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FDA authorizes first wearable device that monitors ketone and blood sugar levels

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Post by agumonkey »

ddorian43 wrote: post #136
agumonkey wrote: post #94

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sample of 1, but yeah changing my diet (very low sugar, more veggies) did alter my health visibly and rapidly. to the point that if I eat something too sweet too fast i have a very mild headache soon after, my system readjusted to not seek levels i grew up with

What happens is you lose carb tolerance if you don't take them regularly. I had really high carb tolerance but doing keto for many years has plummeted it and I'm very sensitive now (can still train it). Another example doing keto for many years you also have lower alcohol tolerance.

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Post by terminalcommand »

jablongo wrote: post #246
terminalcommand wrote: post #197

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Ketoacidosis can also happen with stable blood sugars if you don't get enough insulin. There were people rationing insulin due to cost and some of them died of DKA even if their blood glucose was perfectly stable. Another possibility of DKA with good blood sugars is when you are sick. I think this data would be helpful.

Yea I'm all about finding the uses for this after the fact. However, it seems unlikely that people who are struggling to afford (or get insurance to cover) insulin would be able to afford a cgm or cgm/ckm in this scenario. Also not sure how it's possible to ration insulin and keep your bg stable, but I wouldn't put it past the most skilled T1s out there. In the sick w/ flu case, thats true, but then whats the treatme…

To ration insulin you limit eating carbs. If you don't eat, you need less insulin.

Treatment for DKA as far as I kmow is to give glucose insulin and potassium.

For example if you have a stomach bug and can't keep down anything you are at risk of developing DKA even if your BG is normal.

The thing is how do we know we are starving the body of fuel. Most diabetics (me included) are told not to exercise if bg is higher than 250mg/dl, but that is it. We hit over 250 mg/dl frequently and sometimes stay there for multiple hours (infusion set problems, fatty food etc.).

T1D athletes report that they eat a lot and take a lot insulin before/after training and they say they get tired very easily if they don't. They thought this as restoring the glucogen reserves in muscles but maybe it is about fueling the body.

I sometimes feel uneasy even my bg is okay and it had led me to panic attacks. Now when I think it could be raised ketones, or just anxiety.

Knowing the ketones would be helpful.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/11795514261431390

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Post by borski »

lolsowrong wrote: post #160
borski wrote: post #134

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Dan was a spectacular brain, and made contributions that still echo today. He is one of two friends to have passed from DKA. Miss you, Zach. RIP. Miss pwning with you.

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Indeed.

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Post by EasyMark »

FrustratedMonky wrote: post #218
BrtByte wrote: post #182

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Yes, it's minimally invasive rather than noninvasive

Well. this seems like a big detail to leave out for something advertised as 'wearable'.

I've worn one, you forget it's there fairly quickly. It really isn't a big deal. I wore it for a month (2 of them @ 2weeks each) and it wasn't a big deal at all. Ijust wanted to watch how my eating affected my glucose in almost real time.

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Post by annzabelle »

otherme123 wrote: post #205
kakacik wrote: post #192

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Rice is not a veggie ffs, its not very healthy even in its best forms. Just a lot of simpler sugars. You are not doing anything healthy by eating it, and that glucose spike is very much expected just like from other junk food.

Rice is consumed a lot , and it has more things than "a lot of simple sugars". In fact, any "veggie" book would include many of recipes with rice, rice flour or rice noodles, as they are usually based in Asian cuisine. Also, as the current hell is gluten, some recipes suggest replacing wheat with rice. It is common knowledge in the vegan world to pair lentils with rice, as they complement (rice is low lysine, high in…

Just because something is vegetarian, doesn't make it a vegetable in standard english usage.
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