" At risk of Diabetes..."

We met a young lad at the weekend who was wearing an epidermal patch.
Only in his 20s I'd say, he has to inject but says the patches give a heads up on glucose levels.

They give results via a Bluetooth phone app.

They're cheap enough, I wonder if something like that may give us an idea what's going on whilst we modify our lifestyles...Mrs Monkey is concerned my love of sweet things may bring on early onset...

 

You’ll be fine just don’t over do things in the beer and cake department

 

I wouldn't fret. You're likely at the bottom end of the "risk of", which doesn't mean you're going to develop it. It is, I'm afraid, an "advancing years" thing, and not unusual.

Worth cutting down sugar, anyway

 

Look up what Michael Moseley has to say about it ... I could say, but might get the details wrong

 

Actually, here's a quote to be going on with

"Rather than go on medication, I lost nine kilograms by putting myself on an intermittent fasting diet and my blood sugars returned to normal, without medication.” “I am passionate about spreading the message that type 2 diabetes is a preventable and even reversible disease."24 Sept 2021

 

Diet control plays much more of a role nowadays, reckon you'll be ok to cut out things if it means you reduce the risk before it becomes a diagnosis.......good luck!

 

Hm, I AM a cynic, but do some research and check the government hasn't offered a bonus to your surgery for getting a certain % of patients over a certain age to take some kind of drug ostensibly to reduce diabetes costs and pressure on the NHS. Then get your blood test print out and search the internet for the program they use to decide if you are at risk.

Mine tried to get me on blood thinning drugs but they'd actually deliberately tipped my results into the program they use to decide this to put me in that category. I found the program on the internet and filled it in myself and would have had to be severely overweight, like 16st instead of 11st and 6 inches shorter + my actual blood test results to be in the supposed "at risk" group. They've calculated that if everyone takes these drugs, while it might ruin a bunch of peoples lives, tough, less people on average have heart attacks. We are just statistics attached to a bonus payment. Madness!

 

I've got more of a sweet tooth now than ever, I can easily finish a bag of sherbert lemons or most of a pack of chocolate biscuits whilst sat in front of the TV for an hour.

And then there's cream crackers and extra mature cheddar..........

 

Sorry to hear that, at least it's been caught early enough where lifestyle changes can make a real difference later on


Tea without sugar isn't all that bad

 

It's not "your fault" It's just...life. And...you haven't got it yet!

 

Ironically, after two weeks - I'm just starting to recover some appetite after the worst stomach bug I've ever had, hardly ate anything for a week and lost over a stone. Two things I can't currently tolerate is ready salted crisps and extra mature cheese - it seems my taste buds have reset after a week of nothing.

Very strange.

 

Your not helping

 

You get used to tea without sugar very quickly - within a year you won't be able to drink it with sugar in, it's horrible.

 

Trust me - from teatwosugars to none when I left the Electricity Board.