Archive for the ‘Diabetics’ Category

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Hi all, I read an article on health.dailynewscentral.com about a new medication for obese people made from a digestive hormone in the small intestine that cause one to feel full.  So, the medication works by convincing your body that you feel full.  It’s still in the early stages of development, [...]

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Here is my philosophy for losing weight: Eat like a diabetic. This entails: 1. Eat things that it takes your body awhile to digest. 2. Eat sloooowwwwwly. 3. Eat frequent small portions.
   Well, I’m doing at least one of those, #3.  I wasn’t aware [...]

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<st…@tropheus.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:rtd3911dukh7aka3b1o3t8j5fboajte37f@4ax.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> On Mon, 23 May 2005 10:53:07 GMT, "abdi" <a…@yahoo.com> wrote: > >I have stopped wearing socks. They are slippery and make me fall. We have a > >lot of bare wood floors, but lat night > [...]

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The reason I am placing this request for help on this newsgroup is because I use the newsgroup quite a bit and know there are a few other diabetics online here.  I’m having some medical problems and would like to find someone who might be able to offer me some solutions. [...]

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – |Or more to the point, the shits can lead to DKA in almost no time at all!!!! | |3 in the morning and I head for the bog with gut ache. BG an hour before [...]

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Skip the meal?  I don’t think I have purposefully skipped a meal due to preperation.  I have actually left meetings or lunches for work to go to the grocery store for foods I can eat (ie – pizza being served, pasta, etc . . .)  No one ever questioned me but I [...]

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I’ve been having fun on ebay recently – the exchange rate is so good against the US dollar that test strips are sometimes going very cheaply. I’ve just bought 300 for

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::: Though the reason I can’t have any carbs is because I am glucose ::: intolerant. :: :: Are you sure it’s *glucose* you’re intolerant to, and not the crap :: that’s usually packaged with it?  I mean, glucose is like water to :: the body – if [...]

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Patrick I started the evening dose of Levemir a month ago, and now he wants me to do a daytime one, which is fine, as my afternoon BG was starting to rise. But my main problem is and always has been high FBG’s and they are pretty high. I see [...]

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First of all a thank you to all who contributed to the other thread – I thought a worthwhile and useful discussion. Now my next question. I’ve been trying different foods and combinations over the last few days and comparing results when measuring afterwards.    I’ve also been reading up [...]