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Up and down on keto

I've been following the keto diet for two years now. When I first started, I lost eight kilos without really trying. I moved around a lot working in a busy bar, and the kilos fell off. My diet consisted of a breakfast omelette with cheese.

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Blood sugar control in decline

While the tools for monitoring blood sugar get better and the insulins act faster, there's a worrying trend. Blood sugar control is not improving in America. In fact, it's going the opposite way. A new major study from researchers at Johns Hopkins shows that blood…

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Eight days below eight

Eight mmol/l (144 mg/dl) is a healthy cut-off point for your blood sugar after meals if you inject insulin. I shoot for seven mmol/l (126 mg/dl) in my below seven experiments, but I am aware that it's a strict target. Also, I'm not always successful.

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Low carb snacks

Every time I steal a few crisps from the bear, thinking I'll get away with it, the results are the same. Blood sugar shoots up unless I have bolus insulin on board. He says it's just what I deserve for pinching his snacks. What's certain…

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Experimenting with exercise

It's finally happened. After procrastinating for ages, I put on my fake Nikes and went out jogging. Those pandemic pounds have to go. Also, I'm in the market of living forever after reading David Sinclair's book on the topic. And with cellular programming far away…

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