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Hi I am David and I have been type diabetic for 10 years now, I really would like to learn more and share information, it has been difficult at times, at the moment I am finding it difficult to lose body fat, i am weight training 5 times a week and i avoid starchy foods and sugar, i mainly eat brocolli and this type of vegetables with salad and grass fed beef, and coconut oil. I have lost 10 kilos already in the last year, but in the last 3 months i am stuck and my sugar its been up and down. Any advice??
 
welcome ...great forum here.... have a good look around and remember no question is regarded silly here so ask away ...🙂
 
Hi David, welcome to the forum 🙂 It sounds like you are doing the right things. Do you have much weight to lose? Bear in mind that muscle is much denser than fat, so as you gain muscle and lose fat your weight may not seem to change by much, but you will be toning your body and getting fitter and healthier. Do you do any form of aerobic exercise - running, cycling, swimming etc.? This can help with weight loss or maintenance also, so it's good to include some in your weekly workouts.

What insulin regime are you on? This might have a bearing on difficulties losing weight also.
 
Hi David a warm welcome to the forum x
 
Welcome to the forum David 🙂
 
Welcome David. You will get some great advice here, so good work signing up!
 
Hi Thanks everyone!
Hi Northerner! I understand that muscle is denser than fat which is why I dont really focus on the weight but the main problem is around my tummy area, it seems that the fat is just staying there! I do high intensity training twice a week and weights 3 times a week, the problem i'm finding is that lately i am waking up with high sugar even though before going to bed sugar is fine, or sometimes my sugar is fine in the morning then after exercise is high even though I haven't eating anything,so i have been reading about the hormone called pectin (this hormone is made by fat cells and tells the brain when to burn fat) and if my sugar levels are all over the place it will make me pectin resistant and therefore the signals wont work as well, so I am trying to get my sugar under control but i feel like i am doing everything right but my sugar levels still not stable. I take humalog after each meal from 8 to 12 units depending on what i eat, and lantus from 18 to 22 once a day in the night. I have started using cinnamon tea after my meals in the evening and it does lower my sugar so much so that i dont need to inject the humalog, and my sugar has been a little bit more stable, but lets see if after a mont i can see better results, any advice is welcome!
 
and it is probably about 5 kilos of fat i need to loose!
 
Hi David - err, why do you vary the Lantus?

And do you actually carb-count? by which I mean, calculate the carbs and being already aware of your insulin to carb ratio, inject the correct amount of it for those carbs. And - why jab AFTER eating? Plus, do you correct high BGs pre meals with fast-acting?

There's quite a lot here that doesn't quite compute - for starters cinnamon tea shouldn't have such a beneficial effect, frankly.
 
Hi Trophywench,
Thanks for your reply! yes i carb count, sorry i meant i inject before my meals, and when i have highs i do correct it with fast acting insulin pre meals.
When i started drinking cinnamon tea at night my sugar levels would drop even though I ate the same thing and injected the same quantity as the previous nights, so I experimented and I did not inject fast acting insulin for a few nights and drank cinnamon tea instead and my sugar levels were perfect. I am still experimenting.
 
davidracca said:
Hi Trophywench,
Thanks for your reply! yes i carb count, sorry i meant i inject before my meals, and when i have highs i do correct it with fast acting insulin pre meals.
When i started drinking cinnamon tea at night my sugar levels would drop even though I ate the same thing and injected the same quantity as the previous nights, so I experimented and I did not inject fast acting insulin for a few nights and drank cinnamon tea instead and my sugar levels were perfect. I am still experimenting.
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Out of interest David, how many carbs are you eating when you fnd you don't need your fast acting insulin? How much might you have normally expected to inject for the meal? I know that when I am exercising regularly I can significantly reduce my fast acting, down to maybe 3 units for what was previously a 10 unit meal. I'm the opposite way around to you though, I found a year ago that I no longer need to inject slow acting insulin! I don't have cinnamon tea. From what I have read, cinnamon can help with blood sugar control, but I would not have thought to any great extent. However, we are all different!
 
Especially as we don't actually have any insulin within us, only what we add.

Unless your Lantus was too high for you, at the same time as your evening meal of course!
 
"Cinnamon glycaemic control looks promising"

Interesting. I have done some research on cinnamon and here are results of trials

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22579946 which says this:

Cinnamon in glycaemic control: Systematic review and meta analysis.
Akilen R, Tsiami A, Devendra D, Robinson N.
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Faculty of Health and Human Science, University of West London, Paragon House, Boston Manor Road, Brentford TE8 9GA, UK. raj.akilen@uwl.ac.uk
Abstract
BACKGROUND & AIMS:
Cinnamon seems to be highly bioactive, appearing to mimic the effect of insulin through increased glucose uptake in adipocytes and skeletal muscles. This systematic review and Meta analysis examined the effect of cinnamon on glycaemic control in patients with Type 2 Diabetes mellitus.
METHODS:
A systematic literature search was conducted from the earliest possible date through to 01 August 2011. Search terms included free text terms, MeSH and Medline medical index terms such as: "cinnamon", "cinnamomum", "cinnamomum cassia", "cinnamomum zeylanicum", "type 2 diabetes mellitus". Each was crossed with the term "diabetes mellitus". In addition, references of key articles were hand searched.
RESULTS:
A total of 6 clinical trials met the strict inclusion criteria and considered a total of 435 patients; follow up between 40 days-4 months, doses ranging from 1 g to 6 g per day. Meta-analysis of RCTs showed a significant decrease in mean HbA1c [0.09%; 95% CI was 0.04-0.14] and mean FPG [0.84 mmol/l; 95% CI was 0.66-1.02].
CONCLUSIONS:
Use of cinnamon showed a beneficial effect on glycaemic control (both HbA1c and FPG) and the short term (<4 months) effects of the use of cinnamon on glycaemic control looks promising.
Copyright ? 2012 Elsevier Ltd and European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism. All rights reserved.
 
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