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Here's a link to an article about Dry Mouth causes, worth a read. Medications can also be a cause. High bg levels can often cause a feeling of a dry mouth as you get dehydrated so that is something you need to consider. What are your bg levels when you experience this? What medication do...

The odd glass of red wine can be beneficial, not bottles of the stuff though! As for baked beans, lot of carbs there and as far as I am concerned however much fibre they may have or low GI they may be I found that they made my bg levels rise quite significantly! Only way to know really is to...

I dont know what all the fuss is about TBH. I use IE9 and when I first logged in the MP box was there. I hit the arrow on the right hand side of the screen and it vanished. I am able to hide or unhide at will? Is this maybe a problem because of the browsers that people use? I have no problem...

I know just how it feels Hpprkm. My deepest sympathies are with you. One of the hardest things in this life is to let go of friends. animals are some of our most devoted friends. Im glad that you posted of your loss here, we are your friends too and we are all thinking of you in your sad loss...

Thats just my point, the charity (DUK) isn't doing very well as spokespeople for us IMHO so DCUK (the business) could use some of its profits from us and other diabetics and give DUK the 'kick up the backside' I think it deserves. They (DUK) are too complacent and if you try to get support for...

Sorry xyzzy, did I somehow offend you with my opinion? How would I know that I dont agree with something if I hadnt read the thread in the first place? I would have thought it was pretty obvious that was a bit of a 'no brainer' really. Pretty obvious really. :wink:

Protein will also convert to glucose so will push up bg levels although only by about 60% compared to carbs. Might be significant?

So lets keep on at DUK to change their stance, nobody is going to listen to a few dissident voices here and elsewhere however much we stamp and shout! Campaign to get DUK to listen to alternative views and dietary advice to be given an equal billing and let diabetics have a 'real' choice for a...

What gets me about all this is that the organisation we should be looking to as a voice for all diabetics to try and get good dietary advice on an individual basis gives out the same rubbish advice as the NHS. That organisation? Diabetes UK. Yet here we have them asking us to join their...

Well done to you xyzzx. Nice to see that low carbing is being touted around the UK a bit more. Mind you, Im not sure that I would class less than 60g per day as true low carbs? However if it works for you, good on you. I have been low carbing for some time at less than 40-50 max at the behest...

To be perfectly honest, no it doesn't suggest neuropathy to me at all. What it does suggest though is that if you were using your hands flying a kite (dunno where the feet come into things btw?) then that could have been the reason for your finger tingling and going white, because the...

Agree with the above posters. Aspike in double figures is not something I would find acceptable. My usual 1 hr is around 7ish and no more than 7 after 2 hrs. Sometimes I stick within that limit I have set myself, sometimes it strays just outside. I dont lose too much sleep if it hits 8 or so but...

:lol: :lol: :lol: Love your reply to jopar Dillinger. Mind you I am also of the mind that if you havent been diagnosed with any sort of a deficiency then why take a supplement for somthing you are only guessing you have a deficiency of? seems very wasteful and counter productive as...

I tried that stuff. Apart from the fact the odd taste was not to my liking it was still too high in carbs, enough to send my levels upwards into double figures. As for it being low GI thats as may be but it still had a detrimental effect on my bg levels just a bit later than the 2 hr test. I...

Hi Mary. Thank you for the welcome. I should have joined sooner really. Been an avid 'guest' for several years and always checked here if there was anything I needed to know. My last HbA1c was 5.8 and all my daily readings are just fine thanks. Nice to meet you, :)

Hi Lauraann. ((((((((HUGS))))))) I can only imagine how you must be feeling. Nothing worse than being demoralised and feeling deflated. So now, the only way is up. Get back to basics, forget what is the best bread. IMHO ANY bread is not a good thing, I gave up bread totally a while ago but now...

Good post hanadr. Life is all about choices and diabetes is all part of life, for some of us anyway!

Not so sure I agree, I posted my result on there this morning but then began to wonder if I should have. I.m one of those fortunate people who dont have any other problems, fit and healthy apart from diabetes. My view is that seeing all those people possibly like myself posting obviously low...

Hi Daisy. Thank you very much for that. Yes, I have seen it before but I think it is really helpful and full of good tips for all those new, or even not so new to diabetes. I think it is great the way you welcome people btw, you must be very dedicated to do such a thing. I think I have been...

Re: Type 2's : What was your fasting blood glucose in a morn This morning before 6 mile run, 4.6. After 4.8. Nae bad for starters, hearty breakfast and then 2 hrs later 5.1