Type 2 Diabetes

Malaysian mamak spread a Type 2 diabetic actually eats — nasi lemak, roti canai and iced tea

I Eat McDonald’s Twice a Week. I’m Also a Type 2 Diabetic Who Lost 25kg.

Yes, all three of those things can be true at the same time. Most food content written for Type 2 diabetics shows you a diet nobody actually eats. Grilled chicken, steamed broccoli, a small portion of brown rice, photographed nicely. It is not exactly wrong — that food is genuinely healthy and it would work. […]

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Empty gym with treadmills and weight machines in morning light

I Started the Gym at 46. Fourteen Months Later I Had a Stroke.

I had not set foot in a gym in decades. Not in a dramatic way — I just found them pointless, slightly embarrassing, and full of people who looked like they had never needed to be there. I was not that person. I was the person who ordered late-night supper after editing photos until 2am

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Blood glucose meter and water glass on wooden table

16:8 Fasting with Type 2 Diabetes — What Actually Happens to Your Blood Sugar

I did not start intermittent fasting because of blood sugar. I started because I was too lazy to get out of the car to eat. I am a Type 2 diabetic, and by the time fasting became part of my life, I had already lost around 7 to 10 kilograms — not through any programme,

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