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Melanzane parmigiana (parmesan baked aubergine) is served in good Italian restaurants, also fish (or meat) dishes with 'normal' veg so limited carbs there. When i was at a pizza party I ate a quarter of the pizza base (we were served one oven baked pizza each) but scooped all of the toppings...

Yes cutting carbs isn't always easy I am finding. i have 4 grandchildren locally to me and am often tempted by the crusts of bread they like cut off for their sandwiches etc - or a left over piece of pizza.... I have been a vegetarian for 44 years so wouldn't change that now but and in the last...

Breakfast: 50g Eat Natural low sugar granola with home-made plain yoghurt Lunch: portion of home-made low carb fish pie ( no sauce, that was replaced by leeks / grated courgettes, a little sour cream and spoon of wine!) with a little sweet potato topping and some french beans Snack: 2 slices...

Thanks - I will have a look at that and have a diabetic nurse appointment soon so can follow it up then

What is the NHS funded low-carb programme you mention? I have had virtually no help from the NHS locally to me.

Sounds fabulous! do you keep to around 50g carbs per day?

How do other veggie folk with pre-diabetes plan their meals? Anyone know of a good carbs counter app that contains all the veggie foods rather than meat...?

Thank you. No one has advised me to do finger pricks or otherwise monitor blood sugars so I feel very in the dark on a day to day basis about how I am going on, which is anxiety-provoking - I feel I need a CHO chart which includes GI scores and clear advice eg take 100-150g CHO per day (or...

Hello folks, I was diagnosed pre-diabetic in August last year with HbA1c @42 and got it down to 37 in 3 months by doing a very low carb diet. And lost a stone in the process taking my BMI down to 23.6 from 25. The only advice I was given about how to maintain a normal blood sugar range going...