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I have a few patients in my low-carb/keto clinic who have been diabetic for decades. They learned a long time ago to count their carbs to adjust their insulin units. Being diabetic is part of their lives and identities. After all, they have been told from day one that type 2 diabetes is a chronic and progressive disease. One day, you get the diagnostic from your doctor. In Canada, the vast majority of doctors monitor fasting blood sugar levels, and/or HbA1c as part of the routine yearly checkups. When a result comes back abnormal, doctors can send patients for an oral glucose tolerance test where patients have to drink a glass a liquid sugar, and their blood is drawn at 0, 60 and 120 minutes. If your fasting glucose value, your HbA1c or your oral glucose tolerance test values are abnormal, you either get a diagnostic of diabetes, or are warned that you are pre-diabetic, and that it’s only a matter of time. We now know that by the time you have this discussion with your doctor,...[Read More ...]
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