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At my annual diabetic check when my hba1c was 6.4 on diet alone the GP asked me how I did it. I said that I carefully count and limit my carb intake and he said - well done, that's the best way to do it. So there are enlightened GPs out there. Another one in the same practice advised me to try...

I use low carb megastore http://www.lowcarbmegastore.com/ Eating Dreamfields pasta has a beneficial effect on my BG levels. (5.9 after 2 hours) whereas a very small portion of ordinary pasta raises it (7.5 after 2 hours). It tastes exactly the same as ordinary pasta. I still measure it out and...

I just wanted to say that having discovered low carb food stores online my life has been transformed. Dreamfields pasta, low carb wraps (3g per wrap) and the occasional low GI chocolate have cheered me up enormously. It's the little treats in life that make all the difference sometimes. I've...

Hi Sal, Although this seems tough I think your Dr is doing the right thing. I had readings like that 4 years ago and my GP just said, "Nah. You're not diabetic" Three years later they were higher and I was diagnosed. This is your chance to get on top of it in that pre-diabetic period. Cutting...

Thanks for your replies folks. When I mentioned low fat I meant that I choose chicken and fish rather than red meats and use skimmed milk. We make our own skimmed milk natural yogurt and flavour it with berries etc. Obviously I don't eat chips and stuff and avoid high fat cheese so I reckon my...

Hi Folks I've just been for the results of my annual diabetic check and was congratulated that my HBa1c was 6.4 on diet alone. All other results were good except that I am overweight BMI 29. The GP agreed that I am doing all the right things with low carb diet and exercise but my weight has gone...

Hi Folks The other night I had some strange BG results so thought someone on here might be able to explain them for me. I was out with friends and had scampi and chips in the pub (I know! :oops: ) and soda water and lime. Then after an hour we went off and played an hour of really hard...

I was talking to a friend who is Type 2 like me and he told me that Type 2s shouldn't eat more than 3 pieces of fruit a day. I eat about 5 apples, 1 banana (on my porridge) and maybe strawberries or some other seasonal fruit daily. I understood that eating whole fruit, rather than juice, was...

Hi there I've been on the DESMOND course. It was very good - helped me to understand what was going on in lay person's terms. Mine was one whole day. The only bit I didn't much appreciate was the dietician giving the old standard idea about carbs being the mainstay in a diabetic diet. The only...

Hi There I think I'm in a pretty similar situation to you in that I had gestational diabetes and family history and then was diagnosed a few months ago. I have found that a low GI diet is the best thing for controlling sugars and it also helped me lose some weight which in turn has also helped...

Hi Folks I've been diagnosed Type 2 for about 6 months and doing well on diet control. In the first 3 months I lost almost a stone and that helped my BG control considerably, however, my cholesterol remained high so I was put on statins. What interests me is that since I've been taking statins...

Hi Folks I've been diagnosed for 3 months and just received my baseline Hba1c result. It is 6%. What does that mean? Is it good, bad or indifferent? When I had it taken I had been on a low GI diet for about 4 weeks and before that was unaware so eating anything that wasn't nailed down! Hope...