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    Dark circles under the eyes! Really?

    I am starting to wonder if its not just sugar related with diabetes. Dark circles were always a sign of short on vitamins C A K. If we can not absorb the sugar maybe we are also not absorbing other nutrients. It would account for other symptoms related to diabetes like the poor healing.
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    Blood sugar meters

    Does the cost out weigh the number of rising ailments and hospital visits? Amputations, blindness, cuts not healing the list goes on. Why not have a prescribed machine for 3-12 months so the type 2 diabetic learns what they can eat and what they can not eat. When they need to watch exercise...
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    Diabetes depression

    Hi I can relate to a lot of your symptoms. I was working 12hrs a day and getting no sunlight because I worked in an area without windows. I was under a lot of stress at work so slept poorly. I lost concentration, became seclusive, ate poorly. in the end I too gave up work because I was...
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    Desparately need answers

    http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/vegetarian-vegan-low-carb-recipe-index.61859/ This is a link is to the vegan/vegetarian low carb meals. Probably a good place to start looking if you are new to low carbing.
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    Very Worried

    The first thing to recognise is you can not do it for her. She has to want to. No matter how much you try, it all adds pressure on her and as you say she is stubborn nothing will work until she is ready. All you can do is help her want to help herself by being there to listen to her. If your...
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    Desparately need answers

    I think your problems have been answered. You say you eat healthily but you do not say what you are eating. If you are eating low calorie, fat free foods then you are not helping yourself. Your stomach is not satisfied because it needs healthy fats. You are looking for a miracle cure that...
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    Desparately need answers

    I would recommend you slow down and breathe. 3 weeks is not long enough for the metformin to start working. It needs time to build up in your system. There is nothing you are doing wrong except panicking. Stress also rises blood sugars. Stress also makes you hungry as you are getting ready...
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    Weekly weigh in - Fridays

    Fridays weigh in was 1lb lost this week
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    Dawn Phenomenon - good or bad?

    Im not saying the liver does not process higher blood sugars during the night. What I am saying is its from food being digested during the night. Its not some mystical body function just processing sugar from nothing.
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    Desparately need answers

    I think one of the hardest messages to get your head around is to eat more fat to feel less hungry. We are constantly being told not to eat fat or reduce the fat. Olives, avocados, nuts as well as some meat are the way to feel less hungry. They do not alter your blood sugars so eventually if...
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    Weekly weigh in - Fridays

    I seem to have missed a few weigh ins, Im blaming the dietician missing my appointments lol. Ill be back on fridays.
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    Dawn Phenomenon - good or bad?

    I am thinking the dawn phenomenon is a myth and is more to do with what we are eating. Or rather the liver dump is the myth. For example liquids take 20-30 mins for the digestive process to work and increase blood sugars, fruit/veg/grains carbohydrates take 20mins-3hrs-8hrs roughly depending on...
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    Veg Dodgers!!

    Saw a lovely vegetarian recipe for sweet potatoes. 1 can of chopped tomatoes, tablespoon of sun dried tomatoes, tablespoon of tomato paste, olives, rosemary, sweet potato wedges, feta cheese. Mixed together in a roasting dish, bake and serve. Would imagine this would work for cauliflower, or...
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    Veg Dodgers!!

    What type of lentils are giving you 30g of fiber? Standard ones are usually 8g per 100g boiled or were yours 100g dried? 20g of carbohydrates in a 100g boiled is a lot for some people 100g dried lentils must be the answer now Ive looked up raw lentils. 60g of carbohydrate is definately a large...
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    Approved Photographic Documentary about Sugar

    You are compounding the problem if you solo concentrate on sugars. Its not just sugars that are the problem. Like BeccyB said if you are in a hypo you do actually need sugars. Its all about moderation. Most of the media is concentrating on sugar when in fact its the high carbohydrates that...
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    9 Bars and Low Carb Diet Question

    Given that we can have cheese (in small quanities) and there are sugar substitutes, I do not see why you could not have a cheese cake without the base biscuit. Eggs cream and cheese sweetener and vanilla extract baked = baked cheesecake. Just dont go mad with the size of it and have it as a treat.
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    New Type 2 that took me by surprise

    No I used to but found they really didnt help me at all.
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    Weekly weigh in - Fridays

    700 calories per day for 6 months is not an awful lot. The 800 calories per day diet is for only 8 weeks and then you have to increase the calories. Are you sure you are eating enough foods?
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    Weekly weigh in - Fridays

    I hear what you are saying but Ive done it all before. Ive been training in the gym for an hour a day, I know I get bored and stop. I prefer riding my bike outside but the winter is not the best time for me to do this. I used to go swimming but then they closed the pool down. I do not find...
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    9 Bars and Low Carb Diet Question

    So long as you are still eating carbs, it is very hard to lose weight. Carbs are the first food to be processed in the digestion. Once they are digested they turn on the "Im hungry cravings". It is far easier to stick with the fats and proteins because they take longer to digest and do not...