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A Video Discussion about Carbohydrates and Protiens
This excellent video by Adam Ragusea gets into protein calories with Giles Yeo. It’s NOT a “keto” video, but a discussion about the calories required to digest proteins, and also gets into the overall problem of high protein diets on the environment.
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Several Asian Foods
These are photos from a small hotpot shop, some veggies, and Chinese buffet photos. These are 100% awesome choices.
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Tips for Cooking Konjac Zero Carb Pastas and Shirataki and Miracle Noodle
Konjac or konyakku based zero-carb pastas, like shirataki, are becoming a popular noodle alternative for people on low carb diets.
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210 Pounds! Yikes.
Most of this is water weight. I measured myself after guzzling several glasses of water, and also after eating, which is mostly water.
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Tips to Save Money on Diabetes Test Strips
Glucometer strips are pretty expensive, but here are some ways to lower your costs.
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Failing to Meter, Failing to Weigh Correctly with the Bathroom Scale, Starting Up Pound A Week again
I’m not metering before eating, as I had planned. My fasting is down around 100 to 110 now, so I’m back into the lower pre-diabetes range. So, metering, at all, helps… but I haven’t done this meter-before-eating much. Partly, the expense is intimidating. I also made a measurement error with the bathroom scale. The rug…
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Overview of Cholesterol and the Gut
Fascinating paper about how a bacterium converts cholesterol to a different chemical that isn’t reabsorbed by the body. Cholesterol-to-Coprostanol Conversion by the Gut Microbiota: What We Know, Suspect, and Ignore https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8468837/
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Trying a New Technique
I had a half sandwich with bread, and a coffee with 1/8 to 1/4 cup of whole milk. My blood sugar 90 minutes later is 162. This is terrible. The total carbs were probably around 40, which is way too high – but that’s what happens. What’s going on?
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I just learned to embed Twitter
You can see lower blood glucose within three days if you switch to a low carb diet.