Lately I’ve been experimenting with a CGM (Lifestyle Libre, 2 as it’s pretty much all I can find here). One of the things I noticed was that the readings were delayed compared with the finger prick tests. Looking at curves and aligning on maximums, it seems to be about 10…
Treating T2 diabetes isn’t easy. It requires information, research, planning, monitoring, adjusting, and sacrifice. There is no one size fits all. You have to take into account your objectives, your body, the advancement of the disease, your personality, etc. Making a plan that works for you is a big job…
As it’s summer and it’s hot (we often hover in the upper 30sC), we eat mostly salads at the moment. But it doesn’t have to be boring, there are a lot of combinations you can use. First, breakfast and the traditional eggs. During the morning I took my blood pressure…
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”…
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…
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…