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Police removed prominent scientists from American Diabetes Association meeting

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Re: Police removed prominent scientists from American Diabetes Association meeting

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Post by bradleyy »

FigurativeVoid wrote: post #39
m463 wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I manage my disease super well. "If it tastes good, spit it out." - Jack LaLanne

I find that movement has been key for me. More walking, more lifting, more of anything. Getting a gcm gave me much better data around the impact of movement.

Could not agree with this more: with a little insulin on board, a quick walk (even 5 minutes) has a profound impact.

Calf raises are absolutely diabolical as well, if you haven't tried them. There's some lore around this that the calf muscles are better adapted to absorb glucose, I haven't dug in other than to verify they do work.

The invention of the CGM might only be second to insulin in improving the lives os T1Ds.

Re: Police removed prominent scientists from American Diabetes Association meeting

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Post by FigurativeVoid »

bradleyy wrote: post #41
FigurativeVoid wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I find that movement has been key for me. More walking, more lifting, more of anything. Getting a gcm gave me much better data around the impact of movement.

Could not agree with this more: with a little insulin on board, a quick walk (even 5 minutes) has a profound impact. Calf raises are absolutely diabolical as well, if you haven't tried them. There's some lore around this that the calf muscles are better adapted to absorb glucose, I haven't dug in other than to verify they do work. The invention of the CGM might only be second to insulin in improving the lives os T1Ds…

I find I can induce a steep drop at like 15 mins.

I’ll have to try calf raises. I’ve never heard that.

Re: Police removed prominent scientists from American Diabetes Association meeting

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Post by xtiansimon »

handoflixue wrote: post #2

Fascinating claim that the scientists were removed for being "Partisan" in distributing information that disagreed with their opening speaker, but of course the opening speaker was somehow completely non-partisan in disagreeing with the banned scientists. I don't really see how you can possibly have it both ways.

“The bureaucracy” wants order in all things. They want to approve what is spoken, distributed, and discussed. Absolute control. No?

The more norms are changed, ignored, trampled, inverted, the more invested people will speak out.

On a personal level, I *broke decorum* this week with my dentist introducing “my own research” into a conversation. His first reaction was to say he discourages armchair medical advice from Google. I retorted: “I need the _words_ [to have a productive conversation with you in such a short time, so I can understand what you’re saying and what are my options]. I’m not a dentist who thinks about [dentistry] all day.” And following we had an informative conversation about the details I brought up.

But who amongst us lives in such conflict with power? It’s like a muscle. You have to exercise it once in a while or you’re stiff and easily overmatched.

Re: Police removed prominent scientists from American Diabetes Association meeting

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Post by m463 »

FigurativeVoid wrote: post #39
m463 wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I manage my disease super well. "If it tastes good, spit it out." - Jack LaLanne

I find that movement has been key for me. More walking, more lifting, more of anything. Getting a gcm gave me much better data around the impact of movement.

I liked the book "the glucose revolution".

hmmm

summary: https://ericsandroni.com/book-summary-glucose-revolution-by-...

Re: Police removed prominent scientists from American Diabetes Association meeting

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Post by HWR_14 »

roryirvine wrote: post #32
HWR_14 wrote: post #30

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For a checkup? Or if you are sick?

The NHS relies on heavy triaging - so, for primary care, emergency cases will be seen immediately (either at a hospital or at the nearest GP surgery with an available slot), urgent will be seen same day (at your usual GP surgery), and non-urgent medical problems (eg. back pain that isn't getting worse) might take 2-3 days. But everything else (eg. discussing blood test results, medication reviews, mental health issue…

These timelines sound remarkably similar to pretty much every other timeline for medical care I've heard in other countries.
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