Recent Content by Ian090

It's a year since I had my T2 confirmation It's been a difficult year as it was also confirmed I had hemochromatosis which has caused other damage However although at the time I thought it was hopeless & any change was beyond me I decided to take control After reading on here & other places I...

Full fat milk has less sugar than reduced fat I've discovered anything that is labelled low fat, low sugar or vegan is highly processed and full of carbs Oat milk is an absolute no no I have one coffee a day with full fat milk it makes a small spike of around 1.0 then it down

I was where you are at the end of December albeit my A1C was lower. I felt overwhelmed,angry and worried. It's normal I think. For me I read what people wrote on here, looked at the work of Dr Unwin and also resources on YouTube. There is lots of good stuff out there Also listen to your medical...

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In late December I was diagnosed as a T2 A1C 53 and I was 136kgs. Now I am A1C 37 and 108.5kgs In this time I've spent 24 days on holiday on cruise ships To help others this is what have I learnt Exercise which I've always done is good for you but doesn't really help you lose weight, only diet...

I was diagnosed with type 2 December last year. Since then I've managed to via low carb diet get my blood sugars under control. A1c was 37 last week and I've lost 26kgs since January 6th However all during this time I've been suffering from headaches & dizzy spells I went for an MRI brain scan &...

In my first month I'm eating full fat Greek yogurt with flax seed, and broken up pecan and walnut To be honest it keeps me going till about 13.00 You can always make a keto mug bread. I sometimes have that with smoked fish or meat It all seems to work well for me

Before the diagnosis I was skipping lunch and eating very late. This was I suspect giving me spikes and lows. One of the things that triggered me was blurred vision, forgetfulness and dizziness My eating and pattern of eating was awful. During Covid when I didn't travel I recorded my lowers...

Thanks for the reply I'm sure the meter is correct as I correlation it with my wife's reading at the time and with another test strip for me. I'm burning through them at a fast rate! I was only borderline on diagnosis and before that 3 months of H1B was always low on the results. I'm being...

Hi Can you help me I can post via the webpage but the app keeps telling me my email is not verified I have clicked the link to verify the email a few times

The water is a fair point. But I'm through now 4 weeks The other signs to look for to check if it's fat not water are clothes and waist I'm getting into clothes that I couldn't pre Christmas for ages and my waist measurement has dropped by 2cms Having done diets before I know the pitfalls &...

Thanks. No no medication I have a family history of Type 2. It did for my father Therefore I'm tested regularly and my results have always been surprisingly low. I always expected the news. On this occasion within 6 months I'd bypassed the pre diabetic phase & gone to full type 2. The nurse...

I was diagnosed Type 2 16th of December 22. HB1 of 49 then 52 on second test. So borderline but still above I immediately cut out obvious carbs bread, rice, potatoes etc Also sugar desserts The add wrinkle in my story was on the 20th I left for a 2 weeks cruise of the Carribbean over the...