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After listening to a very insightful podcast from Peter Attia on omega-3 fatty acids I'm eating more fish. I also started eating potatoes again, after avoiding them altogether on my low carb diet. The trick seems to be very small servings and pre-bolusing insulin by…

Low carb baking with coconut flour lets you eat delicious things without spiking your blood sugar. These muffins make for an excellent dessert and they freeze well. They're a variant of my low carb blueberry muffins but with 60g of Lindt 85% chocolate chunks instead…

The other day Dr. Lustig revealed the cover of his new book on Twitter. It reminded me that his first one was still in my bookshelf, unread. It turned out to be a good read. At the time of writing, he'd spent sixteen years treating…

I've been studying the philosophy of ancient Greece lately, and have concluded that everything comes from the Greeks. Even salad. For my Greek salad, I have 100g of feta cheese, 10 small olives, lots of cucumber and lettuce, 50g of red onion, and a couple…

Don't dig your grave with your fork and knife. While you shouldn't base your whole treatment strategy on the glycemic index (GI), it's helpful to determine which foods are more likely to spike your blood sugar. Many diabetics avoid high GI foods altogether and eat…

Zoodles, short for zucchini noodles, is a good low-carb substitute for spaghetti, or the noodles in Asian cooking. There are a few ways to make them: with a spiralizer (the easy way), a mandoline (quick and dangerous), or a julienne peeler (the never-ending way). You…

Michael Mosley is a man on a mission. When he was in the early stages of type 2 diabetes, he created the documentary Eat, Fast and Live Longer for the BBC, which became a smash hit. Mosley's Twitter followers tripled overnight, and the previously obscure…

For every complex problem, there is a solution that is clear, simple and wrong. In theory, it works like this. You weigh your food and check the food database. This gives you the exact carb count for your meal. You dose the insulin according to…

If it can't be expressed in numbers, it's not science. It's opinion. Diabetes:M was a real life-saver when I was new to diabetes, and it remains part of my day to day management. When I first left the hospital with insulin pens and fixed doses,…