Recent Content by janeislay

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    The 5:2 fast

    I've been meaning to try this since watching the TV programme a while back. Agree - don't see why men should be allowed more calories than women in all cases. There's one major obstacle to my doing it, 'tho - deciding which those two fasting days are going to be :lol: Jane
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    Type 2 and fresh fruit

    This is a question I too wanted to ask. It's not so much the obvious effect of raised blood sugar I'm worried about - I know that berries are ok for me - it's more to do with this glycation business. I gather it's something to do with the way the fructose works. Can anyone explain please ...
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    10s despite no carbs

    I too have been low carbing, for many years, and was struggling a bit with my blood sugar levels. I've found I'm actually much better eating a little carb with each meal - my readings have improved. I think I was eating too little carb and getting these glucose dumps. Now I have two or three...
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    Wrong advice ?

    My older brother died last Wednesday, of a heart attack at 71. He'd been on statins for many years and 4 x metformin for Type 2. He was in sheltered housing because of a very low IQ and I was asking his carer for more details. She said his blood sugar was always a little bit up after the...
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    High morning reading

    I'm now even more confused ! On Sunday morning very first thing it was 8. I had two teaspoons of porridge and tested mid morning, and it was 12.4 :crazy: That's the highest reading I've ever had ! Monday morning first thing it was 7.4 and this morning 7.2. So you were right. It's OK...
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    High morning reading

    I overslept this morning - and had a small glass of red wine last night so No; I didn't take it this morning. I'll take it before I get up tomorrow.
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    High morning reading

    OK thanks. I don't eat breakfast cos I'm just not hungry until around mid day. Seems silly to eat just for the sake of it. I'm certainly not missing breakfast to try to get my BG low. But I AM wanting to avoid the HBA1c of 8 at the docs. I've been doing low GI for about eight years now -...
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    High morning reading

    Thanks Grazer. I test around 30 mins after getting up. And I have an evening meal at 6pm with nothing afterwards. I'm very comfortable on just two meals a day; no breakfast, a good lunch and a lighter supper. I don't get hungry and I don't get hypos; no symptoms whatever of diabetes -...
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    High morning reading

    My fasting reading when I get up is usually over 9, however following an average meal and before taking metformin it's only around 7. I'm taking 3 x 500 mg metformin a day on a low carb diet - aiming at not more than 60 grams a day. Even after eating a bowl of porridge my blood sugar is only...
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    Just joined

    HI Linda Very sorry to see you're on 40 mg Statins; they have never been shown to be of any benefit to women. Far more important to cut down your carbohydrates - especially anything with flour and sugar in it - and to avoid the inflammation you get from eating too much vegetable oil. Wishing...
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    Breakfast

    When I visited Holland, I had the best breakfasts ever. Thinly sliced real ham (which hardly exists in the UK) and thin slices of Dutch cheeses. For some reason I can face this sort of breakfast in the mornings but can't bring myself to eat anything other than these. So at home now, I just...
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    CHOLESTEROL and RELATED ISSUES

    Re: Cholesterol I don't think the people writing books like the "Cholesterol Con" and several others, are doing it for money - having corresponded with a number of them. They sincerely want to get the facts out and to help people keep healthy. They know, as I do, that pharmaceutical companies...
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    The next food scare

    The Daily Mail (as reported by Jenny Hope) first had this same report but entitled her piece - "thank goodness red meat is now good for you" (or words to that effect). However after the Telegraph produced a report to the opposite effect, the Daily Mail brought forth another article, damming red...
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    Coconut Oil

    Coconut Chocolate Stuff (by Rose Elliot) 100 grammes coconut oil (Always use virgin pressed) 100 grammes ground almonds (I use a blend of low carb ground nuts - including macadamia nuts!) 25 grammes pure raw cocoa powder 25 grammes granulated sweetener of choice (I use xylitol) Melt coconut oil...
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    Low carb restaurants

    I suppose you're right, anticarb. I always think that every third person is diabetic - by the look of what they're eating. There are so many carboholics around nowadays (people that call themselves vegetarians but live on pasta, pizza, bread, cakes and biscuits). copepod - I don't consider...