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Yeah I eat meat, vary between red and white but mostly white. That’s sugar intake from added sugar but since the lockdown I have gone over that “15g” rule a few times. I’m also eating more potatoes than I have in the last 3 years. I feel like one!

Scary mate! Bet that was a relief to get sorted. Hope you’re keeping safe and well.

Thanks Pipp. My diet the last 3 years has been gluten free, not much potatoes and I’d try and keep my sugar to 15g a day. Would have a gluten free beer, mixed drink around once or twice a month. With lockdown I have been eating more potatoes as I don’t want to lose weight. Mature cheese I’m...

Thanks for that informative reply! I have a lot of digestion issues and have done since just before my teens. Noticed around 3 years ago gluten doesn’t work with me (blocked nose, stomach pain etc), not too great with a lot of dairy either. Sugar and alcohol leaves me with a blocked nose if my...

Hi Mark, cheers for the reply. I didn’t eat a lot but I suppose the one thing I did eat was quite high in sugar. ****** **** mid-20s! Is type 1 something you always had or just developed it? Post edited by moderator for language

Cheers for the info! It’s something I’d like to have more knowledge of not only for myself (since there’s so much of it in my family) but also so I’ll understand it when I’ll be looking after my dad a bit more as the years go on.

Hello, hope everyone is keeping safe and well. I’m a 34yo male, 6’0” and just over 11stone. My father, nan, 2 aunts and 2 uncles all have type-2 diabetes and my mother is prediabetic. I ate a macaroon earlier (13g of sugar) and around 20 minutes later felt “off”, anxious and a bit lightheaded...