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We love to hear success stories from the community, and this one from Forum user Mel dCP is particularly inspiring. After adopting a keto diet she’s halved her HbA1c in just three months. Congratulations, Mel!

Read Mel’s story

Sharps bin charge

A woman with type 1 diabetes was left “fuming” after her local council started charging to collect sharps bins.

Replacing sharps bins

Pre-surgery keto boost

Eating a ketogenic diet for 4 weeks aided weight loss in obese patients scheduled for weight loss surgery, a study says.

Why keto boosts metabolism

Heart of the solution

The drug canagliflozin (marketed as Invokana) has shown to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death in people with type 2 diabetes.

What is canagliflozin?

NHS staff confusion

“On low carb I have lost 2 stone. But I remain confused,” says a forum member, adding that “NHS staff all have their own views.”

NHS and T2 treatment

Liquid courage

We’ve set a hydration challenge to coincide with Nutrition and Hydration Week which involves drinking 6-8 glasses of fluid a day. Up for it?

Who’s on board?

Take a look at some of today's top threads:

01  Sugar tax anyone?
02  Increasingly frustrated by GP
03  Dealing with illness
04  Love my dietician!
05  Libre questions.
06  Any one gone private?
07  Easter Eggs
08  Tresiba
09 Woman’s world
10 Prescription Costs

There are 1,623,520 posts from 266,403 members in the forum right now.

Did you know: that 96% of questions get their first response in 4 minutes! Login to join the conversation or sign-up and start a thread here.

What we're eating

What we're reading

Glucose and the brain

A link between long-term high blood sugar levels and cognitive decline has been observed in a new study.

Explaining the link

Not just a diet

Meg’s new in-depth piece investigates whether a Mediterranean diet can improve symptoms of depression.

Diet and depression

Have a great day,

PS. HbA1c and FBG - Who controls who?

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