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Arlene, as a diabetic you are entitled to free prescriptions for diabetes related medications and strips etc. Ziggy

Chickpeas are low GI/GL and release the sugars slowly into the body thus avoiding spikes. I do low GI low GL not low carb, and it seems to be working for me.

Karen Nice to hear from you. Are you Type 1 or 2, and if you're Type 2, are you on meds? How long have you had diabetes? Where did you find your low carb veggie meals? To tell the truth I have quite a few low carb/ low GI veggie recipe books and don't like the look of any of the meals in them...

Nice to meet some fellow vegetarians, also fellow diabetics (wish you weren't). My cholesterol is not as low as my GP wants it although it has been steadily falling and my GP has given me 6 months to get it under 4. I want to avoid being put on long term meds (and their well documented side...

I'm a vegetarian of almost 30 years. Diagnosed with type 2 just over a year ago. Was given the usual 'eat plenty of carbs etc', was going to try low carb but thought it might be too difficult, found out a bit about Low GI/GL and thought that might be more do-able. Have been tweaking my diet to...

Hi, Been searching and reading my vegetarian low-carb and low-gi recipe books (and truthfully the recipes seem not to be to my taste and use a lot of ingredients which would be hard to source here in my small town in Northern Ireland), also being part of a family I like my meal to fit in with...

Hi, I'm new to the forum. I am very interested in the low carb diet and know it makes perfect sense. i also visit another low carb web site the about.com low carb diets page - not strictly for diabetics - for anyone who wants to do low carb. I find that low-carb means high protein and that as a...