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Old September 14th, 2004, 04:06 PM
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Ignoramus13229 wrote:
|| In article , Doug Lerner wrote:
||| Thanks for your reply!
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||| Yes - I know that low carb and low cal are not necessarily
||| incompatible. Well, at least low cal and *lower* carb are not. I
||| think it would be very hard to eat low cal and keep carbs at, say,
||| under 30 gm per day!
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|| I guess that what is and what is not hard depends on the person, but,
|| when I think of "low cal", I think about relatively small calorie
|| deficit, say 1000 calories per day.

You consider a 1000-calorie per day deficit small? Perhaps I'm
misunderstanding you.



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Old September 14th, 2004, 06:12 PM
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"Ignoramus13229" wrote in message
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Do they sell "finger prick" blood sugar monitors in Italy? They are
very convenient and more accurate, although, possibly, cost a bit
more.


The problem is that urine sticks only work if you're past the threshold
where glucose spills into the urine. IIRC, it's around 180. That's a value
some diabetics do not even reach at the time of diagnosis. The urine sticks
only work as an alarm signal. Their main use is for T1 (or way out of
control T2) to check for ketoacidosis (ketones + glucose in urine = bad
news, emergency situation).


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Old September 14th, 2004, 06:12 PM
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"Ignoramus13229" wrote in message
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Do they sell "finger prick" blood sugar monitors in Italy? They are
very convenient and more accurate, although, possibly, cost a bit
more.


The problem is that urine sticks only work if you're past the threshold
where glucose spills into the urine. IIRC, it's around 180. That's a value
some diabetics do not even reach at the time of diagnosis. The urine sticks
only work as an alarm signal. Their main use is for T1 (or way out of
control T2) to check for ketoacidosis (ketones + glucose in urine = bad
news, emergency situation).


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Old September 14th, 2004, 06:18 PM
Lictor
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"Doug Lerner" wrote in message
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On 9/14/04 9:30 PM, in article

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"jas" wrote:

if your suffering from joint pain (would it be gout?) then a low carb
way of dieting i find tends to aggravate that condition. it may just be
that my protein intake was way very high but it was definately the low
carb diet i went on that triggered severe gout in me a few years back.


The joint pain in my big toe joint is almost certainly gout. The new pain

at
my hip I'm not sure about. But both are relatively abated this week.

The toe pain I've been feeling off and on for like 15 years though!


Weight loss seems to lower the uric acid amount in the bloodstream (I wonder
what is not positively affected by weight loss). I had some joint pain, and
the kind of rough looking deposit on the big toe that is a sign of uric
acid, but this has completely disappeared with the lost pounds (both the
deposit and pain). My initial blood record showed a slightly elevated uric
acid concentration, and this was well into weight loss, so it must have been
*much* higher in the past. I'm still a meat and protein eater, so the drop
is mostly from portion control and weight loss. It seems having slightly
elevated values is also a consequence of the weight loss process...
Best way is to get tested for uric acid and try to see how the values are
moving for you with your diet. Drinking more (and using carbonnated water)
seems to help too...


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Old September 14th, 2004, 06:18 PM
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"Doug Lerner" wrote in message
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On 9/14/04 9:30 PM, in article

,
"jas" wrote:

if your suffering from joint pain (would it be gout?) then a low carb
way of dieting i find tends to aggravate that condition. it may just be
that my protein intake was way very high but it was definately the low
carb diet i went on that triggered severe gout in me a few years back.


The joint pain in my big toe joint is almost certainly gout. The new pain

at
my hip I'm not sure about. But both are relatively abated this week.

The toe pain I've been feeling off and on for like 15 years though!


Weight loss seems to lower the uric acid amount in the bloodstream (I wonder
what is not positively affected by weight loss). I had some joint pain, and
the kind of rough looking deposit on the big toe that is a sign of uric
acid, but this has completely disappeared with the lost pounds (both the
deposit and pain). My initial blood record showed a slightly elevated uric
acid concentration, and this was well into weight loss, so it must have been
*much* higher in the past. I'm still a meat and protein eater, so the drop
is mostly from portion control and weight loss. It seems having slightly
elevated values is also a consequence of the weight loss process...
Best way is to get tested for uric acid and try to see how the values are
moving for you with your diet. Drinking more (and using carbonnated water)
seems to help too...


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Old September 14th, 2004, 08:57 PM
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My fave is raw cauliflower.

In ,
Ignoramus13229 stated
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| maybe one could switch between vegetables, cabbage for some time,
| spinach for some time etc. Find something that works... I like cabbage
| and tomatoes, personally, someone else might like something else...
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