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Right, final set of blood work was done after 2 weeks of normal eating and 4 weeks on the low cal low carb diet. Starting HbA1c was 68 End HbA1c was 48 So down 20 in just over a month, and a 6kg weight loss. Going forward, I’m increasing my calories to about 1400 and sticking to the low carb...

Thank you. I thought it must be something along those lines. It is interesting to understand it in more detail.

The interesting thing about this study is that it wants to see if it is the low carb or the weight loss that has an impact on the figures, so it sounds like the official view may be changing, albeit slowly. I was just so glad I got this offer as it seems to have really changed things. What I...

Thank you. It is the Libre 2 plus. I have been using an app to plan my meals to make sure I stay under the 1k and also to try to keep the total carbs at about 50 or even under.

Hi, this is my first thread and I wanted to have a rant/make some observations about my general experiences with Type 2. Sorry it might be a bit long. I was diagnosed just before lockdown, I can’t remember what my first HA1c was but it was high. I had the usual stern talk about not eating cakes...

He takes one tablet each morning. The difference is amazing. Before, no pain killers would touch it.

My OH has gout - his is hereditary (not sure it all is) as soon as he started allopurinol the pain went and has not come back - in years