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Month: July 2019

Nutritional Ketosis CGM Experiment Day 1

July 31, 2019 mbmccoll 1 Comment

A doctor’s experience inducing nutritional ketosis.

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Posted in: General, Nutrition Filed under: CGM, freestyle libre, KetoMojo, ketosis, Libre, nutritional ketosis, rabbit

Fueling Up for the School Year

July 30, 2019 Carly Slagle RD Leave a comment

It’s that time of year again, when the combination of trying to get kids out the door for school and…

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CGM Experiment: What I learned as a non-diabetic from wearing a continuous glucose monitor – Lily Nichols RDN

July 29, 2019 mbmccoll Leave a comment

Know Thyself. How a continuous glucose monitor allows you to control your own destiny.

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Posted in: General, Nutrition Filed under: blood sugar, CGM, fasting, insulin, LCHF, Lily Nichols, weight loss

IDM: Women and Fasting: Top Tips for Women Going Through Menopause Part 2

July 26, 2019 mbmccoll Leave a comment

I’ve seen this same observation time and time again. Since using a CGM with most of my patients I’ve begun…

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Posted in: General, Nutrition Filed under: CGM, fasting, IDM, insulin, Jason Fung, LCHF, low carb, weight loss

The Truth Behind What Intermittent Fasting Does to Your Body | Inverse

July 13, 2019 mbmccoll Leave a comment

Studies show intermittent fasting can lead to weight loss, stabilized blood sugar, reduced inflammation, improvements in memory and stress resistance,…

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Posted in: General Filed under: fasting, inverse, LC HD, vegan

Maybe saturated fat doesn’t cause heart disease

July 11, 2019 mbmccoll Leave a comment

Several recently published meta-analyses of observational studies and randomised controlled trials (RCTs) have found that total saturated fat is not…

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Posted in: General, Medical Filed under: heart disease, saturated fat

CGM Day 9 & 10: Minor detour for ice cream

July 10, 2019 mbmccoll Leave a comment

Did great yesterday until the end of the day when I succumbed to the siren call of ice cream after…

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Posted in: General, Nutrition Filed under: bacon, eggs, fasting, God is gracious, grapes, ice cream, LCHF, low carb

CGM Day 8: It takes one day

July 8, 2019 mbmccoll Leave a comment

After last week’s daily deluge of carbs this week I plan to be much more moderate in my intake. Today,…

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Posted in: General, Nutrition Filed under: CGM, dinner, eggs, insulin resistance, LCHF, low carb, one day, recovery

CGM 6 & 7: The Coup De Grace

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This weekend was my final two days on a high carb, ‘celebration food’, diet. For these days I planned several…

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Posted in: General Filed under: apple fritter, CGM, chicken and waffles, Continuous glucose monitor, glucose, insulin, ketosis, yogurt

CGM Day 5: Recovery may be boring but boring may be good.

July 6, 2019 mbmccoll Leave a comment

Yesterday was day 5 of my CGM experiment with my FreeStyle Libre. It was pretty boring which was a little…

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Posted in: General, Nutrition Filed under: burgers, CGM, Freestyle, July 4th, LCHF, Libre, recovery

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