SlowLedger42

It's curious how those findings stay somewhat exclusive. To get them, the testing facility would probably need to perform the entire proced…

I'm wondering where that detail about reactions to cold storage comes from. From what I've seen, tirz holds up well under freezing conditio…

I lack any way to check that main assertion on how breakdown rates shift depending on mix strength so the original poster will need to repl…

That question is still debated and no clear answer exists. Many people focus on it more than necessary. How fast the spike returns to basel…

The slight increase in daily insulin release from these medications can blunt the dawn phenomenon. A CGM makes that effect visible quickly.…

Everything else the chatbot said was accurate. The only odd part was the month-to-days conversion. Two to three months is roughly sixty to …

These chatbots sometimes get basic conversions wrong yet people treat the rest of the output as reliable.

You might be comparing a later blood draw to a morning strip result. Dawn phenomenon often raises the early morning number. Both 5.6 and 5.…

Many factors could explain it. Fasting glucose only shows your metabolic state on that particular day. A reading of 66 is quite good. It al…

Fixed meal schedules often leave people hungry and preoccupied with food all day. Adding the medication reduces that struggle, but without …

In your situation it might be worth being open. There's one possible interaction a doctor ought to notice: a small uptick in ketoacidosis r…

No other mammal tracks calories to stay at a healthy weight; problems appear mainly when animals are fed foods far from their natural diet.…

What stands out is that the ratios use standard deviations rather than arbitrary cutoffs that could tilt results. It also shows the current…

CICO is correct by definition but not helpful for ongoing weight control. Outside strict lab settings it is nearly impossible to measure in…

Starting with the section you emphasized: I respect the insistence on rigorous trials before changing practice. We are still years away fro…

That lines up with the outcome anyone would predict. Statins reliably lower LDL and ApoB while the other class mainly improves weight and b…

Skepticism toward GLP-1s is understandable given the amount of weak science in nutrition, but deeper reading on newer compounds helped shif…

To be clear I am not against statins in general. I object to them being given without weighing individual pros and cons. Certain groups cle…

To add a bit more: the main issue I have with statins is the way initial approval studies were structured. People who reacted poorly were s…

First, I never suggested anyone stop their statin. Second, I am just another person online. Medical decisions belong with your own doctor. …