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Ah I see. Well there is an app which cost about £3.99 I think called carbs and Cals. It has a pictures of all sorts of foods with its nutritional value. I know it’s annoying paying for an app but it’s been helpful.

Been diagnosed for about a month. Same happened to me, went to GP complaining of constant thirst and weight loss, brushed off until started throwing up non-stop few weeks later, seen by different doctor, sent me a&e. Ended up in hospital with DKA, in for 3 days, told there I was type 1. HbA1c...

When I check my food unless it specifically says stuff like ‘oven cooked’ then I take it as the weight before it’s cooked. A bag of veg I have had ‘oven baked’ next to the nutrition so I would weigh that after I’ve cooked it to work it out. Hope that helps.

I can only speak from my experience from being a newly diagnosed type 1. Long story short I ended up in hospital with DKA and was very ill. I got told the very very basics of being a type 1 and I need to take insulin and this is how much I need to take etc. Wasn’t seen by a diabetic nurse...