Recent Content by NickW

Both pages still showing as dead for me with a server error :( I'll keep trying, could just be a temporary problem at their end (yes I've cleared browser history etc., it's not caching at my end). Thanks for confirming it's still working for you though!

Just been to the site today and it's still just showing the "Register interest" link (which was a waste of time as I've registered a couple of times and have yet to receive a single email); and the page at http://www.freestylelibre.co.uk/freestyle-libre-starter-pack-english.html is dead, at...

About 2 weeks ago I finally took the plunge and bought a Dexcom Seven Plus continuous glucose monitor (CGM), and thought I'd write a review of my initial impressions. Buying the device I bought the monitor from Advanced Therapeutics (UK) Ltd, the official UK distributors, and they've been...

I've never understood the whole "don't let diabetes control you" thing. Diabetes is just one part of life, and for those of us who have it it's as fundamental as the need to breathe or eat or drink. I don't see my need to take in oxygen a few times every minute as "controlling" me, and neither...

As cugila says, they're a great snack. I'd suggest testing to see whether you need any insulin for them; you might not if you're only eating a smallish amount, but it's worth testing. I know I personally need a unit of insulin per 30g cashews, but of course it varies from person to person...

Not wanting to derail the topic, but sandie's cholesterol numbers looked a bit odd to me. I always thought that LDL was calculated as total chol - HDL - (trigs / 2.2) - which would make sandie's calculated LDL 3.9 - 1.0 - (1.7 / 2.2) = 2.127 I must be mistaken, but I'm sure that's what I'd...

Hi phoenix, You're absolutely right of course, it's not just carbohydrate that needs insulin; protein can also need to be covered by insulin, particularly when you eat fewer carbs. I oversimplified in in my post, I was worried it'd end up longer than War and Peace and I'd die of old age before...

Glad to hear I wasn't talking drivel above; I did wonder...! :) Patch, Personally, the way I think of it is just like glucose in the blood. The body absolutely needs some blood glucose; you'd die without it. But if the levels become too high it becomes toxic; it causes damage to arterial...

Hi Michael, Well done on sticking with it, and great to hear that it seems to be working for you! The best dark chocolate from the point of view of low-carb is the 85% stuff; Lindt and Green & Blacks both do them, and I think Sainsbury's do their own-brand version as well. From memory it's...

Hi, Sorry to hear you're struggling so much, it's horrible being diagnosed with diabetes. Controlling diabetes is a bit of a big subject, but the basics come down to the fact that insulin lowers your blood glucose, and eating carbohydrate raises it (starches like bread, rice, pasta and...

You rebel! Glad you got away with it. I've had a stinker today, woke with high blood and it's stubbornly refused to come down all day; I've taken about double my usual fast acting (which to be fair isn't exactly a lot) and it's still stuck in the 7's. So frustrating when this happens, so it's...

Hi Adrian, What do you mean about Lantus / Levemir bringing BG down by 1 unit an hour? The idea of these background insulins is to keep your BG stable - the ideal is that, if you don't eat any food, your blood sugar stays perfectly flat throughout the day. Your quick acting insulin should...

Thanks for the info jonesy, that's great - I'll speak to them and see what the piggy bank will allow! Cheers, Nick.

Hi scotchpie, If you're cooking these at home, I think it's easiest to weigh the raw potatoes after peeling but before you add anything, rather than weighing the end result. 100g raw maris piper's will be about 17g carbohydrate, and that won't change if you mash it or roast it. If you add...

It's a difficult subject and I understand your concerns phoenix - so I'll try to word this carefully as I do NOT want to imply that driving insulin usage low at all costs is the aim. Type 1 diabetics have the option of trying to balance out anything they eat with insulin. At one extreme...