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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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Put on 4lbs this week – my pizza challenge disaster continues!
I wrote recently about my “pizza challenge” – an experiment to see how badly one of my former favourite foods, a mainstay in my diet, would impact my blood sugar. It was a disaster. And the disaster kept on going, as it raised my blood sugar levels for four days! Today’s weigh-in demonstrated just how…
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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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CGM results seem to be settling nicely
As you’ve no doubt read, I was getting a little concerned about my blood sugar levels as revealed by my Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM). But after 9 or 10 days of use now the numbers seem to be settling down nicely. My average over the last week shows I’m very much in the green overnight…
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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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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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Slightly depressing news about my blood sugar
So, I finally got my results back from my HbA1c after my interim diabetic checkup, and it wasn’t great news. As I’ve discussed, having dropped from a dangerously high blood sugar reading of 79 mmol/mol (9.4%) in December to an amazing 42 (6.0%) on 30th March, I was fully expecting to have continued on that…
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Interim diabetic check-up – challenge accepted!
So, I finally had my long overdue diabetic check-up today – just a weigh-in, blood pressure check and drawing blood for my “quarterly” HbA1c check-up. Regular followers will remember that I was due my check-up on 27th March, but it got postponed the day before and rescheduled until today (5th May)! Much to my chagrin…
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My new diabetic food pyramid
In a previous post, we tore down the traditional food pyramid and put it in the trash, alongside the myth that there are “good carbs” and “bad carbs” for Diabetics (hint – they are all bad!). It’s never good to merely critique established “wisdom” without being constructive and offering a better alternative, so here is…
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