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Type 2 diabetes is a serious condition where the insulin your pancreas makes can’t work properly, or your pancreas can’t make enough insulin. This means your blood glucose (sugar) levels keep rising.

When you have type 2 diabetes, your body still breaks down carbohydrate from your food and drink and turns it into glucose. The pancreas then responds to this by releasing insulin. But because this insulin can’t work properly, your blood sugar levels keep rising. This means more insulin is released.

For some people with type 2 diabetes this can eventually tire the pancreas out, meaning their body makes less and less insulin. This can lead to even higher blood sugar levels and mean you are at risk of hyperglycaemia.

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Diabetes – The NET Effect

By Ronny Allan Jul 24, 2024 3 Comments

Diet and Nutrition, Humour, The NET Effect SeriesAmines, Carcinoid syndrome, Diet, Neuroendocrine, Neuroendocrine cancer, Nutrition, Surgery, Type 2 diabetes

Chocolate – the NET effect

By Ronny Allan Apr 12, 2024 10 Comments

I've always had a 'sweet tooth' and the softer the sweet the better - toffee, marshmallows, chocolate, jelly babies, jelly beans, fruit pastilles, fudge, liquorice allsorts, 'tablet' and macaroon bars (both from Scotland), are all on my list of favourites. In terms of desserts, I love those too - ice cream, cheese cake, meringue, cake, sponge with custard, the list is endless. And of course a hot drink isn't complete without a biscuit (or three....). Don't get me wrong, I'm not stuffing my face with sweet stuff 24/7, however I do need my sugar 'fix' now and then. I'm not a…

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GLP-1 receptor agonists (e.g. semaglutide) for adults with type 2 diabetes/weight loss – The Neuroendocrine Tumour (NET) Effect

By Ronny Allan Apr 10, 2023 0 Comments

BackgroundThis subject of semaglutide (e.g. Ozempic) is appearing regularly in my private Facebook group, and I can see there might be some confusion out there. But first, I wanted to state that this post is not about me saying semaglutide (or whatever brand names are included in this post) is something you should be taking or not. That is the responsibility of your doctors, in conjunction with you, the patient. Nor is this post to be considered in any way a promotion for the drug or the manufacturer, I have no relationship or communications with the manufacturer, nor am I taking this…