In January, Dennis Pollock of the “Beat Diabetes” YouTube channel, announced he was going to solicit participants for a 6-month challenge to eat what he recommends for a low-carb diet which includes intermittent fasting with two meals a day and no snacks. It was to begin in February 2022 and go through July 2022. To…
Category: carnivore diet
Acupuncture Session #6 with Sophie
I’m starting this post on Thursday, January 7. I responded to a phone call from the Kaiser Acupuncture Department, telling me to call for an appointment if I still wanted one. So I called today.
Blood work in July
Thursday, July 9, 2020 This is a short post and involves one major category: A1C. Although I had blood drawn for a bunch of stuff, the one I was most interested in knowing—but was most afraid of—was the HbA1C. This should have been done in March, right about the time the lockdown started in the…
Lent Without Carbs Update 2
Linda is at Batra Vision for her pre-op appointment. She parked too close to a wall on my side, so I couldn’t get out to help her. We did all the grocery shopping and walked Emily in South Shore and even picked up Linda’s prescription at Walgreen’s before we came here. I’ve been doing so…
Lent Without Carbs Update 1
Today is the 9th day I have been on a carnivore diet. Nothing plant-based, except for occasional stevia in my coffee. My daily carb quota has averaged 18 grams total carbs, with protein averaging 45 grams and fat averaging 78 grams per day. I’m struggling with snack addiction but have been drinking lots of seltzer…
Lent Without Carbs
The month of February has been really hard. It started on February 1 when Lisa and Aaron wanted to have Alex’s birthday party “with the family” (their words, not mine) on Saturday, February 1, a week before his actual birthday on February 7. So Linda and I complied. We jumped through hoops to find a…