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Well done! That's brilliant! It's amazing how quickly the change can happen if you go low carb and stick to it. I understand the complications you have, and it could be you are doing the best you can given those issues, but sometimes even small changes in diet can make quite a bit difference...

The other thing I meant to say was, I just try and view carbs as postively dangerous - which for a Type 2, they are! They're not "treats"...things I now regard as treats are things like keto crackers (have the recipe if you want) smothered in blue cheese (ok, so you may not like blue cheese, so...

Believe me, Laura! I had been overweight my entire life - baby, toddler, teen, young adult. Dieted on and off - VERY occasionally got somewhere near "normal" but straight away went back up again! But this way of eating is SO much easier than any other "diet"...because there is so much really...

Hi Laura I was diagnosed last September. I wieghed 14 st 2lb, had an Hba1c of 68 and fasting glucose of 8.6. I thought I was eating a fairly healthy diet (no ready meals, we cook everything from scratch, my 5 a day, wholemeal, pulses etc) so GP suggested Metformin, but I had vaguely heard...

Normal is normal. If you're diabetic and your Hba1c is over 41, then it's not "normal", it's diabetic (or pre-diabetic, but that's NOT normal). Often diabetes nurses talk about lowish levels being "normal" for diabetics, which in a sense they are, because if you follow the NHS guidelines...

Hi ToveyKath, I am doing my best to spread the word, and in fact have become an ambassador for the PHC - Public Health Collaboration (https://phcuk.org/ if you want to read more). I am hoping to participate in setting up a diabetes management group in my local practice in an effort to turn...

Hi Eggs11. Yes, I did stick to 800 a day for about 3 months - from mid september til Christmas. I also ate low carb over christmas (indulged with some 85% chocolate, and more blue cheese than I should have...but otherwise low carb - no roast potato or parsnip, no pud, pies, etc). I'm now on...

Wonderful to hear of a GP who has taken on board all the research indicating that low carb is the best option for most Type 2's. Fortunately, there is a growing number of GPs and diabetes nurses who ARE suggesting this. I was diagnosed in September (Hb1ac 68, Fasting glucose 8.6) I weighed 14...

By the way, I don't think they are Type 1s - they identify as Type 2 in their postings! Talking of type 1s though, there is a lot of work going on currently with Type 1 as well, and adopting a lower carb approach. Obviously, it's a different thing, and has to be much more rigorously...

I presume eventually they will, when they realise that people aren't eating their products any more. Ok, in an ideal world we'd all, always, cook from scratch...but there are times when it's not easy...and low carb ready meals have to be an option at some point. Interestingly, out of the 11...

My bad cholesterol is down, and my triglycerides reduced from 7 (way above normal) to 1.6, so I'm off the meds I'd been taking for over 30 years (high triglycerides are NOT caused by fats in the diet, but sugars, and that has been known for decades - my consultant told me that early not long...

Great to see someone else eating the low carb way! Skimmed down the postings and amazed at how many people are eating banana (VERY high in sugars!), bread, crackers , rice, etc etc. I find it such a no-brainer to eat low carb (NO bread, rice, pasta, potatoes, etc etc) and put Type 2 in...

I was diagnosed in September with Type 2 (Hb1ac 64, fasting glucose 8.6. In addition, my cholesterol was 5.6 and triglycerides 7.6 - which is high, and largely due, I believe, unlike cholesterol, to carbs, not fats). I decided, rather than start on Metformin, to start Michael Mosely's Blood...

I was diagnosed at the beginning of September this year and my fasting glucose was 8.4 and Hb1ac 64. I've been doing Michael Moseley's BSD; I've lost almost 3 stone and my tests on Monday came back with Hb1ac of 32, Fasting glucose 4.1, plus my cholesterol was down to 3.3 (previously been...