Welcome
I launched this site to help share information on diabetes. With an epidemic of diabetes in Singapore – an estimated 11% of the population now has the disease (on my calculation that’s around 550,000 people) – I aim to make this a resource that will help people live a long, healthy life. I firmly believe that with the right choices diabetics can avoid the dangers and complications. There is a real need for increased diabetic awareness and education in Singapore.
I have a serious concern that a lot of people are not taking the disease seriously enough, and that the impact of this will be on people’s long term health. I have personal experience of the disease, having had diabetes for a decade now, and believe now is the right time to communicate what I have learned and to encourage others to share their experiences.
Over the last 10 years I have studied the disease in detail, applied my learning and believe that if anything I am now more healthy than when I was first diagnosed. I made tough choices, stuck by them and have seen the benefit. Over the last ten years I have achieved near normal, non-diabetic levels of blood glucose. My last HbA1c result (http://www.diabetes.co.uk/what-is-hba1c.html) was 4.7% (June 2015). When I was diagnosed back in 2005, my glucose fasting result was 9.7% and my blood sugar was at 270mg/dl. Since then I have not had one reading above 6%. That is almost 10 years of very tight control.
This material is written from a patient’s perspective. I have no medical background, but what I have learned I have researched thoroughly. I have been lucky enough to have the benefit of the wisdom and support of an excellent diabetic specialist – Dr Alex Fok (http://www.alexfok.com/) – who helped me get straight back on my feet after diagnosis.
The information I will share relates mainly to my views on nutrition, exercise, and how to approach the disease psychologically. These are the steps I have taken to normalise my blood sugar. A lot of the advice, in particular on diet, is also quite diffrent from what you will get from the various diabetic associations (e.g. Amercian Diabetes Associaton, British Diabetic Association). My own experience is that advising people to eat a diet largely based on carbohydrate is quite wrong. Some of the changes I have made in my lifestyle are not for the faint-hearted and require discipline and diligence. The benefit though, a happy healthy and hopefully long life, with far reduced fear from the dreaded complications, makes it well worth the effort.
In my experience managing diabetes is about acceptance and ownership and taking control. You are driving the car; others can help you learn how to drive, but you are at the wheel. The destination you reach, and how you get there, are your choices alone. I hope this site proves instructional and helpful. Please also look out for our Facebook site.
My book is now available, which includes all of the information I have gathered over the last decade in how to manage my blood sugar. The price is only SGD $8.50, or equivalent in other currency.
great information thanks – very useful
This is a great site! Thanks-Jacob
Great site but my diabetic level is always up and down taking too much of heart medication and alot of drug allergy. I am on two type of insulin, last us and Novo rapid. 30 units and 8 units rapid.
Hello – May I ask whether you have changed your diet? For me diet is the number 1 reason for rollercoasters (assuming your medication is correct).
cheers, Matt
Hello, try “dietdoctor.com”. This diet changed my life and diabetes completely without loosing any fun on food. I also lost easy weight and even with 24h fasting I don’t feel hungry. I reduced my medics 50% and lower also my blood sugar to a stable normal level.
Peter
Diabetes can be much better in controlled by just drinking Buckwheat Green Tea, Buckwheat Coffee or Buckwheat Chia Seeds Cookies. Ref: http://www.Buckwheat.com.sg Life will never be the same again for D1 & D2.
Looking forward to following your posts – very interesting so far!
Many thanks frantsastic
How to have a copy of book ; any other choice of payment like posb or smthing? Im 39 y/o diabetic type 1 taking glipizide 7.5 mg bd with metformin 5oo tds
Hi – If you want I can send you via email and provide an invoice, Matt
Excellent write-up. I definitely appreciate this website.
Stick with it!
Many thanks
It’s in point of fact a great and useful piece of info.
I’m happy that you just shared this helpful information with us.
Please keep us up to date like this. Thank
you for sharing.
Diabetes can be much better in controlled by eating and drinking Buckwheat Green Tea, Buckwheat coffee and Buckwheat Chia Seeds Cookies.
Ref: http://www.buckwheat.com.sg
I launched this site to help share information on diabetes. With an epidemic of diabetes in Singapore – an estimated 11% of the population now has the disease (on my calculation that’s around 550,000 people) – I aim to make this a resource that will help people live a long, healthy life. I firmly believe that with the right choices diabetics can avoid the dangers and complications. There is a real need for increased diabetic awareness and education in Singapore. Do you know Diabetes and Kidney failure related to Diabetes can be improve by drinking Black Pearl Buckwheat Blend with Japanese Green Tea , Buckwheat Coffee.
Post meal measurement after 3 to 4 hrs review the results.
Try Buckwheat Chia Seeds Cookies for those with Kidney Failure related to Diabetes .
Post meal measurement 2 hrs to review the results.
Life will never be the same again.
Most Serious Diabetes Patient of SGH since May 2007. 100% recovered by just drinking Buckwheat Green Tea.
Ref: http://www.buckwheat.com.sg True Story.
Hi how can we get a copy of your book
This is a really useful source of information and great to hear from a real life patient’s perspective.
Will definitely check out your book as well.
Thanks for taking the time to create this useful resource
Where to find good GP who are knowledgeable n well trained in handling diabetes patient. I think mine lack the knowledge to advise . He always say eat less n exercise . Now my weight dropped from 53 to 47kg. How much can I exercise to bring down blood glucose ?
Hi Foo Chee Yin,
there are no good GP’s in Singapore as they have to follow the guidelines from the government. They also have no ideas about nutrition and recommended the wrong food for diabetes 2 people. You should eat lchf (low carb high fat) and can eat enough to get full. You don’t need count calories and don’t need to much exercise. If you keep the carbohydrates and processed food away also your blood sugar will go down. I practice this since 6 month and got my HB1Ac down from 7.3 to 6.2. I also reduced my pills from 4/day to 1/day.
Check out “dietdoctor.com”. You have to start yourself to change your lifestyle and only visit doctors for blood check and little medicine. You also can follow me on twitter as I retweet plenty of low carb diabetes article.