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Woah! It's good that I have hardly ever drunk Coke.

Thank you! That is good to know; I've kind of wondered.

What is DP, please?

Thank you very much! This is very helpful : )

Any ideas why my blood sugar count is sometimes higher in the morning before I've had anything to eat or drink, than it was at least two hours after my meal and drink (apart perhaps from peppermint tea or water) just before going to bed? I have not been diagnosed as diabetic by the GP, but my...

She said that my levels were going up over probably a year in the fasting tests I did with my blood tests with the GP in Australia: 5.2, 5.5, 5.7, then last one in September higher again (though I don't know what), then more recently in the UK they didn't do a fasting glucose (despite my...

Thank you for the confirmation!

Yes, I've heard that too, so I did hesitate, but wanted to put it out there. You have reminded me I need to check whether my 44 year old daughter meant cholesterol when she said carbohydrate. She changed from Rice Bubbles breakfast to scrambled eggs as part of her sensible, supervised weight...

That's interesting, as my cholesterol level returned to the 7.3 is was three or four years ago before I added some things, subtracted others and modified and it reduced to 5.7. However, now both the practice nurse in UK and my nutritionist in Aus are happy with it because my good is high...

Thank you, Mrs T. I do like eggs, about to have one with my dinner, but I am also aware of cholesterol.

Thank you very much for this assurance. It's somewhat baffling and roller coaster of understanding. Such is nature!

Thank you so much for your thoughtful listening, knowledge and your care. My answer to your last message got lost (I'm not getting the system quite right!). I think that HbA1c test is what the retired diabetic nurse told me I may need later, depending on my trials. Apart from one time 4 or 5...

Thank you for all your interest and considered thoughts, Dr Snoddy. The person who supervised me with my first self-test is a colleague of a relative, and before he retired he was very involved with a diabetic clinic for a wide area. He very much doubted the concern, until my first reading of...

Sorry, autocorrect. I meant Daibell