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and finally, when studies start quoting how healthy a particular lifestyle is, then all you need to do is look at lifespan figures to make yourself feel better...
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Stefansson (in the third pat of the linkprovided by Bluesky) distinguishes beween health and longevity conceding that meat eaters did not live long.The inuits ' lived on the average at least ten years less than we'
He suggests that meat eating may act as 'a speeder-up of metabolism ' and that the women, having become grandmothers in their early twenties ' usually seem as old at sixty as our women do at eighty.
Personally I prefer to eat a mixed diet. I've only 4 years to go until I reach 60.
Back on the original topic, I have a low HBA1C. I eat a balanced diet with a fair amount of wholemeal bread, potatoes and fruits, I do a reasonable amount of exercise. BUT I have hypos on a daily basis, albeit shortlived. I recognise them at a lower level nowadays and rarely sweat or shake... its usually a perception of lowered concentration and raised heartrate. My average meter reading for the last month is 74mg/dcl. This thread and peoples opiions on other threads is begining to convince me that I should try to raise my levels slightly.
I have two problems, the main problem is psychological, I'm scared of having high levels so often fail to reduce insulin after exercise . The second is that I tend to eat fairly low GI . I frequently have a low reading at 2 hours after a meal (in the 60s and if I've exercised sometimes lower) it then slowly rises for another couple of hours after which it stays steady but only if I am inactive. It falls again with tiny amounts of activity such as shopping or housework. My basal is probably OK (I've reduced it to 15u from 18 but BS doen't vary much overnight) I need to bite the bullet and lower the amount with meals.
