I’ve been permanently banned from the /r/diabetes_t2 subreddit because one of my posts “violates this community’s rules”. I can’t see which rules and they don’t specify (how convenient). My experience of Reddit diabetic communities is that they are run by and are full of people who desperately don’t want to…
I wrote this post to start a new Reddit community on reversing diabetes. I grew tired of the other communities where the credo is that diabetes is forever, that it can’t be reversed, and that it can only get worse. This isn’t supported by recent research, isn’t my experience, and…
This is the first year anniversary of my diabetes diagnosis. To celebrate, I had a quarterly blood test done this morning. The results are in: fasting sugar 86mg/dl, HbA1c 5.4% (down from 5.44% the last time). So, everything is still good, post-diabetes is sticking as expected. Below is a graph…
The one thing that I’m still not entirely happy eating is rice. Pasta, wheat, and everything else doesn’t spike me much anymore. But rice keeps my blood sugar high for a long time. For example, the other night I ate a big bowl of rice and vegetables with breaded “chicken”…
To put my thoughts in order, I’ve decided to summarise my view on type 2 reversal and what it means. Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is often considered a life-long, irreversible, progressive disease. People newly diagnosed are told that that’s it, they have diabetes for the rest of their life,…
Another day of my food with associated numbers. For breakfast, like most days, 2 eggs and a coffee. I miss my eggs when I change my menu. I took my blood pressure in the morning and got 114/81. Fairly good. It goes up a bit with stress. Then for lunch,…
When I looked at artificial sweeteners, I had earmarked sucralose as the worst of the bunch. It had been linked to increase in glucose levels, increase in insulin levels, and an 18% increase in insulin resistance. So I ruled it out as a usable sweetener. I can now confirm that…
I see a lot of people saying they can’t find the motivation to make the efforts fighting their diabetes would require. I think part of it is that the consequences of diabetes are often disconnected from the disease, both in effect and in time. It’s for example not entirely obvious…
I saw someone recently complain that they had a “clean diet” but after meals they felt bad and nauseous. It’s surprising because for a diabetic, it’s usually when you eat badly that you feel bad, not when you have a “clean” meal. So after asking what the “clean diet” was,…
One of the things we used to eat before I was diagnosed was bread and cheese for dinner about once a week. Very simple: slices of bread with melted cheese on top. My wife adds barbecue sauce, but I’m not that keen on it. First, breakfast, which is often eggs…