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Thank you! I thought I'd see how it went with wholegrain pasta. I had pesto and pancetta with it.

I'm really sorry to be asking a question again but I'm struggling to fully understand what I'm doing. I used the metre for first time and prior to eating my level was 4.7. When I tested again 2 hours later my level was 12. I'd also done a 30 minute walk after my dinner. Can you help me to...

Thank you so much. I've purchased a monitoring system. I think seeing what works for me is the first step. I'll keep you posted!

So advice for a healthy balanced diet doesn't get remission? I'd decided to switch to wholegrain carbs and reduce portions. Increase fruit/veg and go low fat. This seems to be the standard NHS advice. On here I'm seeing that I should look to cut out carbs, don't worry too much about fat and...

I'm not taking any medication and was simply told to exercise and eat healthy. My confusion is the eat healthy advice given by NHS and on Diabetes uk learning zone, differs from what people with diabetes recommend. I just feel confused by it all.

Thank you! I've started to do some walking and aiming for 30 mins each evening during the week and longer on weekends.

Thank you so much for this. I've been bamboozled by contradictory advice and appreciate you taking the time to reply with such good advice.

Thank you. I took the advice of switching to wholegrain, increasing fruit/veg intake and going for low fat. I clearly need to look at this again.

Thank you! I'll have a look at the link!

Thank you. I think I've fallen into the brown carb mistake by thinking I could simply swap to whole grain. I'd be best to just cut out the carbs?

Thank you for your reply. I've went out and bought whole grain bread, pasta etc and increased my fruit intake but this sounds like the wrong approach? Cutting out the carbs is the key?