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Thanks to everyone for your responses. I will invest in a meter and create diet to follow.

Hi daisy1. Many thanks for your comprehensive response, very useful and much appreciated.

My HbA1c is 6.5 and the blood glucose level is 6.1 mmol/L. Been like this for about a year. HbA1c went up to 6.7 in August but last measured as 6.6 in November.

Thanks Jo. Very useful. It sounds as though you really have it under control. I wasn't given too much advice other than a magazine to read however, the doctor suggested I enrol on an NHS diabetes education session which I have done. I'm surte this will help. Your list of suitable foods is very...

Thanks Jim. very useful. I obviously have some learning to do!

Thanks. This is a very useful website. Obviously eating all the wrong things but believing I have a healthy and appropriate diet! Have not been advised about the number of calories to work on, just advised to eat plenty of vegetables and cut our carbs (bread, pasta, potatoes etc). Quite a...

Must be my blood glucose level. It has been measured over the past 12 months but only now have I been diagnosed with T2. Level went up to 6.7 at the highest and is now 6.5

I am on one Metformin per day but would like to be able to control by diet if possible. Current blood reading 6.5.

Diagnosed with T2 about three weeks ago and struggling a bit with what I should or should not be eating. Can anyone advise if these are OK or NoNos please? Swede Celeriac Parsnips Other root vegetables (I know potatoes aren't that good but have been advised that new potatoes are best) Pearl...