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When I was first diagnosed with diabetes, I was super confused. I had needle phobia, and the thought of having to inject myself made me ill. You quickly have to get over that if you want to live. The other thing was food. I would…

Today I woke up with an astronomical blood sugar of 16 mmol/l (288 mg/dl). I haven't been at that level since Christmas when I got drunk and ate a loaf of banana bread. What did I do this time? Well, I had half a bag…

We speculate on the causes of the obesity epidemic. At first glance, easy access to delicious food everywhere you go definitely has something to do with it. But there's more to it. The Carbohydrate-Insulin Model is interesting from a biochemistry point of view. It suggests…

Yesterday I met a fellow type 1 diabetic in a bar. She spotted my libre sensor and showed me hers. We were libre buddies. There the resemblance ended. Her blood sugar was at 15.2 mmol/l (274 mg/dl), and she was drinking a pint of Guinness.

I'm following a Twitter discussion where the OP asked: What's the biggest misconception about nutrition that you wish you knew 5-10 years ago? The answers are interesting coming from people who've done a lot of research and embarked on diets that differ from the Eatwell…