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Hi all was diagnosed type 2 August 2012 and take insulin I have kept all my HBA1c results which are 12.9 when diagnosed 6 5.4 5.5 5.2 5.1 5.3 5.2 5.4 5.1 5.4 5.4 Does anyone else keep there results I would be interested to see them.

Hi James can I ask where you have been injecting your insulin.

Hi Nessa try warming your hands in warm water before you prick your finger see if that helps.

Try hi- lo bread from sainsburys it's 5 carbs per slice so not much more than livlife

Cheese scons are fab made with ground almonds or flour you get about 10 with 100 grm so about 1 carb each one ground almonds is 6 grm per 100

My insulin ratio is 3 to 4 carbs to 1 unit of insulin the av seems to be 1 to 10 should I be worried.

I was told the average carbs to insulin ratio is about 1 unit to 10 carbs mine is 3 to 4 carbs to 1 unit.

Hi I have been diabetic now for about 18 months and I am on a very low carb diet you have to check all labels on foods it's a huge learning curve I've learned so much by coming on here and taking advice....but my way is not everybody's way of trying to control this but if you want to know what...