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For low carb/keto no milk or very little. Milk is high in carbs (lactose). For me it's none. I put double cream in my hot drinks (half the carbs of milk and twice as delicious). For calcium I eat lots of cheese which has the added bonus of being fermented. Some Greek yoghurt is fairly low...

I test my bg every morning before eating anything. Seeing a low number is a bigger treat than anything I could eat, and the glow lasts all day,whereas the delight of eating doesn't last very long at all. I adapt the old saying, "A moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips". I passionately...

Science has moved on. It is no longer thought (at least by the more up to date) that cheese raises cholesterol.

Are you trying to keep down to a certain number of carbs? If so, how many will influence whether you want to eat honey or not. I am trying to keep to 10-20g carbs a day so all sugar is off the menu for me. Some argue that fructose is worse for our health than other sugars BECAUSE it is...

Get and use a glucose meter, either finger prick or continuous. That will tell you all you need to know about your personal reactions to foods.

I use the supermarkets' online shopping sites to research the carb content of foods. It saves all that putting on of reading glasses and peering while I block the aisle with my trolley.

I suggest that when you up the dose you go carefully and listen to your body. I chose to start taking Metformin years ago. I gradually worked up from a very low dose to 2g daily, which is the max prescribed. I took each tablet with a meal. That worked fine for me for years. Eventually...

Starches ARE carbs. Have a look at Dr Unwin's Sugar spoons infographic. You could experiment with removing most carbs from all meals and snacks, not just from breakfast. The results could tell you a lot. Books to read are Dr Richard K Bernstein's "Diabetes Solution", Keith Runyan's "Master...

This happened to me too. Unbelievable! Today a GP told me that they will not do a C Peptide test until you are diagnosed full diabetic. Many years ago I had a private C Peptide test which showed borderline low with quite a high fasting bg. I was told this signified either advanced T2 or...

Are you sure? My understanding is that the patient has the right to ask to be referred for free to another NHS doctor or specialist. (Or to a private one, but then you have to pay.) I got myself referred to a specialist recommended by someone on here. He practised in London and somewhere...

500mg. This is the lowest dose extended release available.

When I ate high carb low fat and suffered terribly from constipation I discovered suppositories. They worked like a charm, very quickly - essentially, as you suggest, as lubrication but also to trigger movement. Nowadays eating low carb, high fat & protein I need neither suppositories nor...

In my past life (before 2017, when I first had an A1c test and realised I needed to lower my bg) I was a dedicated healthy living, Mediterranean, low fat, organic where possible eater. I congratulate myself that at the age of 70 I upended my diet completely, and now eat Keto/very low carb, high...

I'm very interested to read this. I chose to take Metformin, in fact I had to bully my GP to prescribe it for me. For years I happily took the maximum dose extended release 1g x 2 daily. I assumed it must be helping. A few months ago I ran into problems with as you say uncontrollable (and...

Obviously things have moved on since I had my colonoscopies. Maybe anaesthetics wear off faster these days.