Avoiding the SAD (Standard American Diet) seems to be key. I eat nearly the= exact opposite of your diet (Low Carb, High Fat, meat centric with a lot o= f cheese and green veggies). I started low carb about 18 years ago, and hav= e more or less stayed on it, with some tweaks along the way, most recently = a shift towards the high fat end of things, and mixing in some intermittent= fasting. I was never diabetic, but likely would have been had I stayed on = the SAD. I'm down about 90 lbs from that initial starting point, most of th= e weight lost in the first year, but losing again with the recent changes. = 100 pounds down is my goal, mostly because it is a shiny round number. Chris Smolinski Black Cat Systems Westminster, MD USA http://www.blackcatsystems.com > On Apr 5, 2018, at 1:43 PM, Van Horn, David wrote: >=20 >=20 > I would suggest talking to your doctor and getting re-evaluated. There'= s a lot to it, and while we are smart folks, we aren't (most of us) MDs. >=20 >=20 >=20 > Thereby hangs a tale. I may have told this here before, but I don't reme= mber. >=20 > I went to Vegas last summer, and saw the Penn and Teller show. After the= show, I bought (among other things) the book "Presto, how I made 100 pound= s disappear". > Taking as much as I could out of the book, and talking it over with my do= ctor (well, we can try it, but keep a close eye on your BP and blood sugar,= we can always stop if things start going wrong) I applied the principles e= xpressed by Penn from his diet plan by Ray Cronise.=20 > Passing on this gem of wisdom from Penn verbatim: "If you take medical ad= vice from a juggler, you're an asshole and you deserve to die". >=20 >=20 > I'm down 60#, most of that happening in 6 weeks. Yes, at the beginning I= was loosing more than two pounds a day! It tapers off as you burn those r= eserves you've been hauling around for years. >=20 > Like Penn, I was on multiple meds for high blood pressure, plus I was on = insulin for diabetes. > Within a week, I was off my BP meds tracking dead normal. > Within that same week, I no longer needed my insulin, or anything else fo= r my diabetes. My blood sugar is pretty constantly 80 now. A1C is dead no= rmal. > Still loosing weight, just slower now with changes to diet habits and no = longer eating "SAD". (Standard American Diet). > I'm still diabetic, the diet didn't change that, but the loss of weight a= nd change in eating habits makes it largely a non-problem. I'm not stressi= ng the system so hard anymore. > I had one blood sugar crash when I decided to step up my game and fast.. = Six days in I finally ran out of gas and my blood sugar went below 70. Fas= ting was EASY.=20 >=20 > https://www.amazon.com/Raymond-J.-Cronise/e/B077M8SDDR > https://www.nomeatathlete.com/radio-113/ >=20 >=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu On Behalf Of Art > Sent: Thursday, April 5, 2018 11:22 AM > To: Microcontroller Public > Subject: [EE] sleep apnea home test? >=20 > I've gone through a massive change of lifestyle (diet, weight loss, reali= zation of the myth that the traditional type doctors, FDA, USDA, American D= iabetes Association, pharmaceutical industry, farming mafia, Congress, heal= th insurance industry etc) are all lying scum. Many of my health conditions= are drastically improved, just with a proper diet as specified by Function= al Medicine practitioners in the first 3 weeks of my lifestyle change. I am= still in recovery, but..... >=20 > My sleep improved, I am curious whether I have need for my CPAP machine a= ny longer. I need at least a screening test for sleep quality evaluation, r= ather than a full blown lab type sleep test. >=20 > Sensors to detect breathing patterns (sound recorder), sleep paralysis (w= rist or leg worn accelerometer) and O2 sat meter (finger clip on) and to da= ta log the results overnight is good enough for my needs at this point. >=20 > Has anyone done a PIC program for this purpose? Or maybe someone has a ki= t?? >=20 > I would interpret my own results, at least as far as a 'preliminary' > home test/evaluation. >=20 > Any ideas? >=20 > TY >=20 > Art >=20 >=20 > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/cha= nge your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/picl= ist >=20 > --=20 > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .