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I once read - I've mercifully forgotten where - that you use more energy eating and digesting celery than the celery actually contains. That does indeed mean (putting aside essential minerals and vitamins) that, on the basis of energy alone, if that was all you ate you'd slowly starve to death...

Nico, Daisy will post some very helpful basic advice as soon as she picks up on your thread, but it's currently on "Diagnosed a Few Days Ago" which is still on this page if you want to have a look. It's easy for me to say, but I wouldn't jump to firm conclusions until you've been assessed by...

I had only long sodas and lime last weekend when I spent a few hours at my local. I was a bit worried that the lime cordial would have too much sugar in it but, looking at the label, it has remarkably little. My BG after several pints of that and a decent walk back home was actually below 4.

Hi, Steve, I did have more of those mattery-headed spots (I wouldn't have called them boils) at times on my face when my BG was higher than it is now and it's true that they've stopped more-or-less in line with my reduced BG levels. However, I think we need to be careful not to attribute...

Good advice. Will do. Thanks.

In the 1970s, when I lived in the north-east of England, the old timers swore blind that the brewery used to put something into the Newcastle Exhibition Ale, specifically to give you a hangover. Although it was the "most secret of secret ingredients", the brewery's logic allegedly was that, if...

I've mentioned on here that I've been on the Newcastle Diet since last Tuesday (13th May), I've lost 12lbs and my BG levels have reduced significantly. The question now is, how low should they go? I've just done 40 mins on the walking machine at 6km/hr, which was enough to make an old(ish)...

If it helps, of the 'non-sugary' breakfast cereals, I found Weetabix spiked my BG very badly (only Rice Crispies were worse), and that's possibly counter-intuitive for most people. There was I, thinking I'm being a healthy eater - daily ration of roughage, too - and I'm skyrocketing my BG just...

Thanks. I'm hoping I can keep it going but I am wondering where it all goes next. I suppose I need to look for an improved response to any intake of carbs (i.e. a quicker drop in BG after eating) and, eventually, a better toleration of carbs, as the potential reversal (hopefully) takes effect...

4.7, continuing the trend started at the beginning of last week when I finally began the Newcastle Diet. That saw my fasting levels drop sharply from the 6s and 7s they had always been. I'm now 10 days into it and have lost 12 lbs. Siren voices of friends, colleagues and family around me are...

Hi. With the caveat that I'm not medically qualified, either (but I am on 1g Metformin a day), I drink alcohol two or three times a week. My GP's not offered me any advice about not drinking and I've not had any symptoms that I'm aware of, from doing so...

4.9. I'm on week 2 of the Newcastle diet, which has so far seen my morning BG levels plummet, from previously 6-7 to now 4s and low 5s. Yesterday's was 4.5

You tell me. Like all public services, the NHS is being subjected to cuts 'for the good of the economy as a whole' which to me means that the chances of prescribing test strips for all T2s are about as low now as they've ever been. Sorry to seem overly pessimistic, but I think there's no use...

I also test as soon as I wake up in the morning. That gives you a 'fasting level' which is useful in seeing how well your medication/lifestyle changes etc. are working, generally.

My GP says that my steadily increasing weight (aka excess fat) finally 'tipped the balance' - much in line with what's been said by other contributors to this thread. Tom Hank's doctor recently put it a little better: "'You know those high blood sugar numbers you've been dealing with since you...

If you don't mind a fellow traveller joining your thread in support, I've been on the Newcastle diet since Tuesday and I'm astonished at the results. My BG is now in the 5s each morning (it used to be higher 6s and 7s) and it stays low through the day. I've had the odd bout of tiredness, one...

Hi, Lin. If it helps, I used to get quite a few of these episodes a few months ago, when I first started to lower my BG by lowering my carbs. They're a bit disconcerting but I've not had any ill effects, leastways not as far as I know. My BG is now regularly goes into the 4s (lowest I've...

I'd agree with that completely and add that there's nothing like trying to get to sleep with even a touch of a touch of neuropathy to concentrate the mind about what losing control feels like.

I've just mentioned in another thread that all the regular breakfast cereals and mueslis etc. raise my BG far too high. Porridge is OK, though, especially if I add a dash of cream to it. Eggs, either as omelettes (Spanish omelette is good), poached or scrambled seem to be OK for me, and...

100% agree with that. One of my highest readings (of 15), when I was struggling to work out what to do to get some control, was a couple of hours after eating a bowl of rice crispies and skimmed milk (no sugar). Similarly, a midday meal of a large mixed salad and standard-sized omelette now...