Recent Content by KatharineShaw

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    Should we get help with exercise?

    Since I was diagnosed with T2 and put on insulin I have gained six stone, largely due to the lack of advice about how to treat or manage my diabetes with either diet or exercise. If I had been offered the sort of dietary advice that is currently being offered for insulin users, ie Low-carb...
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    Aloe Vera

    hi! Does anyone have any knowledge or experience of using Aloe Vera as a way of losing weight?
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    hypo unawareness bracelet

    I think this is a really good idea, but what would work best for most people is 24 hour blood sugar monitoring, so dropping blood sugar could be dealt with before it becomes a hypo, and on the reverse, a rising blood sugar could be dealth with by taking insulin, if that's appropriate.
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    Any gluten free and low carb recipes?

    Re: Any gluten free and low carb recipes? I am gluten and dairy intolerant, sensitive to cured foods, bacon, ham, sausages etc, anything with sulphites and caffeine, and allergic to egg white and aspirin.... I buy small amounts of gluten free bread but don't eat a lot of it as I can't have...
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    Have you had trouble getting test strips?

    The NHS spends an awful lot of money on test strips. The value of 10 x 50 Contour test strips is over £100, so the strips should be returned to the pharmacy for re-using and you need to advise your GP you don't need as many as you are prescribed. How many more people out there are hoarding test...