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    Type 2 Gluco-Fast 60 caps [DNA Biopharm]

    Hi all It has been quite some time since I have been on the site as I have been getting my head down and getting on with it plus changing jobs etc After 12.5 years age 56.5 I am still on metformin 500mg x 4 daily and of course statins and have been trying to avoid the next drug. I have had...
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    Progression and taking Gliclazide

    Dear all I am a type two nearly eight and a half years into the condition currently aged 54. I do not fit the stereo type that the media likes to put out as I have never been overweight and my life style has been pretty healthy so with that and there being no known history of diabetes in the...
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    Advice re management of type two

    Thanks both My cholesterol at its high point was around 9.6 but is now 5.3 or there abouts this is despite the fact that I do have a healthy diet and exercise. My dad has high cholesterol so I blame him!...not really. I should be due for a Hba1c, cholesterol etc check in the next month I will...
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    Advice re management of type two

    Hi all back again I would like to know more re the Q10 supplement eg what it does whether it is ok with statins and what effect if any it may have on my cholesterol levels if I take it. I am on the top dose of statins 80mg and have been on them for some years and as with most medicines I know...
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    Advice re management of type two

    Interesting stuff thanks
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    Advice re management of type two

    sorry Jane I forgot to answer your question no I am not vegetarian
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    Advice re management of type two

    Again thnk you to everyone I will look into getting a meter and take it from there it will be interesting to see whether I cam modify my diet. Jane excuse my ignorance but what is Q10?
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    Advice re management of type two

    Hi all The results given were my latest 6 month Hba1c.When first diagnosed I started testing but as I am a bot of a worrier I stopped as it was stressing me out as It is like a constant reminder not that I forget! What I have done is a shed load of research re GI carbs etc and follow a very...
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    Advice re management of type two

    Hi There I was diagnosed as a type two some 6 years ago now and since then my BG have gradually increased by 0.1 - 0.2 to my last reading which was 6.9. The only exception to this was when they spiked to 7.5 once but then after changing my job to a far less stressful one they dropped to 6.8. I...
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    Exercise - supplements/diet

    Many thanks to every one I think that I will try the food route its just that a lot of the trainers at my gym seems to be walking around with these protein shake, mind you I do belivev that many of them have large quantities of sugar in them so those are a definite no no for me. Looking forward...
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    Exercise - supplements/diet

    Hi all I am a type two and I am 6ft and 82 kilos and quite fit I have never really been over weight last Hba1c 6.9 after 5 years currently taking 4 metformin a day. I am thinking of upping my exercise and have seen a lot re having the right diet and also re taking supplements (shakes and the...
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    advice

    Sorry I have been away fron the forum for a few days. Once again thank you to all. I am hopefully going to get signed off for a while then i can reappraise my stress levels and see what the organisation can do for me. I am pressing on with the exercise which should help all round. WaG
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    advice

    Many thanks to you both for your replies. My blood readings that I gave are HBa1C I am aged 50 and was diagnosed at the age of 47. My diet is pretty good low carb and low GI when I do them. Does any one know if there is any research re stress contributing to or causing type two diabetes? There...
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    advice

    Hello I am seeking some advice as my levels have jumped from 6.8 to 7.5 in the last six months and were as I recognise that the condition is progressive I usually only vary by 0.2. Everything else blood pressure BMI feet cholesterol etc are very good. I am trying to account for the jump and...
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    exercise dilema

    Thanks all Losing weight has been par for the course for me with or without the exercise due to diet changes. WaG
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