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I lost over 30lbs since moving to Japan and my a1c blood sugar went from a high of 11 to around 5 and now my diabetes is in or near remission.

@sun Amazing

@sun what real food does to a burger

@sun it's a bit crazy that diabetes 2 (and so much other stuff) can be cured just by losing weight and it's still so hard to do.

@lain I guess you can get it bad enough that you can't get rid of it but I never had it that bad.

@sun ok but what about pimento cheese?

@eriner got some really good pecorino the other day. can't get good spaghetti sauce, but my in-laws grew a bunch of little sicilian tomatoes and I made my own super good spaghetti sauce, I basically eat like a king now

@sun Mmm. Yes.

But have you considered some pimento cheese?

@sun japan is the new ozempic

@sun @lain I got rid of it by going on keto (and starving) but most people will never believe you if you say you don't have it anymore.

I lost over 30lbs since moving to Japan and my a1c blood sugar went from a high of 11 to around 5 and now my diabetes is in or near remission.

@sun Hell yeah, dawg. That's awesome -- out of curiosity, though you're much healthier on the whole, have you picked up particular bad habits living there?

e.g. I have only stayed in Japan for work and conferences, so it's not reflective of day-to-day life, but I feel like work & social culture there led to me upping my drinking a lot