I remember when my old boss became diabetic. He was slim and very active but he said it was still because of his diet he ended up with diabetes. Which even took him by surprise.
For those with diabetes, how did you know/find out?
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I remember when my old boss became diabetic. He was slim and very active but he said it was still because of his diet he ended up with diabetes. Which even took him by surprise.
The GP said it was all the running food I ate eg high carb
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Have you looked up Dr. Tim Noakes work on high/low carb and performance?
After years of extolling the benefits of carbs for runners he's actually found that being fat adapted is at least equal to if not better than carbs for both sprint and endurance running.
I was also just this morning watching a thing this morning about visceral fat and they found that long distance runners were much more likely to have little adipose fat (visible) but still have high amounts of visceral fat where as sprinters didn't.
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Ten years ago I was diagnosed type 2. I was overweight (100kg), eat too many carbs and drank too much beer. I was put on metformin.
Less than a year later I was off medication and doctor told me I had reversed the diabetes by lifestyle changes and diet. Weight went down to below 80kg.
Biggest help for me…
Cut out breakfast- fruit juice and cereal are just sugar
Reduced intake of processed food. Still have good quality bread, chocolate etc but less often and eat smaller amounts.
Weigh myself every week. Target is 72kg but I can’t make that so my red flag is 79kg.
Walk at least 1 or 2 miles a day.
Less than a year later I was off medication and doctor told me I had reversed the diabetes by lifestyle changes and diet. Weight went down to below 80kg.
Biggest help for me…
Cut out breakfast- fruit juice and cereal are just sugar
Reduced intake of processed food. Still have good quality bread, chocolate etc but less often and eat smaller amounts.
Weigh myself every week. Target is 72kg but I can’t make that so my red flag is 79kg.
Walk at least 1 or 2 miles a day.
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I'm sorry to hear that it has gotten to this state. I wish you all the best dude.Pointless now, I can only just about walk
That's a good drop in weight, well done
But I noticed many people skip breakfast as a way to loose weight. Which you dont need to do, just dont eat sugary high processed cereals. For me I get a good bowl of porridge, not the processed crap and Im not hungry all morning. If its summer, too hot for porridge then its blended fresh fruits in a smoothie and 2 boiled eggs if I need abit more protein.
Slighty off subject, Im not living in the UK anymore but I had my supplement health insurance ejected because at 39 years old, 5.11ft and weighing 14 stone Im too fat according their BMI..Which doesnt take into consideration Im at the gym everyday weight training and have been for over 10 years.
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I only eat twice a day. Lunch (typically cheese salad and crackers) and main meal. No need for breakfast apart from black coffee.
I’d also recommend HIT training. My body is much better of because of it and it only takes 7min two or three times a week p.
I’d also recommend HIT training. My body is much better of because of it and it only takes 7min two or three times a week p.
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I've got really itchy hands and feet this morning and a quick Google suggest that might be pre-diabetes.
Anyone experience that?
Anyone experience that?
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I had almost given up on health myself, a year on and I'm the healthiest I've been since my late teens/early twenties. It's honestly never too late.Pointless now, I can only just about walk
A year ago I couldn't do a single press-up, when I started trying to do a bicep curl I had to drop to 5kg. I'm now doing 30 per day in sets of 10 and 11kg curls, nothing to write home about but improvements nonetheless. All I had to do was completely cut out carbs and once the weight fell off everything else became easy. My blood pressure has gone from high 140's to 120's.
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Get a blood test - fasting glucose and hb1ac will tell you very quickly if you have pre/diabetes. Having said that a low carb diet offers health benefits to everyone so highly recommend looking in to it.
Oops, not because of diabetes, knackered my knees running.
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That's not too bad. Googling a symptom usually comes up with terminal cancer.
I was going to say check for bed bugs first!
Then get those blood test done as suggested.
Like it does with everything.
Google Question "I woke up hungover this morning, what's the cure? "
Google Answer "Go see your doctor, it could be stage 1 cancer"
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They were fresh sheets, they had been changed that day.
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I started with "keto" and found that cravings started to creep back in and if people started pushing doughnuts on me I couldn't resist. I'm now fully carnivore (like 90%+ meat, eggs and a little dairy) and I've managed to quit junk completely, alcohol, even coffee for me is really rare now, not because I really felt I should give it up but I actually feel better without it. At the same time my old knee and shoulder injuries have completely resolved. I can't see me changing from this way of eating now, it's so easy, had most of a leg of lamb yesterday, was delicious and was only £6/kg on nectar card.
its good way of caveman style of eating. meats and nuts for me. apparently you can get low carb bread these days too but not tried it. i dont give into cravings if i get the sweet tooth i can always satisfy it with diet fizzy drinks. best snack for me at tv time is some peanuts and pepsi max.