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So since being diagnosed with T2 I've been doing LCHF and I've been limiting myself to 50g of carbs a day. I'm over weight and need to lose around 5st. My question is: How many grams of protein and Fat should I be aiming to have a day in order to lose weight? I'm on 3x 500mg metformin a day and...

All I've been told by my GP is to take 500mg of metformin 3 times a day (1 with breakfast, dinner and tea). So I've been having breakfast to take the metformin. If I skipped breakfast should I miss that dose or double up on the metformin with my dinner or tea to keep it to the 1500mg a day? I'm...

Thank you all for some great ideas xx

Can anyone suggest a quick easy breakfast that doesn't require standing over a cooker? I'm newly diagnosed and I'm really struggling for breakfast ideas. Mornings are hectic for me as I'm a single mum with 3 young children the youngest being only 17mths. Before diagnosis I would mostly skip...

Hi.. I'm newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I had gestational diabetes with my last pregnancy in 2016 and was given a contour ts meter which I've still got. I'm after advise if there are any other meters that are more economical for test strips and lancets? As while I was pregnant I was able...

How did you work out your carbs in grams? Some food packaging gives you the carbs per 100g of food etc. But say you only have a 30/40g portion of it. Would you just divide the carbs from 100g by 3 or 4 and take that figure or is there a more accurate way of working it out. It may be a silly...

Hi, I was only diagnosed with type 2 diabetes yesterday but had suffered from gestational diabetes with 2 of my 3 pregnancies. But I never really took it seriously until now. As I thought it would just go away like it did with my first pregnancy with diabetes. Now I'm just feeling totally...