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[Honor&Glory]

I’m diabetic (Type 2). I’ve been eating a keto friendly diet for a year and a half. Mostly carnivore but I do mix in low carb products. I found a ‘keto’ bread that doesn’t bump my sugar. Brand is called Sola. I find it in specialty breads aisle at Meijer. 8g of fiber per slice. One sandwich is 16g. It’s a little dense but when you live a life without breads it tastes just fine.

 

[calibuck]

Also type 2. good to know, will see if it's out here in Cali. Have been limited to wheat bread with kernals in it. Splurge is wife's sourdough toast with some butter slathered on it. Gotta stay from 'white' stuff. Bread, pasta, rice, noodles, all are brown. Lower hypo-glycemics don't you know. I also wear a Dexcom, which measures sugar levels, through lymphatic system, rather than blood. Cannot cheat, as it measures when you ingest that piece of cherry pie, rather than not testing for a couple of hours. Keep up the good work H&G! And exercise, exercise, exercise.

 

[Honor&Glory]

Also type 2. good to know, will see if it's out here in Cali. Have been limited to wheat bread with kernals in it. Splurge is wife's sourdough toast with some butter slathered on it. Gotta stay from 'white' stuff. Bread, pasta, rice, noodles, all are brown. Lower hypo-glycemics don't you know. I also wear a Dexcom, which measures sugar levels, through lymphatic system, rather than blood. Cannot cheat, as it measures when you ingest that piece of cherry pie, rather than not testing for a couple of hours. Keep up the good work H&G! And exercise, exercise, exercise.

I wear the freestyle libre 3 sensor. That’s how I know what lower carb products do to me. Sola was way less impact (virtually zero) on me than other low carb breads like Aunt Millie’s or Brownberry.
My A1C dropped from 10.1 to 5.9 in six months. And I never experienced a single low reading. Current 90 day average is 95

 

[calibuck]

Wow! 10.1 => 5.9 is HUGE. Keep it up. Kinda hate, and kinda love, the constant monitoring. I get low alarms all the time. Started pricking my finger each time got them, and found that the blood sugars were about 30 points above the Dexcom readings. So, don't get too rattled. Brought it up to my endo, as well as my nurse 'minder', and both kinda shrugged. PS, on another note, when machine reads one A1C, the blood number shows about .3-.4 lower. (I track it). Keep doing what you're doing, it's an insidious disease, and will eventually kill me, but not without a fight. Consuming protein is very important, we eat so much chicken, I could cluck. Doctor's goal is for me to be 70% 'in the zone', but am averaging around 84-87% there. Anyway, sounds like I'm bragging a bit, and might be so, but also we gotta celebrate our victories, no? PS, don't miss the constant finger pricking at all.....

 

[RuGettinIt]

I’m thinking about getting an Oura ring for tracking my health, especially my sleep patterns. Anyone using one of these? Curious to know if they are worth it and are worth the price compared to other options like a Fitbit?

I see I can use HSA/FSA dollars for it.

 

[buckeyboy]

I have an Oura ring. My wife purchased it for me since I suffer from moderate sleep apnea. Overall, when I first started using it, battery life was pretty good. I was able to get data for two sleep periods. Then I would have to recharge the ring. After about a year or so, battery life became pitiful to the point I had difficulty downloading data for one sleep. I figured it was a firmware issue. I contacted Oura technical support and they pretty much told me to buy a new ring. I chose not to do that as I don't trust them. Overall, the info they give you is pretty good. I wouldn't recommend though based on the battery issue I brought up.

 

[NJ-Buckeye]

Anyone catching heat for snoring should have a sleep study test.. Dramatically different today.. They send to your home. You attach to your hand for the night and it transmits the results to your doc.. Idiot-proof...

 

[sparcboxbuck]

I wear the freestyle libre 3 sensor. That’s how I know what lower carb products do to me. Sola was way less impact (virtually zero) on me than other low carb breads like Aunt Millie’s or Brownberry.
My A1C dropped from 10.1 to 5.9 in six months. And I never experienced a single low reading. Current 90 day average is 95

Wow! 10.1 => 5.9 is HUGE. Keep it up. Kinda hate, and kinda love, the constant monitoring. I get low alarms all the time. Started pricking my finger each time got them, and found that the blood sugars were about 30 points above the Dexcom readings. So, don't get too rattled. Brought it up to my endo, as well as my nurse 'minder', and both kinda shrugged. PS, on another note, when machine reads one A1C, the blood number shows about .3-.4 lower. (I track it). Keep doing what you're doing, it's an insidious disease, and will eventually kill me, but not without a fight. Consuming protein is very important, we eat so much chicken, I could cluck. Doctor's goal is for me to be 70% 'in the zone', but am averaging around 84-87% there. Anyway, sounds like I'm bragging a bit, and might be so, but also we gotta celebrate our victories, no? PS, don't miss the constant finger pricking at all.....

Low blood sugar? I guess that explains a lot of your posts.

Juuuuuust kidding. Keep after yourselves. It ain’t easy.

 

[sparcboxbuck]

Anyone catching heat for snoring should have a sleep study test.. Dramatically different today.. They send to your home. You attach to your hand for the night and it transmits the results to your doc.. Idiot-proof...

100% this.

I did end up with a CPAP and since using it I’ve never slept better. And not lying when I say this, I slept like a baby before the CPAP. There’s no denying the quality of sleep as a result of using it. Even if I didn’t have a condition, I’d use it based on how good this sleep is as a result.

… you do get used to it.

 

[Honor&Glory]

Low blood sugar? I guess that explains a lot of your posts.

Juuuuuust kidding. Keep after yourselves. It ain’t easy.

You’re not wrong. lol