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What is feet on the floor syndrome?

Hormone levels fluctuate throughout the day in all of us. In the morning, the body's full of wake-me-up hormones like adrenaline and cortisol. These drive blood sugar up, which is a problem for many diabetics. You might need to inject insulin just for waking up.

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My ketogenic shopping list

What can you eat on the ketogenic diet? From my point of view, it's a lot. Others, like the bear, would say it's very restrictive. After a week of ketogenic eating, he lost the will to live, and an endless stream of complaints followed. As…

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Bright Spots and Landmines

Bright Spots & Landmines is a self-help book and a diabetes guide in one. It's free to download, and it's a good read. I finished it in a very positive mood, which I think is the aim of the book. In four chapters, it deals…

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16:8 diet

To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meal. I'm following the 16:8 diet (again), which means eating all your meals within an eight-hour window. While I'd love to take off a few kilos of my post-pandemic weight, I'm more interested in the fasting part. If there's…

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Carbs as consumed

Sometimes I feel like labels are out to sabotage you. They list carbohydrates and calories per 25 grams, per serving, per 100 grams. Just drop it. You and I both know that I'm going to eat the whole bag, so you might as well tell…

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