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I have been battling resistant hypertension and my partner has familial high cholesterol so we have not had salt or sugar in the house for years. Everything is cooked from scratch with plenty of herbs and spices for flavour. My blood pressure since I started on insulin has been normal and I have...

Does anyone else struggle with the terms Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes? I am a Biomedical Scientist and have worked in the NHS for 40 years as a microbiologist. Last July a month before my 60th birthdaday I was diagnosed Type 1 diabetic (1.5 LADA). Like most healthcare professionals I immediatly...

I find the carbs in gram flour (ground chick peas) and sweet potato are released more slowly for me so I don't get a sharp spike, but I'm Type 1.5 LADA in the 'honeymoon' period so still probably producing some of my own insulin. Getting by with just 37IU basal Lantus a day.

Any tips for a low carb / low GI Christmas dinner? I've been making mung bean stuffing, boiled mung beans in stock then drained and mixed with sage and onion and wrapped in bacon. Sweet potato cubes, rolled in rape seed oil and then tossed in gram flour with a teaspoon of garlic powder. Baked...

I was diagnosed LADA July 31, a month before my 60th birthday. HbA1C was 125 BG 24 and immediately started on basal Lantus insulin. GAD antibodies are negative. So still trying to get tested for C-peptide and other autoantibodies. Now 4 months later with low carb diet, 36 units a night of...

I test before and after (90 mins to hour) after eating and before and after sleep. With LADA the eyelet cells usually die off more slowly than early onset Type 1 so we are still producing some insulin. I am on basal long acting Lantus 36 units at night and controlling the carbs to around 30g to...

Diagnosed July 31st, HbA1C 124 and BG was 27, they detected glucose in my urine at my hypertension appt. Checking back they realised they missed my HbA1C of 78 last February. I work in the hospital and they immediately sent me around to the diabetes clinic an and told with HbA1C changes like...

Hi, I was diagnosed at the end of July and immediately started on insulin. After two weeks my eyesight got progressively worse. I attended Morefield eye hospital A&E and they said I had cataracts compounded by the change on osmotic pressure in my eyes and suggested I get a cheap pair of specks...

Hi, I am newly diagnosed LADA, I found the following table very helpful. I do not have have GAD antibodies so I probably have other autoantibodies. I am still trying to get my C-Peptides tested as this will give some idea how much insulin I am still producing. The bloods to be tested have to...

3.8 when I got up this morning, oops! Immediately had toast and Marmite and a mug of tea. Had carbonara last night with white pasta so I cut down on the portion size. I’ll stick to the red lentil pasta much lower GI and works better for me.

Newly diagnosed Type 1 ((LADA) at the end of July and immediatly put on basal insulin (Lantus). Started ag 10 units and increase by one unit every 3 days untill I got my average weely glucose down to 5.8. HbA1C at the end of November was 37mml. To help get control I invested in the oldest iPhone...