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We have all sorts of salad, mushrooms, chicken, the occasional steak or lamb chop, wholemeal pasta mixed with zucchini noodles, Occasional sour dough brown bread. Occasional basmati mixed with konjac rice. vegetable soups, stews, lentils, beans and chickpeas, occasional bacon. fish, prawns...

Thanks guys. No she has not had covid since last year and only had a very mild infection. She also had a covid booster shot back in April. I control the diet and generally try to keep it between 50 and 100gms of carbs a day. It is usually closer to the 50gms. This has been the same for the last...

My partner is type 2 diabetic and, with a sensible low carb diet, has the diabetes under control. In October 2021 HbA1c 41 on just metformin and diet. This rose to 52 in Jan 2022, probably with excesses over Christmas. The GP gave her some Glic to bring it down and Feb 2023 it was back to 45. I...

Has anyone heard of any benefits for taking palmitic acid supplements for type 2 diabetes?

I had a similar problem two years ago. I would get sudden sharp pains which could be crippling. Other times it would be an ache. After x-rays, scans, including a gallium scan, my doctor reckoned that I had a bone infection and prescribed a course of antibiotics over two months. Touch wood, the...

Took the bull by the horns and decided to see what cutting Gliclazide would do. Currently taking two which was half the dose from January. Had a roast dinner last night and this morning bloods were 6.1. Breakfast was some porridge and fresh berries. Took half a Gliclazide. Two hours late blood...

Bloods are being checked every morning and can be anything from 4.5 through 6's usually although, if fallen off the wagon the night before, they occasionally hit high 7's. Also check bloods two hours after introducing a new food that has carbs. Always try the new food in moderation and have yet...

My partner is type2 and has been for about 20 years. We have been working hard to reduce the carbs she consumes since the start of this year. She had been taking 3 Metformin and 4 Gliclazide daily. Since working on cutting carbs, her HbA1c has fallen and on the last test was 24, this despite...