Hi

If you have your diabetes controlled, are you still at the risk group of COVID-19?

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Shifting gears a little today from my normal (tips) to post up some excerpts from an article I was reading this morning that may mean our little group here might start to balloon in the next few months.

There had been some early data suggesting that Covid may result in higher Type 2 diagnosis since the disease attacks the pancreas, but now almost two years into the mess there has been some time for some solid analysis - so here is a bit

Research at Harvard Medical School found that of 551… read more

I have seen many post up this concern when they woke up to a high fasting number.

I never, as in never-ever, skip breakfast because of a high fasting number

Why?

Because as I have posted many times, Fasting Numbers are the result of sugar released by the Liver when we are not eating for extended periods (sleeping, more than about 5 hours between meals).

There is a number of reasons why the Liver might get a little too generous with the sugar supply BUT the only way to "turn it off" is to eat… read more

Thanks (mostly) to Diabetes UK, this a list of diseases and our risk of developing them.

I left out Peripheral Neuropathy, Retinopathy or Dementia which ARE common in Type 2 (T2)

So here goes:

Celiac Disease – a gluten triggered autoimmune disease with NO LINK to T2

Thyroid Disease – both Hyper/Hypo disorders - MORE Common in T2

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) – effects almost 10% of women – PCOS can trigger T2 but T2 does NOT cause PCOS

Diabetic Cheiroarthropathy – (ya, I can’t pronounce… read more

"How does experiencing both physical trauma (such as injury or illness) and financial stress contribute to the development or exacerbation of Type 2 diabetes, and what steps can be taken to mitigate these risk factors?"😊

I was reading a few articles and came across a couple that were interesting based on two studies that were just published

The first was from a Canadian University in British Columbia that was crunching numbers from the Covid Pandemic and looking at the long term effects of a Covid infection

(I have posted a bit about this before but now they have some solid numbers)

They looked at 620,000 people who had been (lab diagnosed) as having been infected with Covid and "did not have diabetes" at… read more

Hi all you warriors
I was diagnosed with diabetes in February 2021.
Both my parents passed 30 years ago from diabetes complications and comorbidities. I always knew it was not a matter of if, but when for me.

I am the oldest of 8. All my siblings were diagnosed with diabetes 10-20 years before my diabetes diagnosis in February 2021.

I started an ultralow net carb right eating lifestyle, with no diabetes medications, when I was diagnosed with diabetes. I now maximize my carbs at 5 carbs per… read more