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Fighting the carb addiction
I spent most of the 2.5 years since my diagnosis in denial. I tried everything except for actually changing what I was eating. I refused to give up my favourite “treats”. Right up until the point where I had symptoms that I couldn’t ignore – 18 hrs of nerve pain/numbness. That was my wake-up call,…
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The Pima people of Latin America – a damning case study
You’ve often heard me talk about the effect of global CPG companies on metabolic health. The moment a population shifts from a traditional, whole-food diet to a Western “CPG-heavy” (Consumer Packaged Goods) diet, diabetes rates skyrocket within one to two generations. Honestly, when I hear myself talk about it I almost groan because it starts…
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Slow progress but still winning!
As I mentioned in my last post, this has been a bit of a weird week, but one that highlighted how my strategy (fasting, keto, exercise) has become an ingrained habit. and that I’m really winning! Why? Because, when faced with a stress situation around my redundancy, I didn’t turn to comfort food or booze…
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The Toxic Romance: My Breakup with Ultra-Processed Foods
Have you ever been in a truly toxic relationship? In the beginning, they are everything. They’re your comfort, your refuge, and your best friend. They make you feel safe when you’re stressed and happy when you’re down. You think they’re giving you exactly what you need, so you love them unconditionally. But slowly, the mask…
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Weird week – but I’ll take the win
This week started well, then took a weird side turn. The beginning of the week started well, as I discussed in an earlier post. In the background, as some of you may recall, I was made redundant a few weeks back. I’m still kind of in a weird post-redundancy announcement limbo where, effectively, I’m still…
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Swimming and running strong!
I finished my first 36-hour fast on Monday and had a good swim in the evening. I was aiming for 2 x 500m, 1x 250m, but was feeling good, so I added an extra short set of 150m for a total of 1.4km. I could have pushed out another 100m for the full mile, but…
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The healthy carb myth – tearing down the food pyramid
Diabetics are being sold a lie. It’s a lie about “good” carbs and “bad” carbs. We’re told that, if we just switch from white rice to black rice, or from white bread to “multigrain diabetic bread,” we’ve solved the problem. But for those of us fighting to save our eyesight from retinopathy or our nerves…
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Blips and cravings – why consistency beats perfection
So I had another blip last week that paused my weight loss. Actually, I put on 2.3lbs. This was a result of a trip to Newcastle to see my partner, as I discussed in my previous post, “Making Allowances”, where I allowed myself Chinese food. And enjoyed it! Since I’ve now blown past my HbA1c…
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Making allowances
Now that I’ve breezed through my blood sugar target – hitting 42 mmol/mol (6%) at the beginning of April – I’m beginning to relax a little as far as blood sugar goes. Hitting 42 mmol/mol (6%) in just 100 days puts me on a clear downward trajectory, averaging about 0.37mmol/mol or 0.034% per day. Purely…
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Every silver lining has a cloud, which has a silver lining (and maybe another cloud…)
I don’t believe in karma. But now and then, it does feel a little bit like there’s a malicious and/or mischievous fate determined to kick us just when we are at our best. And at other times, it feels like things are always darkest before the dawn, and new hope arises from the ashes of…
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