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lilla I have the occasional hot chocolate and a drink, I will have spirits with soda, tonic or zero sugar mixer. Hot chocolate drink 1/2 mug double cream 1/4 mug water and add milk to make up 1/2 mug. 1 teaspoon of cocoa. 2 squares of 85% dark chocolate. Add cream and milk/water to pan and whisk...

You're never alone on here Lilla, I found that out months ago when I was first diagnosed, This forum and these great people helped me immensely and kept my boat floating. You will get used to the Idea after a while and things won't look so gloomy, do yourself a favour and read through the posts...

Just looking at them has my BG meter bouncing around the table.

Cobra3164 you think you got problems!!! I have a tesco bag full to overflowing next to the bed where the wife has confiscated sweets of little fellow, and a massive bowl of sweets down stairs that she was handing to kiddies that knocked, only thing, this year only about 10 knocked? so loads of...

Mine is dropping now 5.7 amazing what a few sweeties can do, god knows what it must have been running at back in the day's when eating a jumbo bar of dairy milk chocolate was a passion of mine. ekkkkkk scary :evil: :evil: :evil:

Wow 7.7mmol, thats lifting the roof for me, I am normally 5.4-5.8 2 hours after my Dinner. best behave myself me thinks. :oops: :oops:

Yep my evening has kinda turned into a major train wreck, It all started with a small packet of lovehearts, then progressed to a bag of cashews and raisins, then it just turned really wild !!! I had 3 chocolate limes, 5 jellies and swizzles lollipop, I need rehab now. I will check my BG in a bit...

Reading on from the link GraceK posted it has all the symptoms of Seborrheic Dermatitis, The cause of seborrheic dermatitis is unclear, though it is has been linked to genetic or environmental factors. Pityrosporum ovale, a species of yeast normally found in hair follicles, has been proposed...

My GP said he was going to refer me to dermatologist last time I went, but then decided on more cream and give it a couple of months. Noblhead No I have not done anything or changed anything, I know Biological soap kicks off my eczema, I did think of shingles but then as catherinechrub mentions...

Here is my problem, and it started months ago. At first I thought it had something to do with my wedding ring, (No not the wife or being married) I got an itching rash in between my finger on left hand, I do sometimes have eczema that comes and goes but normally on my arm and I can go months...

It's difficult to see what he is exactly getting at, as he sways away from dairy products inferring to the renal acid load on our kidneys, which he claims causes osteo porosis ? and seem to be saying from what I can see balance your fats between monounsaturated and saturated, I think as a...

I've been reading Loren Cordain's updated paleo diet book. He thinks we should watch out for too much salt, and not eat too much saturated fat. I'm not sure if they are a big problem or not. what is the concensus.

Yep don't eat them !! I do occasionally get the carb cravings, when I do I will have a piece of cheese or a packet of Pork scratchings, I may do something around the house, basically anything that occupies your mind, walk, put on some of your favourite music, it can be like any other addiction...

Typical NHS rhetoric, If you read the forum you will see how often it comes up. Get yourself the SDcodefree they are cheap and perfectly adequate for what most of us type 2's need it for, which is to ascertain what sort of food types cause you problems and which one's are fine to eat, if like me...

Ha ha the more the merrier, but bring your own malt, you can still enjoy yourself with DB as long as you don't go Bananas No pun intended folk's :lol: :lol:

Hi Welsh_Kev, Thats an excellent start, I would say you're getting in the swing of it OK, when I first got diagnosed I dropped my Carbs down to around 30g a day, that was back in the beginning of May, since then I have lost a good few lbs, and am now at my near normal weight, It also never took...

Hi suffolk scouser, Glad your happy with your diagnosis, Step 1/ cut out all sugar and sweets, 2/ Buy glucose monitor as I doubt you will get one of NHS, SDCodefree is cheapest to buy and run, 2/look at the low carb diets and foods on here, 3/ Get stuck in read as much as you can and don't be...

I think a new thread is order of the day, Festive fare and recipes. who's starting it?

Hi Bonny, I have read your story and yes it's an intriguing one, but I don't think many could run up and down stairs for two hours every day, and as you say some that tried encountered problems, I for one used reducing my carbohydrate intake and exercise to gain control and found that to be...

NUT'S I forgot my nut's they are ok to eat. I love Dates too but they are off the goodies list Ohhhh,