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For light bathroom reading, I might suggest the Amazon reviews for these and other SF candies and chocolates - a plethora of putrescent personal portraits painfully painted by prolific porcelain poets...

Keep us posted, eh?

Any idea how to incorporate the density figure into the CAC score? (Michael Eades and others suggest that the Agatston score doesn't take density sufficiently into account...) @cstehansen

PS. Here's Dr. Bernstein's explanation on how to dose to cover protein: https://youtu.be/x6eE_kkxXT8

Hmm. I might be tempted to find fault with the A1c as a good way to measure BG if it fails to reflect significant spikes....

Also, I believe the medication at issue was not Metformin but rather sulphonylureas and possibly more insulin...

It's not necessary to do high fat in order to do low carb - that's a central principle of Dr. Bernstein's book, "Diabetes Solution."

....so it's even more puzzling that he did not have a CAC scan or other imaging study to evaluate his coronary arteries, like others of us in the same boat?

Weirder than French fries on pizza or M&Ms mashed into soft-serv? :o

Could it be a cortisol issue? Chris Kresser has a couple short articles on his website about cortisol dysregulation and T2D. http://chriskresser.com He reports that fasting may not work initially for some patients until they've gotten their high cortisol kevels under control.

Yep! Radically reducing non-fiber carbs and keeping a ceiling on total calories at around 1500-1800 dropped my A1c from over 8 to under 6 in very short order. That's still working for me 2 years later, but I had to have Glucophage (brand name Metformin) to get down to 5. But as @ConleighS suggests I'd definitely recommend…

Thx for the ref. How does it compare tastewise?

The LC nutrition calculator is pretty close to others I've seen, though there's a single figure for the protein goal (I would prefer a range) and the protein recommendation seems too low for my personal circumstances. (I lost lean tissue my first year eating LC with the nutrition calculator's recommended amount.) As you…

There are at least a jillion ways to spread your daily food intake over the day, and not everyone wants to eat "real food" right out of the chute. While a pat of butter in your coffee is a pat of body fat not melted, if it's yummy and helps you stick :* to a routine that works for you, it's pretty hard to see plopping it…

Tough sledding here.... You can order stuff stir-fried with no sauce, though it may come in corn oil, and I'd necessary dunk it in the baptismal soup to purify it a bit. Next time, you could order your food steamed and then breathe life into it with mustard, tamari (no wheat), olive oil, etc., from the handy Keto Rescue…

FYI, here's an interesting article by Chris Kresser on the effect of intermittent fasting on cortisol levels (and, accordingly, on BG levels). For some people with cortisol dysregulation, eating every few hours is, oddly, more conducive to normal BG than fasting. :o…

Personally, I would squeeze the V8 out of the Bloody Mary and replace with more booze...

130 to 160 fasting? That's well into diabetes territory. Even post-meal, it's high enough to increase risk for CVD, kidney disease, Alzheimer’s... 100 is sounding much better. And 70? ... I'd pay to blow a 70 every morning!

How can you possibly NOT be diabetic with readings in the high 100s and 200s? Whatever the source of your conclusion may be, I would not rely on it further! If you're not checking your BG frequently and regularly before and after meals, it would be hard to tell whether your feelings of fatigue were/are from wide BG swings…

Wow! :scream: Only on days I also drink Drano and/or lighter fluid and don't check my blood sugar. So... not very often. ;)

If you're an alcoholic, it's helpful to get the booze out of sight and out of reach.... ;)

Keep us posted on your research! Bear in mind that variables - even the ones you're aware of - are very difficult to control in n=1 self-experiments. (After having been unable to replicate several reactions I thought I was sure of, I figured either I'd been wrong, or I somehow wound up in someone else's body. :o ) My…

They're great - Costco has already run a couple good promotions for them (~33% discounts), so the can be gotten for a more reasonable price. Like Macadamias, the trick, I think, is to eat them sparingly when you need something small and light to tide you over!

Liberty Medical is no more.... acquired by another company. However, CCS Medical Supplies http://ccsmed.com, verified insurance coverage the same day I called and will ship in 2 business days after getting the doctor's statement of need for blood ketone and glucose strips. Good service so far, and they carry a wide range…

Another chapter - Edgepark turned out to be out-of-network for non-Medicare orders... However, CCS Medical Supplies http://ccsmed.com, verified insurance coverage the same day I called and will ship in 2 business days after getting the doctor's statement of need for blood ketone and glucose strips. Good service so far, and…

@solska Congrats on mustering the fortitude to ask for help. That's a huge step! OK... If you can walk by your broom closet and not drink Drano - - - > you can walk by your food closet and not eat chocolates (Candy corn, Twinkies, etc.) Tips: 1. Tell your brain every hour that Chocolate (Candy corn, Twinkies, etc.) =…

Whew, that's interesting! If you're a "pure" Type 1.5, the metformin wouldn't do a lot of good. However, if you also have insulin resistance - even though your insulin is mostly injected - the metformin should still help. Back in the days of my GI fireworks, I found the combination of Imodium (as needed) and an…

You are making some serious progress. Kudos!

Back from Limbo! Wisps and Macadamias both available again at Costco this week. <3

Dang! What happened?