Here is another day of food for me with glycaemia numbers. This time it’s a Saturday. For breakfast I had 2 eggs. I really like eggs, they’re good for you (mostly) and they don’t make my blood sugar spike at all. In fact it sometimes goes down compared to before…
We already knew that diabetes can create liver, pancreas, kidney, brain, skin, and extremeties damage. There was evidence that it was also linked to lung damage. It wasn’t clear however that the link was causation, not just correlation. It was announced at the DUKPC conference today that a meta study…
I regularly see people on reddit asking other members to diagnose them based on a few glucometer readings. The expectation being that if your glucometer doesn’t show massive spikes after you eat, you’re fine. No diabetes. No need to worry. The bad news is that it’s not that simple. We…
Most of the studies that have been carried out only consider obese people for patients (e.g. DiRECT had minimum BMI of 25kg/m2). That excludes everybody with a healthy BMI from the study. Even though 10% of people with T2 diabetes aren’t overweight. So how do you put your T2 diabetes…
A lot of people seem to be at a loss about what they can cook that wouldn’t send their glycaemia spiraling up. I’m lucky in that my wife like cooking and is in charge of my food. I don’t need to worry and I get diabetes-friendly meals. So, I will…
A discussion that comes back a lot in diabetes forums is whether T2 diabetes can be “reversed”. Heated debates concentrate on deciding if it is a possibility or simply a mirage that leads to disappointment. A lot of it is a matter of definitions. Many people use “remission” to avoid…
So you’ve worked hard at controlling your T2 diabetes: you’ve lost weight, you exercise, you’ve lowered your fasting blood glucose, and you don’t spike as much when you eat. You’ve switched back to a normal human diet. you’re not using any medication, and everything is fine. Yay! You’re in remission.…
Lately I was in the South of Spain and we needed to have lunch while we were out of the house. Normally we rent self-catering accommodation so that we can control my diet. However, that time we had to be away for an appointment and we didn’t have time to…
I’ve seen lots of people saying that the cause of T2DM is genetic. usually as a way to deny responsibility in the condition: if it’s genetics, there is nothing they can do about it, and therefore there is nothing they need to do. They have diabetes, and that’s it, they’re…
Easter without chocolate is no fun. But being diabetic, it’s something you essentially need to give up and have a no fun Easter. So this year, I ran an experiment: what happens if I eat chocolate? The chocolate was 25g of Lindt dark chocolate Easter bunny (half an ear). The…