yet? Let's hope it all goes through as quickly and smoothly as it did for @Cumberland.

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We're requesting a bungalow but not really bothered were it is as long as I don't have to struggle with stairs any more and a wet room would be nice

Good Morning, my good friends,

Yesterday, all I had to eat was sandwiches. I think I know what was causing my muscle cramps I've been having of late. I think, although I'm not entirely sure, it's losing weight rapidly plus my Hyponatremia (affecting my renal functioning) and Vitamin D Deficiency of which a medical website stated can cause muscle and bone pain. I'm about 3/4 of my way through my Colecalciferol Vitamin D3 400 Units course of medication.

My Fasting Blood Glucose Level this morning was:- 6.7 mmol.

Have a lovely day.

Sincere kind regards, in fond friendship.

ohnny Baker, sufferer of Asperger Syndrome, type 2 diabetes mellitus (insulin-resistant), Hyponatremia and Vitamin D Deficiency.

Good Evening, my friends,

I ate 3 pieces of Jerked Chicken Thighs and Pilau Rice that I made myself at 4:00 PM. My blood sugar at 8:02 PM was 5.8 mmol.

Back and right hand side has a few muscle cramps but I got an NHS repeat prescription for Ibuprofen and Paracetomol so that's cool.

Have a really lovely evening.

Johnny Baker, sufferer of Asperger Syndrome, insulin-resistant type 2 diabetes mellitus, hyponatremia and vitamin D deficiency.

I hope everyone is well. Or as well as they can be. I'm off to see other gp on friday about my mobility. I need to try and releave the pressure in my back as back and pelvis in pain with scatica in right leg and numb foot. I've reduced protein in my diet but so far no pain change. Feeling heavy not light.
I need to find a more solid metformin routine. Currently taking twice but at different times still. Just like shift work hours.
Tomorrow filled with phone calls and halloween costume ideas. Might need to top-up face paints? Then holiday clothes selecting for Blackpool, yipee! Luckily going with a slow walking mother and her nurse friend. Should be ok. If not I would have cancelled as hubby too fast for comfort. No holiday trying to dash my walking. That's for sure. Might hire a buggy, we'll see.

Hello, to all my friends on Type 2 Life of the Diabetes Forum,

Today I'm on my 2nd day without a cigarette and this morning at 07:49 Hours B.S.T my blood glucose level was 5.7 mmol.

In fond friendship,

Johnny Baker (Username on Diabetes Forum:- @autisticwonder1970 )
Sufferer of Asperger Syndrome, diabetes type 2, hyponatremia and Vitamin D Deficiency).

autisticwonder1970 said:

Hello, to all my friends on Type 2 Life of the Diabetes Forum,

Today I'm on my 2nd day without a cigarette and this morning at 07:49 Hours B.S.T my blood glucose level was 5.7 mmol.

In fond friendship,

Johnny Baker (Username on Diabetes Forum:- @autisticwonder1970 )
Sufferer of Asperger Syndrome, diabetes type 2, hyponatremia and Vitamin D Deficiency).
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Well done on both counts, Johnny. Winner!

Hello, my friends, and a very pleasant and stress-free morning to you, this Saturday, 22nd October, 2016, the commencement of the weekend,

Just taken my meds including my Ibuprofen 200 mg muscle-relaxant painkiller and Paracetemol 500 mg painkiller for my Musculoskeletal Disorder.

My fasting blood glucose reading, at 6:40 Ante Meridian, this morning, was 6.5 Millimoles Per Litre, a perfectly adequate Blood Glucose Level.

I've snow into Day 2, 6 Hours and 56 Minutes of my Smoking Quit, using Nicorette QuickMist 1 mg Mouth Spray and Nicorette Inhalator 10 mg. Both are Nicotine Replacement Therapy products.

Have a lovely day and a lovely weekend.

In Fond Friendship,

Johnny Baker, sufferer of Asperger Syndrome, Personality Disorder NOS, Musculoskeletal Disorder, Diabetes Type 2, Hyponatremia and Vitamin D Deficiency.

Hope you're not feeling too hormonal @Diamum5972 . How are things?
I'm missing @maureen5752 is everything ok? You're safe?

Off to charge tablet but hope everyone is ok?
Newees are welcome too. Any concerns or hiccups you want support with and don't fancy making a new thread to just say hi?

ickihun said:

Hope you're not feeling too hormonal @Diamum5972 . How are things?
I'm missing @maureen5752 is everything ok? You're safe?

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Hi Vicky, I'm feeling a bit run down but not too bad considering. The inspection went well, I told the housing officer about Michael's situation and she was very understanding. She said he needed a bit of a clear out (he has hoarding tendencies) and the bathroom and kitchen needed a good clean but she's going to give us 3 months to sort it out until her next inspection. A has also given me his cold so the living room looks like an explosion in a tissue factory at the moment! I'm ignoring the housework at the moment, I'm concentrating on R and R!