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diabetes

  1. linusbert

    Significant lower postbrandial blood sugar after molybdenum pill

    i was taking a few times molybdenum because i hoped it somehow would alleviate my allergic asthma symptomatic as broken sulfite->sulfate sulfur metabolism can cause those problems and molybdenum is important for this pathway to work. when i take it to my big meal (50mcg molybdenum) my sugar was...
  2. GreenEdge

    Carbohydrate-Insulin Model of Obesity: Beyond ‘Calories In, Calories Out’

    The evidence as I see it: Type 1 diabetes - in this condition, the pancreas makes little or no insulin. Before the invention of synthetic human insulin in 1978, this was a fatal condition due to chronic hyperglycemia (high blood glucose) causes β-cell defects by the excess accumulation of...
  3. linusbert

    Natural alternative to Pioglitazon (Actos) which works on same pathways?

    originally i was prescribed Pioglitazon (also known as Actos) for my then arrising diabetes, but i learned soon that it actually improves my "cfs"-like disease a lot. despite also changing all blood markers to the better. i become much more exercise tolerant. now after my diabetes is getting...
  4. linusbert

    video: Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency, Insulin Resistance & Diabetes

    i found it quite interesting. its explaining thiamine and different pathways related to glucose metabolism especially in context of diabetes.
  5. linusbert

    Diabetes worsens every year at exact time (Okt/Nov)

    hey folks, i am desperate with my diabetes. it worsens every 2nd year dramatically over october to november. its alway so that i first have a few days where sugar is lower than usual, like from 140 to 125mg/dl ... but then over just 2-3 days it gets so much worse from 140 to 180 or even...