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The Diabetes Industry: Profiteers of human suffering
There is a constant friction/tension I see in online daibetes communities between those who believe in “moderation” and “long-term management” of diabetes, and those of us who believe a strict lifestyle approach is required to achieve remission and optimal health. This tension occurs because standard medical advice is constantly telling diabetics that they can eat…
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Taking a break from posting
You’ll have to excuse the quiet period – I’ve been taking some time off from posting as I’m busy trying to deal with issues relating to my redundancy. Probably not unrelated, I have naturally reached a bit of a plateau in terms of weight loss. Normally when I take a break from posting it’s because…
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The pizza challenge – part 2
So, on Friday, I made and ate half a homemade pizza. 馃崟 For science, obviously. 馃槒 The results were much as expected – albeit not quite as bad, I saw my largest spike since using my Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) – from a pre-prandial (before eating) reading of 6.3 (113) I shot up to 8.4…
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The pizza challenge! 馃崟
As you know I’ve recently begun to experiment with my blood sugar using my Continuous Glucose Montior – trying out foods to see how badly (if at all) they spike my blood sugar. So far I’ve seen that popcorn is perfectly safe. Today was an experiment that I knew would fail, but I wanted to…
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Estimated A1c from my CGM
One of the other features of my Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM), which tracks my blood sugar throughout the day, is the ability to extrapolate from those readings to estimate my HbA1c. My HbA1c was 40mmol/mol (5.8%) when last I had it measured, on May 5th, just under two weeks ago, but down from the danger…
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More blood sugar readings while fasting!
I once again have been looking at my blood sugar readings, and notably on a fasting day since this really is my “baseline” – ie what my body does naturally when there is no food to “artificially” raise my blood sugar. I’m back to my regular 36 hour fasting schedule today, and at over 12…
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Getting close to the big swimming milestone!
I had another great swim today – as you’ve seen I’ve been gradually building up to longer intervals, starting out from 4 x 250m, then 2 x 500m, then 750m before finally hitting 1km in my set on Monday, finishing up that set with another 500m to make it a full mile. Today I did…
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Blood sugar revelations!
As I mentioned in a previous post, I recently got my first continuous glucose monitor (CGM), and was a little confused by some of the readings. My confusion has persisted over the last few days, as I’ve watched my blood sugar go up above the “safe/healthy” threshold of 5.5 mmol/L (99mg/dL) even while fasting for…
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The ups and downs of a CGM
I finally got my free trial CGM (continuous glucose monitor) this week, after weeks of waiting. I’ve been very excited to get into the details of my blood sugar, but now that it’s here it’s been a bit of a mixed bag. The sensor attaches to the rear of your arm, by the tricep muscle,…
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Winning and losing at the same time!
Yesterday was my regular 36-hour fast and all went well. Then, in the afternoon, I went for my Monday swim. It’s always much quieter at the pool in the afternoon, and there was only one other person in the “fast lane” (which is effectively two lanes combined), so we each had our own space, which…
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