Recent Content by MarkTechArc72

From my experience of monitoring, I have found the following all make my BG rocket:- Potatoes, Rice, Pasta, bread, Cereals (of any type), Fruit Juices, Fruit (including berries, grapes), Dairy (milk, yogurts), pulses, beans etc. The only things that do not, are protein based foods, meats...

Hi Everyone, I have been a T2 for around 4 years, and started out on Metformin and Gliclazide, and when they stopped working I am now on Humulin twice a day. My main issue is that despite really trying to avoid anything that is going to have high carbs/sugar/fructose content, it seems that...

Overweight I am afraid. Have lost weight since being diagnosed, but not enough :( Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

So here is the really wacky part. Went to bed with a reading of 13.5, and decided to dial down from 20units to 12. Woke at 8.30, and did a test and numbers down at 8.5. Yes not ideal, but it seems to confirm that the more Lantus I inject, the higher my blood glucose goes. Then tonight...

Hi everyone, Hope everyone is well and your numbers are good. I need some advice, as what is happening to me, does not seem to make any sense at all. I am a T2, and I have for the past 13 months I have been on Lantus. When I first started on Lantus, on just 10 units, my bloods responded...

I found that my BG went sky high on smoothies, due to all the sugar content. Although, I did find that I felt full up for longer, and I also noticed the BG went down quicker too, which I am told is due to the fruit only providing a burst of glucose, and not a longer time release complex glucose...

Thanks everyone. The new regime of testing 8 times a day (1 when I get up, 1 hour and 2 hours after each meal, and one before insulin at bed time) will reveal a lot, and I am now going to document every meal too, which is something I have not been doing. The advice above (link) is really...

A lot of people have polar views on sweetening products, and in particular Aspartme, which is a very commonly used artificial sweetener in diet soft drinks. Personally, I, up to 6 weeks ago had a serial diet coke habit, and was using the excuse that I am T2 that this was better for me than...

Hi everyone!

I was very reticent to move to injections of insulin, as I genuinely felt that I was sliding down a very steep and slippery road to ill health and death! I know that sounds irrational, but it is what I had in my mind, clearly informed by my own ignorance and completely wrong view of insulin. I...

Hey everyone, Happy New Year to all you folks on here. Back in September 2013, I had a HbA1C and my BG average was 7.1, which my diabetic practitioner was more than pleased with, as I am bang on the "well controlled" range, but around this time, through (and I admit it) intermittent monitoring...