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Does the blood test ordered by my doctor give the same results as the pinprick blood test I do every day? Since being diagnosed (type 2), I have been on a solid Keto diet and since November, I have lost two and a quarter stone. I began taking Metformin end of Dec and monitor my blood daily...

I've been on low carbs, averaging between 10 and 30 carbs a day for a month and a half and though I don't get cravings for sweet things often, when they do come, I am ravenous for anything sweet. I bought low sugar sweets from Holland and Barret and M&S and was eating those without realising the...

A little advice needed, please. I began taking one Metformin a day from the 2nd. Since then I have adhered to the low carb diet and I'm losing weight impressively, but I didn't follow the advice of taking two tablets a day from the second week on. I have remained on one, mostly because of the...

Try roasting some cauliflower florets. I know that sounds like an immediate disappointment, it did to me, but wow, they do the trick, doesn't even taste like cauli, they are addictive. Snap them off Brush them with oil, 20 mins electric oven at 200. Really satisfying.

Morning, Usually, I can sleep standing up, in a storm, through a firework display, you name it. Once my head touches the pillow, I am gone in minutes. However, I am on day 9 of Metformin and for the last four nights, absolutely wide awake, all night, not even tired. I am lying there at...

And having read some of your results, I'm now panicking. This was taken before morning tea, before eating and before my metformin tablet. Does this mean that what I ate yesterday was crazy high in sugar and that's still in my blood waiting to be flushed out or overall I am hugely loaded with...

Hi, I have just been diagnosed as type 2 Diabetic and was put on Metformin (1 with a meal this week, two next week). I have a very active social life. I love to drink. Not every day, but every other. I drink mainly wine, or vodka and diet tonic. I don't get slurry drunk or anything like that...