Fasting with insulin
I currently take a premixed insulin twice daily but always feel like I have to eat too much. Even using less. But when I don't use it my numbers start climbing high. How can I combine some fasting in...
View ArticleEating 5-6 small meals/snacks instead of 2-3 large meals
I'm doing (trying to do) 12-8 intermittent fasting, so I skip breakfast and start eating at around mid-day (sometimes a bit sooner if I'm very hungry) - trying to keep the carbs as low as I can, but as...
View ArticleAnyone doin One Meal a Day (OMAD)
Hi Folks, I have been doin this (by accident really) for the past 7-10 days... I was doin 16/8... I then found I wasnt hungry and was able to easily go past 16 hrs. So to my point. It appears that Im...
View ArticleExtended my extended fast.
I completed a ten day fast. *Phew*. I was aiming for five days but I felt so well on days four and five I just kept going...and assessed things day by day. I felt fatigued on day 3 which is typical for...
View ArticleMeal Replacement drinks
Does any one follow the 8 week meal replacement meals as per Roy Taylor Newcastle University, if so how do you manage also does any one know if the meals are ok to take if you have Iron Deficiency...
View ArticleBig fatigue on 6 day water fast
Hi all I have a very dysfunctional system with insulin running very high despite metformin I'm on strict carnivor omad, but my blood sugar stays high. I suspect it's not probably insulin driven but my...
View ArticleEating to Drop Morning Glucose
I wake up, and BG sits all morning around the 6.5 level. Does not want to drop. I have been reading that sometimes your body needs something to get it to drop out of "morning" mode - ie. food. Sorry,...
View ArticleCold, pins and needles in arms and hands
Hello everyone I’ve been doing IF and low carb for a month or so and greatly reduced my bm to now normal levels, plus lost 5kg. I’m feeling a lot better in myself too, more energy etc. but last few...
View Articlewhere does it come from?
where does the liver get glucose when you are completely fasting? why would the blood sugar still be too high? im doing adf and its still what i think is too high? 6.5 (117) bedtime after 24 hours plus...
View Article12 hour fast
I don't understand how to work the 12 hour fasting out. I mean I know you fast for the 12 hours but I wanted to eat late at night like at 10pm or so. Otherwise I'm hungry all night trying to sleep. But...
View ArticleEating-window Sunrise to Sunset IF regime
Been meaning to share this for a while - I found a relatively easy to sustain eating-window regime, and have been doing it for five months now. I came across a new online-doctor recently who I rather...
View ArticleApple Cider Vinegar
Has anyone tried Apple Cider Vinegar before or after meals, and does it really help your blood glucose levels? And if so, when is the best time to take it? I am trying to get my H1C prediabetes 6.1...
View ArticleWant to give Fasting a try
Hi everyone, I've re-joined after quite a long break. I am a Type 2 and take Metformin twice a day and Jardiance once a day. I have been diabetic since 2009, so 13 years. I asked my diabetic nurse the...
View Article111 hours / 5 day Fasting any tips
Hi , I'm 40 hours into a 111 hour fast. I can explain the strange times if anyone is interested. Questions. Does anyone else try longer than IF? Any more tips - finding his one harder than than two Any...
View ArticleForced fasting
So I've discovered that the insulin that helps me isn't available and I have to use basaglar and trurapi. The side effects of which I'm unable to tolerate. I'm forced now to suffer the side effects or...
View ArticleFasting and Exercise
Good Afternoon, Looking for some advice on the practicalities and approach to Exercise and training whilst longer fasting. Exercise is 5KM run and strength training. I currently do 16:8 twice a week...
View ArticleBG not falling during 48Hr fast
Morning - quick question for those with more experience than me. I try to do 48 hour fast once a month - currently about 37 hours in to Octobers Before the fast my BG (finger prick) was 6 (sunday 8pm)...
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