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When it comes to diabetes, there are four things that begin with T to look out for. They are toilet, thirsty, tired, and thinner. I wish I would have been aware of these before my diagnosis. I was constantly running to the bathroom but put…

Obesity and diabetes are common amongst pacific islanders. In Nauru, which scores the highest, 94,5% of adults are overweight, and 71.7% are obese with a BMI above 30. Forty percent of the adult population has type 2 diabetes. How did this happen? Nauru is a…

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.

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…

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.

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…

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…

After eating this meal for seven days straight, I've nailed it. To be honest, it wasn't that difficult to get it right. Meat and vegetables have two things going for them as a meal - they're healthy and easy to dose insulin for. Salad is…

When John Yudkin studied the potentially damaging effects of sugar in the 1960s, he correlated things like obesity and a high intake of sugar. What he didn't have was causation. Proving causation is tricky when it comes to the human body because so many variables…