Recent Content by amalia

Thanks Freema, MBaker and Avocado Sevenfold for your replies, much appreciated! I am low carbing again and hopefully will have my blood tested again by my GP's practice in about August. When I am back in the UK I am also planning to get myself a blood glucose meter and start occasionally testing...

Forgot to say I am not a vegan!

I am low carbing at the moment and hoping to get my ha1c back to normal as I had a few weeks where I had overdone it on fruit!

I am not a vegan but have prediabetes. Just watched a video on Utube that says a vegan diet can reverse diabetes. So, by definition thought that vegans do not become diabetics. According to this Dr. The reason why the cells of diabetics have resistance to insulin is because they are filled with...

can vegans become diabetic?

thank you!

Does anyone know which is the cheapest way of testing as I have not bought any kit yet, been pre diabetic/normal/prediabetic again for a year and a bit, think now should test but have to buy my own strips as NHS does not pay for pre diabetics. Which are the cheapest strips and meter and lances...

I lowered my HbA1c from 43 to 40 with lower carb diet and lost 10 % of weight. However when on a seven week stay in Asia, ate far too much fruit, mainly mangos and papaya! Large quantities of it as I absolutely love this fruit which is cheap and delicious over there. When I came back to UK...

Well done welseagle, what a success story on self discipline and determination! I had been diagnosed as pre diabetic, started last April low carbing and after 4 months blood sugar normal, have continued and will have another test in Feb, lost 6 kilos. Learnt how to reverse my diagnosis here in...

It has worked for me too. I found at first it was difficult to give up chocolate and bread, rice, potatos, pasta but after two weeks it all became easier! Now 7 months into LCHF don't miss any of it, have lost a stone and find exercising easier. HBA1c normal. So far so good. Wish you the very...

Low carb intake definitely works, I managed to lower my HgA1c from 43 to 40 in three months. I am continuing with this as I feel very well and lost 4.5 kilos. I recommend it! Good luck and best wishes!

40, down from 43

Hi Muslimrose, I was diagnosed pre diabetic too back in April this year and yes, I was shocked too! However by following advice on this site, particularly the avoidance of bread, rice, pasta and potatos and any sweet foods I have managed in three months to reverse the condition to normal. At...

Hi Sampat, I was also surprised when I was told I was pre-diabetic, HbA1c 43. I started reading all about the condition here in the forums and realised that what you eat and the amount of exercise is crucial to reversing the situation. So decided to stop eating all bread, potatoes, pasta, rice...