Why isn’t Glucagon suppression part of Diabetes treatment?
Following discussions on the diabetes.co.uk forum recently, I decided that it was worth re-addressing the issue of Glucagon in the Type 1 Metabolic cycle. But […]
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Why do Eggs cause high blood glucose in the absence of carbs? Here’syour answer…
Eggs, for many T1s, require almost as much insulin as carbohydrate. Yet eggs contain no noticeable carbs. What they do have is loads of protein […]
Beer. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing…
As the title says, the picture below conveys. Beer is good for nothing as a T1D. Why? It’s about the hardest thing to control. Liquid […]
Some thoughts on changing the Type 1 Diabetes Care model – part 1 #DOC #gbdoc
Following a question posed by Dr Partha Kar at the Diabetes Professional Care conference in November 2015, I asked the diabetes.co.uk Type 1 population, as […]
A Challenge for the Smartphone Glucometer makers… Parent alerting
One for the kids… Dario, iBGstar, iHealth and 2in1 have phone apps that feed a web service with all the data from blood testing, once […]
The #3Rs technique – what T1Ds do when Reviewing and Reacting #DOC #gbdoc
Following a very positive response to the 3Rs technique for diabetes management, the questions that have been raised to me a couple of times “What […]
That restoring insulin through blood therapy diabetes cure – not a silver bullet for T1D – #DOC #gbdoc
Thanks to front page stories on The Times and The Telegraph (surprisingly, given the output from the UK Government spending review the day before), it’s […]
The 3Rs – Record, Review, React: A straightforward way to manage your Diabetes #DOC #gbdoc
I’d like to say I’d thought about this long and hard, and it was the culmination of a life’s thinking about how we can best […]
Lantus: Lethal or Lifesaver? #DOC #gbdoc
Summary Following issues I experienced with Lantus (Insulin Glargine) in November 2014, I spent some time researching it, looking at absorption and pharmacokinetics and other […]
The other Oral Insulin…. Hello Oral-lyn #gbdoc, #DOC #Oral-lyn
There’s been a huge amount of publicity in Diabetic circles for Afrezza as the aggressive tactics of investors talking the product up through a campaign […]