RIP to me in advance

[Coffeelix]

A simple fish soup with vegetables for breakfast can last me until dinner.
I normally request the hawker to halve the bee hoon and to add more vegetables. Usually I don’t finish the bee hoon even it has been halved. I would eat the vegetables n fish meat lala and lastly the bee hoon. Soup also only take minimally cos the salt content.

Other days, I may indulge in carbohydrates loaded breakfast like most sg, mee siam, mee pok or prawn noodles.
I will have a soft boiled egg before sharing a bowl with hubby’s.
When kids wfh, I would make them share a bowl of noodles, add our own veggies and add chicken breast bot from chicken rice stall.

sometimes, we would buy cai png but with veggies that we normally don’t cook: brinjal ladyfingers etc

 

[Coffeelix]

I used to do mixed vegetables fruits juice weekly but now is only done occasionally.



Cauliflower porridge (little rice lots of cauliflowers





Home cooked bimbimbap

 

[Coffeelix]

Some have ridiculously questioned y ts success in reversing his medical conditions is call for applaud .

Qhong1 said it well: it isn’t ez to do what ts did in such a short time successfully…

The reason I joined edmw during pandemic cos I was sad to learn lessthan100 “passing” with covid…

He could have been helped with healthy diets etc…

I joined as member and has a thread : blending n juicing to empower sg with the info I share so they can take charge and help themselves to keep and stay healthy.

 

[qhong61]

I ate 5 eggs a day for 10 years and that's the period when my cholesterol level was at its best.

Tmr I will start eating five eggs

 

[tmkedmw]

I m not here to challenge anyone.

I meant to help spread the words that Sg can enjoy good health if they know the root cause and take the corrective steps like ts and myself had done.

Don't know how u conclude ts is doing well ?
He is both diabetic and moderate anaemia when he was discharged.

I only saw his recent haemoglobin is back to normal from moderate anaemia.
Maybe I miss seeing his hba1c ?

TS is still taking metformin 500mg twice daily isn't it ? Even if his hba1c is less than 6, how sure are u that it is not the combined effect of diet and medication ?

Whilst u can quote yourself as an example, do not be over zealous and start attributing nutrition as the cause of all chronic diseases which u stated in an earlier post of yours.

 

[1982-1994]

TS is still taking metformin 500mg twice daily isn't it ? Even if his hba1c is less than 6, how sure are u that it is not the combined effect of diet and medication ?

Actually I didn't really take Metformin after discharge hence the blood sugar is stuck at prediabetes level of 6+%

But at least it dropped from 9.8% in 2 months even without medicine



Yes yes I am sorry to myself that I lied

Now taking the medicine again because I want my BS to drop to 4.5 because it has been remaining at 6+% for a week liao

In b4 some preaching

 

[1982-1994]

She's not 85 yo right

 

[Coffeelix]

She's not 85 yo right

Not that I know of.

She should be quite young.

No more than 40 of age is my guess

 

[kundalini]

Cut out fried food and sweet stuff and chiu will be fine
Eat in moderate

 

[Coffeelix]

She's not 85 yo right

Work with your doctor about taking your sugar medicine…

I m never a fan of keto as I don’t agree that high fat is healthy.

Do eat good fat like avocado (help with increasing good cholesterol) and to take good oil in right amount like olive oil etc.

I always advocate eating wholesome natural food as Food is thy medicine is true. Our entire body: glands cells bones nerves etc needs different kinds of nutrients to keep it running optimally.

Ts, next you will need to have wide assortment and varieties of veggies n protein to feed your entire body to keep it healthy.

Different veggies, fruits, proteins has different nutrients. A good guide is colorful plates, all in small quantity and different kind of protein daily. Omega 3 is important, but iron in meat and many more health benefits from different meats give you different nutrients.

I will take carbohydrates when I feel like it but minimize it and eat it after taking veggie protein to avoid sugar spike…

 

[tmkedmw]

Actually I didn't really take Metformin after discharge hence the blood sugar is stuck at prediabetes level of 6+%

But at least it dropped from 9.8% in 2 months even without medicine

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Yes yes I am sorry to myself that I lied

Now taking the medicine again because I want my BS to drop to 4.5 because it has been remaining at 6+% for a week liao

In b4 some preaching

Your libre can have error of up to 10% when compared to blood test hba1c (test tube).

Your 5.7% estimated hba1c is based on just 20 days. Standard is 90 days. Problem is your "suka suka" medication introducing uncertainty.

If hba1c over 90 days is indeed 5.7 without medication, u are actually quite alright, as u are just at the low level limit of pre diabetic range. Continue to watch your diet, lose some weight and do some exercise.

