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It's said the added sugar in food makes it 'taste better', 'keep longer', and makes it 'more acceptable to the consumer'. For all that read: 'sells more'. I remember when I first brewed 'real ale' back in the 1970s, I threw my first efforts away because they didn't taste right. It was only...

My BG has never been anywhere near your levels, Rob, and I really think you'd be well-advised to press your GP to sort out an effective treatment (and look a lot harder at your BG) but, if it helps others who might have a problem, I got persistent oral thrush last summer when I was prescribed a...

Believe me, I feel so much better when I manage to cut out all added sugars and reduce the carbs, and I keep holding onto that feeling whenever I get really tempted to have sugar in my coffee, or a sweet sticky bun etc. Having always had sugar in coffee and tea I have found it very hard to...

I always use the lancet on the sides of my fingers not the tips, as these tend to become sore - given the tips are unavoidably used to for other things (e.g. typing!). It can also be difficult not to use different fingers and I have to remember to also use my left hand, as I seem to naturally...

As I see lots of people during the course of my work and visit many of them in their homes, I've felt more at risk of catching 'flu than I might otherwise, so I've had an annual 'flu jab for many years now. My work offers it free (and so does the GP) so that's not an issue and I've never had...

Your eating doesn't have to be Spartan to lower your BG, just kept low in carbs and sugars. Yesterday for lunch, for instance, I'd made a very rich-tasting lamb casserole, with rather a lot of lamb browned in olive oil, casseroled with a veg stock cube, red, yellow and green peppers, red...

Sounds an appalling experience at the hands of some very unprofessional 'healthcarers'. If it's any comfort to you though, the two people concerned probably caught your Norovirus. It's a very infectious virus and can easily be caught through aerosols, let alone direct contact with vomit...

How did the visit to the GP go, Scandi?

Tap water's always been fine with me - for the 60 years I've been on the planet, that is, and the 4 regions of England I've lived in. Has anyone tried 'pure' water, I mean really pure water with nothing in it (aka distilled). I promise you it tastes horrible. Sure, the hardness (or lack of it...

If it helps, last September I was put on 2 x 500g Metformin, morning and evening, like you, and suffered no side-effects whatsoever. That left me wondering what all the fuss was about until three weeks or so ago when I started to get queasiness (yes, that's the right word for it) and then a...

You're looking in the right place for information and practical advice, but don't try to rush it - there's a lot to take in and, because we're all different, there isn't always a 'right' way to go. You could usefully get a BG meter (they're cheap enough, though the test strips are expensive) so...

Have you tried changing your GP? At my practice the online appointments system allows me to make an appointment with any one of the half dozen doctors in the group. I believe the NHS is looking for all surgeries to adopt the online system, sooner rather than later, so if you haven't got it...

I use mySugr, at https://mysugr.com/companion/ which I downloaded onto my iPhone and is great for recording BG readings and calculating daily, weekly and monthly averages and looking at trends etc. You can also e-mail the results and do a printout, if you send them to a pc. That's been useful...

Hi, Sanguine. I'm a bit late to the discussion, but your symptoms (or lack of) and your GP experience on diagnosis almost exactly mirrored mine, and I thought it might be useful to let you know how things have gone since. We're all different, so it's not possible to predict how things will go...

Thanks. I've only been put on 800 iu/day and I've been on them since early Feb. I thought the dose was a bit low but I'll wait and see the results from my latest blood test (yesterday), although the first available appointment I can get with my GP to discuss them is 24th April! Over the past...

My GP included Vitamin D without me asking and the results came back in the 'very low' category. He put me on a supplement and I'm currently awaiting the results of a second test. (BTW: Denise - how long did it take for the supplement to kick and for you to feel any difference?)

Well worth taking time to view - thanks for posting the link, trotskyite

If it's of any help, I've noticed a cold sensation that goes in waves down my lower legs and into my feet, when my BG goes low(ish) - in the high 4s when I've checked. Often happens late afternoon, just before I have my tea. I've christened it my 'cold flush' but I've never thought to worry...

'Old' people who slyly push in front of you in a queue ('because they're old'), act oblivious to everyone else who's patiently waiting and then look sooo pained, if you so much as murmur an objection. They've got just as much time as the rest of us, if not more ....... but clearly far fewer...