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Hi Nik, I was offered Statins by my GP but I declined as I am concerned about long term use and possible side effects, I realise the dangers of high Cholestrol but I would prefer to reduce it by more natural means.

This week I received the results of my 4th HbA1c result after being diagnosed T2 in Jan of last year at 8.8%. My latest HbA1c is 6.2 and my Cholestrol is 6.3 however, I'm 6 ft tall, exercise for 45-60 mins every day and weigh just over 11st and currently do not take any medication. My diet does...

My diet is sugar free and very low carb and contains only low GI foods, as a result of this I cannot understand why my HbA1c isn't lower, I have daily records of my test strip results for every meal eaten since diagnosis and in the last 4/5 months it has been mostly 5's sometimes 6's with less...

Hi Geof, yes, I am using the test strips to adjust and monitor my diet, I e-mailed Jenny Ruhl from www.bloodsugar101.com and her reply to my original question was as follows; The A1c is often inaccurate because it isn't directly measuring blood sugar. It's only measuring how much glucose has...

now feeling very confused; I was diagnosed T2 in January of this year, Hba1c 8.8 My recent HbA1c result was 7.2, 3 months before that I had mistakenly thought it was 5.6 however, my local surgery has told me it was the Cholestrol result that was 5.6 and not the HbA1c [which was 7.4] I test...

I was diagnosed T2 in January of this year, my HbA1c was 8.8, I changed my diet and exercised regularly, 3 months later my HbA1c was down to 5.6 with no medication. I have just had the results for my last test result and my HbA1c has gone up to 7.2 [still with no meds] my Cholestrol is up also...

Today my fasting AM test reading was 6.6, I drank a pint of water, had 2 slices of raw Bitter Melon [which usually brings Blood Sugar down with exercise] and went for a 40 minute bike ride with a couple of hills thrown in. When I got back I took another test and it measured 6.6, I did not have...

Hi anti-carb, I'm not doing too bad with my after meal readings so far although it's taken me 7 months to get the numbers down from anywhere between 10 - 17 after a meal to typically 5/6. On diagnosis my HbA1c was 8.8, my Doctor prescribed 1500mg of Metformin daily however, I was concerned...

Being relatively newly diagnosed [7 months] like a lot of people I am keen to prevent Diabetic complications as being in my forties, I still have quite a while left to live with T2. After reading several books on managing T2 Diabetes I am still unclear as to whether Diabetic complications can be...

seemly it is sad, it seems the advice given by the NHS is working against us! If you only test once a week how can you keep tight control of you BG?

Hi Defren, I see your last HbA1c is 4.9! well done you! have you done the Newcastle Diet & did it work for you? are you still on meds?

I was diagnosed T2 in early January this year, my HbA1c was 8.8 On diagnosis my G.P perscribed 3 x 500ml Metformin daily however, I wanted to try and control my T2 with diet and exercise alone as being in my mid 40's I realised I have still got a reasonably long time to live with the condition...