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Well, I have just worked out that my sugar consumption through lucozade prior to diagnosis was around 336 tea spoons of sugar a week - this is around 1360 grams = 1.36 Kg of sugar a week - I wonder if stopping this has been a help in lowering my BG readings??? Scary really, looking back what a...

Hi, I have never worked out how many spoons of sugar I was consuming with the Lucozade - I should should imagine it would be quite scary!

After being diagnosed as type 2 3-4 weeks ago I had been so concerned about a life on medication (I am 39). Its amazing how the doctor can motivate you to a life change!! After 3 weeks of going to the gym and eating healthy food (as well as cutting out my 12 - 16 500Ml bottles of original...

Hi Witan, I am not on any medication - in fact I have not yet seen the diabetic nurse (I have an appointment next week) As soon as it became clear that there maybe a problem I started to test myself to monitor my owm BG levels and to see for myself which foods, exercise etc had the biggest...

Hi All, Any clue? I have recently been diagnosed as type 2 (aparently very boarderline pre diabetes) 0.1 point into diabetic levels. Firstly, on Sat I tested at lunch before my meal (after an hour at the gym earlier in the day) 5.8 which i was pleased about - that night had a meal at the...

Hi Rob, Thats great news - as somebody who has just been diagnosed - can you give me further information on how you have managed to acheive this? I also hope that I can avoid the medications for as long as possible with diet and life style change Darren

Hi All, Firstly, I would like to thank whoever set this site up, as somebody who is newly diagnosed there are so many conflicting pieces of information its good to find somewhere reliable. I am still in the process of being diagnosed for diabetes, I am still awaiting the results of my glucose...