Recent Content by Grillpan

Thanks guys I thought that just cutting out sweats/chocolate and eating reduced carbs in a “normal” diet would be enough but I think that’s not the case now. As you all rightly suggest, time to have another look at that diet.

Hey Folks Some time since my last post but I follow intently. I was diagnosed type2 just about 11 months ago, 19.5 stone, didn’t excersize and inhaled chocolate daily I am 40 years old. On day 1 of the diagnoses I quit eating chocolate or any sweets completely, went on a diet of around...

You have covered it for sure, diet is highest on the list according to my Doctor. The only thing you can look into is the type of exercise that you want to get into. Walking is good as is cycling, I would avoid jogging depending on your age, weight and previous exercise history. It’s really...

I was able to get a meter on prescription. I have no idea how to manage a low carb diet, I really am uneducated on what to eat. I am working through it but I still really have no idea, sometimes I will pick up something that i believe is healthy but when I read the numbers on the RDA's it turns...

Hey there, I am pretty new here but I had my nurses visit last week and I asked the same question to her. I don’t eat breakfast either. She said to me that metformin works better on when taken with food but it can be taken without it. So I guess it depends on how effective you need it to be...

Hey Folks Still new to all this but I have been given a Nexus GlucoRx by my the Nurse, I have done 4 tests over the last two days and the only result I get is the error message E-U. I have checked the book and all it says is to do another test with a new strip. Has anyone else had this...

Doc said I was quite young for a type 2. At the moment I am 19st and 6ft. I have never put any stock in BMI as at 30 I was 15st with a 34inch waist and able to do a ten mile run in under an hour and was still classed as overweight. I am not the type of build that is ever going to be 11st. Mick...

Thanks guys, I am a little confused though the Doctor gave me a book that said I should have a balanced diet but that I should go high on Carbs, it read complex carbs like Potatoes and pasta and rice being the main thing to eat and to avoid simple carbs, which I guess is a bag of Haribo. I have...

I was diagnosed type 2 a week ago and I have my first visit with the nurse this Thursday. The doc said that my blood sugar level was 23.7 having had the blood test at the hospital. They are not sure how long my blood sugar was as high as it is at the moment. I don’t drink all that much so my...