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Was in the big M&S on Middlebrook in Horwich yesterday. Forgot to look.

That sounds nothing like my neuropathy, which was all tingling, pins and needles, stabbing pain. No numbness. As is usually typical, mine was (only) in my feet. It didn't affect muscle strength and usuing muscles didn't trigger it. Not everything we have is related to diabetes. Bilous and...

Starchy foods are by definition carbohydrate foods. Carbs when digested become glucose, so they will have a considerable impact on your blood glucose and therefore insulin requirements. I seem to get all the fibre I need from green leafy veg, which are generally low carb options.

AIs are unreliable, which is why their use is banned from the forum. You might be better to quote Bilous and Donnelly's "Handbook of Diabetes" ed 5 which says on page 81: Box 9.3 Potential reasons for a misleading HbA1c. Altered red blood cell turnover • Blood loss • Haemolysis •...

Here's this week's list: Butcher: 2x sirloin/ribeyes; eggs; bacon (streaky, unsmoked) Supermarkets: lurpak garlic butter; bratwurst; cabbage; lard; double cream; mushrooms; salami/ham/prosciutto etc already obtained: 2x sangiovese Edit - all obtained plus some Polish sausage, salmon and cream...

There seems to be a range of experiences. In my case, I gained weight only after my BG left normal range: being overweight did not make me diabetic, but being diabetic seems to have made me overweight. And (once switched to low carb) my BG was normal long before I'd lost any significant weight...

I disagree with your statement "no symptoms when you're pre-diabetic" and my lived experience and that of many other people on this forum bears it out. Also, in my experience, adding other foods to carby food has precisely no effect. The key is not to eat the carby food. What are you basing...

I agree. There is definitely some mileage in "low sugar" products as far as the manufacturers are concerned - I've seen a couple of promotions for Gullon low sugar biscuits in supermarkets recently. Of course, they are still 70% carb. And I've had "no sugar" cereal pushed at me on social media -...

I assume your optician thinks you wouldn't be able to pass the sight test for driving. This is a link to the relevant rules: https://www.gov.uk/driving-eyesight-rules The issue with vision is that as the level of glucose in your body changes, the refractive index of the liquids in your eyes...

It's been six years, so far so good. The key thing in my experience is that eating carbs raises your blood glucose. If you don't eat them, no BG rise. Give it a few weeks, and your liver adjusts to the new normal and will actively try to maintain BG at a lower level.

The short answer is that I'm not ever hungry. I don't force myself into "one meal a day" - one meal a day is what happens because it suits me. I tend to eat a substantial meal in the early evening, but I might have something - cheese/salami etc - early afternoon. Yesterday's food was...

As I understand it, our cells are pretty much made from cholesterol......

The biggest influence on your BG and therefore the HbA1c result, is the carbohydrate - starches and sugars - that you put in your mouth. Your liver will then do its best to keep you at its idea of what your BG should be - but the liver takes its cue from how high your BGs have been recently...

I have. As the concentration of glucose in bodily fluids changes the refractive index of the fluids in the eye, plus cornea and lens, also changes, so sharpness of vision can change. You tend not to notice when concentrations are increasing, as its relatively slow, but when it falls the change...

Hi Ian. There are a number of answers to this but they all centre around an HbA1c value of 38mmol/mol for non-diabetic populations. One standard deviation from this gives you a range of about 35-42, which is usally accepted in the UK as "normal" HbA1c. Note that in the US the CDC has...