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    Thank you Diabetes!!!

    I'm still not frequenting this site very much, my choice (and sanity) but thought I would pop back and 'report in' a year on as @mariavontrapp requested. Just to let you know Maria, - I'm still not diabetic - my hba1c is 40. Gone up a bit, but still not in the zone - probably cos my diet is...
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    Another Article To Flog Something And Keep Slowly Killing People!

    I thought the article was in the main quite well balanced and factual. However, and as usual, just because there isn’t advocacy of LCHF the Dr is immediately branded an ‘idiot’! A little unfair perhaps. As for ‘something to flog’ maybe I missed that one, but I couldn’t see what they are...
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    If you are in a chocolate store to buy a gift, and the cashier offers you a free chocolate,

    I think that is perhaps a generalisation, and can kinda see where the Diabetes UK quote comes from. As alluded to, very occasionally I will have a ‘junk’ meal, and very occasionally I may also have the odd choccy or 2. I don’t do it all the time, and nor do I want to .... and maybe if I had done...
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    If you are in a chocolate store to buy a gift, and the cashier offers you a free chocolate,

    @RW47, I will probably be in a minority here, but as a T2 I agree with your sentiment. My answer most of the time is quite simply ‘no thank you’. Very occasionally, and if it something I would really like them I will say ‘thank you yes please, and enjoy this occasional treat .... I think that’s...
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    Itv The Fat Fix: Diabetes

    @Margaretearle2 well done on your approach, I hope you achieve success. You are not alone in here, but in a minority. This is a site that advocates the LCHF approach and for many frequent posters in here this is the only way to beat diabetes with most other approaches dismissed, derided or...
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    Got Rid Of Diabetes Type 2 - This Is How

    @diabetes Free Many congratulations on your success ... enjoy your treat! Just to let you know that your amazing success IS sustainable! ... I am testament to that. 2 years ago, I was in your shoes and did exactly what you have done, eat healthily and ‘kick the butt’ out of the phys. I have...
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    What question would annoy you the most?

    I completely agree - good call!
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    What question would annoy you the most?

    It’s very simple no one ever asks me silly questions - for the simple reason nobody knows. Why on earth do I have a need to say anything. There is no medical or clinical reason why I need to tell anyone. My health is MY business not theirs! I realise I am fortunate in that (currently) I take...
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    Remission?

    @MikeyU well done. Remission / reversed / well controlled .... it’s just semantics! ....,, bottom line is, you’re now ‘healthy’ probably more so than most of the population - what a feeling eh..... and long may it stay that way. H
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    8 weeks in and need a little advice

    @mastrs, first of all well done for getting to grips with this and your approach sounds very sensible. You will get a huge amount of conflicting advice from your NHS staff ... and in here. Take it all in and do what is right for YOU - that is the only thing I will tell you you MUST do! My...
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    Type 2 Beer

    @Bigbumcooper ...., a pragmatic approach, good call. I soooo love Whitby, but not been for a couple of years. Intend to go sometime this this summer with the ‘memsahib’ and dog. I’m looking forward to a couple of drinks in the Dolphin and definately a visit to the Magpie for fish and chips ...
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    Type 2 Beer

    Well done @Bigbumcooper Like you I love my Lager - but too much .... probably one of the reasons I ended up here! As I have said before, I had a long standing affair with Stella, but we split up. I now have a nice relationship with Gordon ... and a few Beefeaters!!! I do however still see...
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    NHS - Biscuits For Recovery

    I wouldn’t have had 2-3 biscuits ...... but would have had 1 ..... perhaps just as many other healthy people would probably do! As other posters have said, life continues for all around, why make a song and dance about it. Bottom line is, if you don’t want one - politely decline, as probably...
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    Bread ... why?

    @Pinkorchid hussar!!! ..... well done absolute common sense! I find Hovis lower carb bread VERY tasty ... in fact far more tasty than the white stodge I used to eat. I also enjoy Burgen Bread ..., I use both for the occasional sandwich and toastie ..... shock horror!!!!! Both work for me so if...
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    Reversed diabetes

    I see you are from the wild north of Scotland @paulus1 . You don't know James Frazer do you?? Though he emigrated south a few years ago and now lives on the coast in place called Walmington On Sea???
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    Reversed diabetes

    I visit the site so infrequently now, and admit it has no doubt helped shape my new life, and am grateful for much advice , but find myself somewhat at odds with the sometimes evangelical and puritanical nature of a few folk here. well done @jcbman, your achievement is great, and please don't...
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    One year after T2 diagnosis

    @midnightrider i am now a very infrequent visitor here for a number or reasons, however I absolutely applaud your journey to date - well done a fantastic effort. My own journey is not dis-similar to yours however my 'starting number' was significantly higher and mine has thankfully never...
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    Your a diabetic you can't have sugar

    Clearly I am completely off kilter here!! .... I am soooooo reassured that my diagnosis had nothing whatsoever to do with the fact I ate too much - of the wrong things, drank too much of the wrong stuff and took my health for granted and did hardly any exercise! .... it is frustrating to know...
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    Your a diabetic you can't have sugar

    @MikeTurin - I did state that in the majority - not all, diet and poor lifestyle are the causes, how on earth can you say it is false! There are many who smoke ... not all will succumb to lung cancer ..... but many will. On your premise is it too much of a generalisation to suggest that...
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    Your a diabetic you can't have sugar

    It is a well understood fact thst T2D IS a condition caused by poor diet, lack of exercise and obesity - the clinical evidence is there. Whilst I also acknowledge there are a minority (I think the figure is 20%) for whom thst is very sadly not the case. I don't think Michelle Dewberry is...