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Thanks Fergus!!

Hi, hope someone can help me :) My husband is a T2 and we discovered low carb high fat last year and it has been brilliant for his sugars and he is down to an acceptable level although the doc did highlight his cholesterol was a bit high. Anyway my question was for me actually - because I now...

rtee, they're very cute ice cubes ;) Patch, you beat me to it! Pretty much every day we have a smoothie for brekkie made from strawberries, blackberries, rasps and blueberries, pour in a serious dollop of double cream, a bit of Almond Milk and a good spoonful of Total yoghurt, whizz it all...

My hubby started LCHF back in Feb and has got his BG's down to a good level. He has lost about 1-5 - 2 stone as a result of this which to start with was good but we are now a bit concerned that it is still coming off (albeit a lot slower now) and he is getting too thin. I am giving him high...

Diadeb, you have no chance of getting a low carb meal on a flight! We regularly fly across the atlantic and even their vegetarian meals are rice or pasta based. Seeing as you are only 3 hours I would suggest giving it all a miss. What we do on our 10 hour flights is pack a few Baby Bel's...

Paul, We had a visit to the dietician the other week, hubby's hbA1C is down to 6.1 from 9.? earlier in the year so they are pleased with that at the surgery but his cholesterol is a bit high so they wanted him to talk to the dietician (surgery pretty impressed with his LCHF). Dietician said...

We live in Texas part of the year and can confirm you will be able to buy all the products you listed in the Grocery Stores. You are right, generally their bread is highly sugared, you will find some low carb breads though in the speciality sections, there is a brand called Ezeckial (sp) found...

Well that's good news from a diabetes the of view. Hope you get sorted out :)

An example of hubby's diet: Tonight we cycled to a restaurant on the beach, about 5 miles there. He had a bottle of cider, we shared a Garlic Bread (ciabatta about the size of a slice of bread but thicker) each and he had liver with mash - he did leave a little mash. Cycled home. BG after...

My hubby had really high readings earlier this year, mid teens generally. We discovered LCHF and his readings came down quite quickly. His recent HBA1C was 6.1 - down from 12 last year! I have noticed though that he seems to be able to tolerate carbs these days, not in quantity but one slice...

I would say that is an OK reading for an hour after eating. The fasting one will give you a better idea though. Let us know what it comes back as.

Forgot to say you need to eat normally to get a proper reading so make sure you DO eat this evening

I noticed a sign in our local Tesco that they are doing diabetes tests, I guess it is a bg test with the meter? I suggest you go somewhere early morning after fasting for 12 hours, so just eat your dinner etc as normal and see what your fasting BG is. How long after you had eaten was your 6.8...

I used mash potato mix as a thickener for stews sometimes, less carbs than bisto etc!!

I have to disagree with you here. As I said we split our time between living here (UK) and USA. I think us Brits have the perception that all Americans are fat; that is not the case. I would agree that there is a lot of the real big people but I would have to say as a very rough perception...