Recent Content by Stephen Bond

Someone should sue these people for giving out information like that! Eat loads of carbs!!!!!!

So so sorry to hear about your predicament. As everyone has said above, the dietician's advice was worse than poor. The food your wife is eating has far too many carbs. You say that she is not overweight so she possibly does not need to cut out all carbs completely and can slip a little. Drinks...

The Caresens looks good and does both glucose an ketone, however strips and needles together are more expensive (of course the NHS would go with that. Not their money!), but not too bad if you need a ketone tester. Personally i can feel ketone activity now, so rarely use my ketone pee strips.

The blood test strips are pretty accurate and the ones I use claim to be 10% at worst. I eat once a day, so i take a measurement before eating and 3 or 4 hours after. I aim to stay between 4.4 and 5.0 on both readings. If higher, i then look at if there is a reason, or if i need to take more...

I would not dream of relying on constant monitor. As an indicator of up and down movement of BG levels it is fine, but that is it. A good "blood strip" test system is the best option today. Also, i do not get my constant monitors free on the NHS, I pay for them. Until they make their devices...

Absolutely agree. I am relatively new to the diabetes problem, and it was a big learning curve. I wanted to find out what was really causing my BG level to hurtle up, and what was a mild jump. My doctor recommended that I stay between 4.4 and 5.0,and, have 3 meals per week with a little (100g)...

Absolutely you take credit for the crackers because you sent me the recipe, or it might have been a link.... But before you i was crackerless! :happy:

Your crackers and now Pizza!! You are the light at the end of my tunnel!:happy: Thank you again!!

So... I have been down with a truly horrible bug the last week or so, not flu, not covid, but a bronchial thing which responded to antibiotics... slowly! Anyway, eating was up and down, but i stayed Low Carb..ish! BG stayed well withn in my normal limits though. Today, I skipped breakfast and...

That looks amazing!!! I am in London next week so will definitely try and find that Pizza place! Gosh i could kill for a pizza!

Wow!! Your cheesecake looks a lot nicer than the one on Dietdoctor... Thanks for your advice on the sweetner!

I have missed you all! I am just getting back on the wagon now after the Christmas New Year splurge and pushed my luck due to a Libre3 giving incorrect readings... Anyway back on the wagon now. Fasted all day... Dinner was roast chicken, steamed broccoli cauliflower cheese, cabbage, homemade...

This morning Libre3 4.4 Blood test strip 5.2!.. So 5.2!!!

I took a break from the Freestyle Libre3 because the figures i was getting were too often wong. I then waited a few weeks and tried a new one.. After looking at what i ate and the results, it was clear that the 1st unit was about right and the 2nd unit was very wrong. I then took a break for a...

I tried to make an LC trifle, and apart from the chemically tasting "LC soft cookies" all was really good. LC custard was excellent, as was the sugar free jelly.. I am new to all this so still finding my way with the recipes. Have to find a good sponge and biscuit recipe. Goonergal's crackers...