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My testing of low-carb breads was just published on Diabetes Daily. If you got here from that article, here’s a few other studies you might be interested in:

I also post self-experiments on other topics, including sleep, exercise, and other health interventions.

I’m always looking for collaborators for future experiments. If you’re interested in collaborating on scientifically rigorous self-experiments with low-carb foods, supplements, or other health interventions, please let me know in the comments or via the contact form on the right.


– QD


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New Site Design

I’ve migrated this site from Blogger to WordPress. This will allow me a lot more control over post formatting, graphics, and widgets that will hopefully make the site easier to read and more useful to the audience.

Post formatting is a bit wonky due to the new theme, so please bear with me for a week or so while I get that sorted out. In the meantime, posts will continue and all old links should still work. If you notice anything broken, please let me know.

I’m back.

It’s been a long time. For the past five months, I was working on a COVID-related project that took up all of my spare time. The project just ended so I’m going to get back to the QD project.

To everyone who reached out over last few months, thank you. I really appreciated your kind words, questions, and encouragement. It was a big part of my motivation to start this back up. 

Here’s the plan for the next few experiments/posts:

  • Complete analysis and write up final report for the food effect study
    • In addition to what I’ve already posted, I have data for corn starch, erythritol, inulin powder, and glucose+oat fiber.
  • Re-tune basal and bolus (meal) insulin doses
    • My routine has changed a lot due to working from home, changing doctors, and changing medication (due to insurance requirements). Plus, I was able to get a Dexcom G6 CGM, which is showing accuracy comparable to my blood glucose meter. Blood sugars are still good, but I think I can get them better.
  • Re-measure blood sugar impact of glucose and insulin; compare to previous data
    • While working from home, I’ve gained some weight (and hopefully muscle). This has resulted in a change in my insulin sensitivity. Not huge, but I need to remeasure to have an accurate baseline for future experiments.


– QD

Interesting Links – 1/2020

Interesting articles I’ve read over the last month

Diabetes & Quantified Self:

Health & Aging:

  • Fisetin – a nice review of the history and recent clinical trials on Fisetin as a senolytic agent for general improvement of health and blood sugar control in diabetes.

Cooking:

  • Cream Cheese: A Homemade Ice Cream Miracle Worker – Never would have thought of this, but between the slightly sour taste and stabilizers that reduce ice crystal nucleation and growth, cream cheese can be a great substitute for heavy cream or yogurt in ice cream. I tried it out and really enjoy it in ice creams with a Philadelphia base.


Chemistry:


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