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yeah, i am on that diabetic cusp, i mean, basically drowning in it now... i get tinnitis, low energy, muscle weakness, cramps, persistent infections... it's basically made it impossible for me to stop drinking but the only type of alcohol that is really ok anymore is dry red wine, spirits are just the ethanol mainly, which has some benefit, but the red grape skins have all kinds of chemicals that assist with sugar metabolism

and yeah, i have had to basically ditch all carbs more or less... no more potatoes at all... beer is out... i have been drinking milk but low fat milk is too much sugars still, though it is far less bad than any other form of simple sugar

i should also add that yohimbe has greatly helped with the cramps and muscle weakness... today i didn't have any as i usually do first thing in the morning and by midday my toes were going spaz again

also, my mother gets these cramps, she reports that if she drinks 2L of water a day she is ok but that's very high water intake if you are eating food with water in it IMO... seems that probably weak sugar metabolism is weak on both sides of my family, my father's bloodline comes through the austro/indonesian and as a kid he was harassed at school for looking like an aboriginal... really doesn't but i can assume that his mother's grandfather or something was a new guinea highlander and they did not eat any sugar or starches

Dawn 1y ago

Have you tried the cinnamon/apple cider vinegar concoction? I have heard good things about it

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ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 1y ago

cinnamon eh?

definitely gonna check that out... for sure yohimbe helps with the muscles, i suspect amylose clogs things up because my grandma died from alzheimers, and the neglect at the nursing homes... and i strongly suspect in my genetics we have coding for resolving high blood sugar by chaining it into amylose, which then clogs up and disrupts nerve transmission especially in the mid brain... i thought i had wernicke-korsakoff at one point because of double vision but yes that's a diabetes symptom too, and this is probably why

disrupting neurotransmission in general, but especially motor neurons, which are heavily connected to memory as well

i tried yohimbe because i found a study that showed that it increased amylase in the tissue in general and i thought "well, if i have amylose clogging things up then this might help clear it up and get it back as glucose and then maybe it can burn"

well, that's part of it, and then you have to actually prompt the use or elimination of the glucose which is where the alcohol and red fruits come in

i'm just gonna tinker with adding cinnamon to the stack, i think it's more oil soluble, might go better added to my impending cacao butter test...

i'm really drowning in this shit, it's barely enough that i can manage to code adequately to maintain my current work but i need every advantage i can grasp

i was way worse 6 months ago.... the milk diet turned things around and now i understand what is going on i need to push that to the side and cut the sugars out entirely, and anything that helps my body drive sugar metabolism up or improve fat conversion to glycogen is a win... for bonus points, improve neurotransmission in general

Dawn 1y ago

You are definitely more informed on the subject than myself. I'm fortunate to not have to deal such sensitivities. Definitely a dyor thing but it seems worth looking into. The acv seems to be the most effective component from what I understand & the cinnamon like an extra boost in glucose reduction. Again, though, this is only info I have gathered through conversational osmosis. 😅