Conversely, if u are 5.7 with medication, you are doing fine, well within therapeutic range.

Don't know why u target hba1c of 4.5. Be careful of hypoglycemia (<4) !

 

[Coffeelix]

she is only in her 30s, born in 1990s.

https://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/a43129915/jessie-inchauspe-glucose-goddess-method/

 

[1982-1994]

Don't know why u target hba1c of 4.5. Be careful of hypoglycemia (<4) !

Target 4.5 on libre means 5 on hBA1C

 

[Propanone]

one of the best things you can do for blood sugar is to take a walk after eating!!

Walk/exercise will burn those sugar levels down

 

[JohannSu1864]

I used to do mixed vegetables fruits juice weekly but now is only done occasionally.



Cauliflower porridge (little rice lots of cauliflowers





Home cooked bimbimbap

Oh I like eating like that. My family went holiday. My mom left 10 bakzhang for me. Before they go, I stocked up my fridge with lots of vegetables, salmon, chicken n fruit for my nephew n me. My sis stocked up bread n pizza for us.

 

[binbinpon]

I think there are few important things to note

1) avoid being a nutrition zealot, especially being a poorly educated one.

2) many health influencers on social media are not exactly factual and knowledgeable. Most content are biased and they sell their own supplements. The frequently quoted glucose goddess in this thread has also made numerous mistakes and sold her own branded supplements. She is not a nutritionist/ dietician by training, and likes to cherry pick studies too. For example the hack about eating veg, followed by protein/fats then carbs with a reduction in postprandial glucose of up to 30% is based on a study that measures postprandial glucose up to 2 hours. However if the study measures postprandial glucose to 3h or even 4h mark, then the auc is not reduced by 30% which she misrepresented. This is evidenced by a later study by the same author over period of 3 months and measures the Hba1C level which shows that this hack did not improve Hba1c.
Having said this, this does not mean eating veg before the rest has no value in a diabetic. It does reduce and retard the postprandial glucose spike from a steep mountain to a broad hill. However in a metabolic healthy person, there's no reason to fear glucose spike as this is a normal physiological response.

3) the problem with eating ultraprocessed foods in the modern society has always been recognised by the medical authorities and proper healthy advices have always been given like adopting the myhealthy plate with 50% veg, 25% protein, 25% whole grains. It is unfair to blame the abundance of hawker food on health authorities. Likewise exercise advice have always been prescribed.

the reason why ultraprocessed foods are hyperpalatable are not just because of sugar. Yes, sugar is a factor, other flavours matter like salt, unami etc. A steamed potato is ranked the most satieting food in the satiety index while potato chips are hardly satieting. One has to recognize that big food companies and hawkers design and process their foods and snacks to be tasty and palatable in order to reap maximum profits.


4) Again it is a MYTH to say carbs are the cause of diabetes, and stop propagating that.
In metanalysis of human randomised control trials, sugar is not a risk factor for T2DM if calories are not exceeded. If calories are exceeded, carbs, protein and fats are all risk factors for T2DM.

There are healthy carbs and unhealthy carbs, just as there are healthy fats and unhealthy fats. Vegetables are also a form of carbs ... fibrous carbs.

The MAIN causes of type 2 diabetes are genetic factors, obesity, sedentary lifestyle with lack of exercise.

 

[1982-1994]

Bitter gourd with eggs

 

[binbinpon]

If I am a healthy individual, why should I be scare of these physiological "sugar spikes"? For a diabetic, these types of extreme sugar lowering methods have never been studied long term and may well lead to severe hypoglycemia and higher ACM (read ACCORD trial)

I agree with your first statement. A healthy individual has no reason to fear physiological sugar spikes as they are well within acceptable healthy ranges. There are activities that induce physiological sugar spikes like moderate to intensive exercise. Does that mean that exercise is bad for longevity? lol.

As for the second statement on ACCORD trial, it was comparing controls with subjects on intensive drug therapy which end up with higher weight gain >10kg and hypoglycemia requiring assistance, with corresponding higher CVS mortality.
The CVS mortality cannot be attributed to the aggressive Hba1C reduction alone because it may be related to confounders like excessive weight gain and drug related side effects ie. 91% of the test subjects are on rosiglitazone which are known to have higher CVS risk. while only 57% of the controls are on rosiglitazone.

This is not a fair comparison to a dietary modification.

 

[Coffeelix]

Bitter gourd with eggs

 

[1982-1994]

It's been exactly two months ever since I jiak sushi express

Really not for me since most dishes are carbs
Ate a plate of salmon sushi roll with rice ,two plates of Mackerel fish ,a plate of shrimps and a plate of unagi skews

Dipped all into the cup of tea, to reduce the sweetness