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Ooooh that still sounds amazing! Thankfully a few spuds didn't send me over 2mmol of my pre-meal measurement so can have them if I choose to but will still make the effort not to, it's more a case now of being able to resist them haha

Hi Jo, thanks for this, much appreciated! I'll have a good look at the link you sent later on when I get on my break. Glad I'm doing what seems to be the right thing and thanks for explaining the morning spike I'm having, which sounds like it's fairly normal so would effect all diabetics...

Thanks for this reply Kenny, makes a lot of sense so will definitely look at testing before and after meals, especially ones that I've not eaten yet since starting lower carb eating. Thanks again

Hi Jo123, thanks for this, it's definitely something I'll look into doing, thanks for replying :)

So, as we were discussing this, a little update on the meal yesterday in which I experimented a little bit given I wanted to see how my body reacted as you suggested... The meal consisted of roast chicken, broccoli, carrot, green beans, onion sauce, 3 roast potatoes, 2 chipolatas and gravy...

Hi there, thanks for this, very helpful. I don't think I'm really helping myself by diving into it all myself as I haven't even had my initial call with Liva yet but the diabetes nurse I spoke to only gave very brief information. I'll definitely look at testing pre and post meals though...

Morning all, I've recently been diagnosed with prediabetes with a HbA1c reading of 44 so bang in the middle of the prediabetic range. I've had a brief discussion with a diabetes nurse but haven't really been given much information to work with and have found many contradicting sources on the...