. Off to check my stats to see if there's anything significant in it.
Hey.....Diana, you haven't hijacked me - this is a team effort!! Just lets all keep going and being positive!! You have done amazing too!That's absolutely wonderful @kimbo1962 . Well done you. Great results in a very short time. You've been such a faithful and enthusiastic convert
This forum, and the confidence it has given me to make brave changes in my eating habits and lifestyle is responsible for me now being totally drug free for rheumatoid arthritis, since in the last 6 days , I've now taken myself off co-codomol as well, with only mildly uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms after 2 years of taking twice daily doses to manage joint pain.
My current higher than usual bs may be a knock on effect from of the withdrawal symptoms. Time will tell. From being someone on heavy doses of nasty drugs - (one weekly injection was so nasty that my pharmacist refused to take my sharps box over the counter, after explaining to me the dangers of handling them and told me to take them to the hospital) . Other medications were needed to protect my body against the injection, and others to complement it, yet after just 5 months since finding this forum, I'm now managing quite severe RA with LCHF alone, plus recommended food supplements and Vitamin D.
So along with deliberately addressing my T2, I've unintentionally also addressed my RA. The only medication I now take is metformin, and yes, that's my next target!
Sorry to have hijacked your post, @kimbo1962 but our responses to LCHF have been identical - no cravings, no hunger, more alive, more energy. I'm so pleased for you and have been enjoying your upbeat, positive daily posts. Keep up the good work
Diana
Predictive really annoys me rod!!Interesting predictive text there Kimbo!
5.7, beginning to think it really is the red wine (been off alcohol for a few days)
5.7, beginning to think it really is the red wine (been off alcohol for a few days)
I think wine (or alcohol in general) is supposed to engage the liver in alcohol-processing activities and stops it thinking all the time about producing glucose. I've just tried confirming that with mine but he's too pi$$ed to give a coherent answer at the moment ...
But that is only when it's in your system. Once it goes it isn't doing anything, so a moderate amount with evening meal has surely gone by morning. One unit on average takes one hour to clear according to the NHS, so about 3 hours for 250ml of wine.
I was musing that wine can't be the cause of morning fasting rises/falls. 'Ecky thump, red wine is one of the "foods" I've added back to increase my calories.
'Ecky thump, red wine is one of the "foods" I've added back to increase my calories.
