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Thank you. We’ve a lot to learn.

Thank you! That’s really interesting.

Lost half a stone whilst on holiday!

Thank you. We’ve made a good start as OH has lost half a stone whilst on holiday!

Yes, agreed we will consult GP. We live in Scotland and I don’t know whether the same programme operates here or whether OH will qualify. We’re really just doing the research into the whole remission idea. Any “crash” diet we would plan to begin mid Sept when diaries are clear! We’ve made a...

And for lunch??

Eek!

Thank you. Have you looked at other brands?

Hi folks. OH wishes to try the Newcastle Diet and is looking for good meal replacement drinks. He’s heard about a firm called Huel. Has anyone tried them?

Thank you. Very useful.

Has anyone tried the Zoe programme? It measures micro biome and tracks your glucose responses to foods you eat. It’s led by Professor Tim Spector.

Thank you. I was thinking about shopping. At the moment we’re on a self catering holiday but still trying to keep husband’s carbs and sugars low. We’re not cooking much from scratch as we would at home, so rely partly on making intelligent choices of ready M and S meals. Avoiding all the obvious...

Just starting to look closely at ingredients and nutrition labels on packaging. It’s ver confusing. For example, M and S muesli is 23.9/100gm sugars and Jordans Country Crisp 20/100gm. How do people distinguish foods that are safer to eat? Assuming diabetes is in remission or well controlled.

Thank you. This pain/weakness is mostly after walking a short distance - 200 yards or less. Have you found anything that helps?

Thank you. He saw the GP only last month and that’s how he learned his BG was 52! He’s put on weight with not walking far so it’s a double whammy. He gets a MRI scan in 10 days but I’m interested to know if others have had this kind of problem. He definitely has some neuropathy as his toes...