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I've just started 2 weeks monitoring with a CGM. One thing that has hit me straightaway is that both overnight readings I've had so far have shown levels dropping below 3.9 mmol/l round about 1-2am, slowly rising to 5.9 on getting up. I'm sleeping really well! I'm not sure how to interpret...

I agree, but they remain the least carby snack in most pubs etc - my backup when I’m not mentally strong enough to completely abstain when others are scoffing! Peanut butter is equally varied: Whole Earth non-organic is about 8g carbs/100g, whilst organic is 12-13 ( approx figs as haven’t got...

UK (which is why I use British spelling). Yes, it’s the total carbs figure that always seems to vary most. Other nutritional info stays similar too.

I would appreciate some help in understanding why carb labelling for what look like almost identical foods can vary so much. A specific example per 100g: KP original salted peanuts: 5.6g inc 5.1g sugars, fibre 8.5g. Morrisons own brand equivalent: 12.7g Inc 5.4g sugars, 8.7g fibre. Other figures...

Thank you all for all this. Mr Pot: that's fascinating, as the picture on that link shows exactly the same packaging as the nuts which showed the Sainsbury's figures I listed - so Sainsbury's alone list 6.9g vs 13.3g of carbs on the very same product! (Again, other figures vary a bit, but...

Thanks Scott, that's really helpful. I suspect, then, that I'm not really using the meter at it's best - it's more useful comparing things like before and after meals and checking what spikes etc.

My poor: I was apologising to Liza because she said that her diet was mainly plant based, so that bit about meat/fish might not be particularly helpful.

Having found I'm prediabetic, have been working on diet, weight, exercise etc, and have started taking fasting blood glucose readings in the morning pre-breakfast to creat a baseline to work from. I'm using an Accu-Chek Performa Nano. Recently, I've taken a trio of readings within a few...

I've just been looking at labelling on some of the 'raw' foods I've bought recently, and there seems to be a fair bit of variation in the carb/fibre figures. I just wondered if anybody could explain for me. Two main examples (all figures per 100g): Almonds Co-op: Carbs 9.1g (of which 4.4g...

Hi New here myself too, but hope this helps a bit: I went for my NHS over-55 screening last year, and afterwards was told everything was OK (apart from being a 'bit' overweight - actually I was quite a lot overweight!). This year, out of the blue, I received a letter saying that my blood sugar...

As someone who moved on to a low-carb diet earlier this year, I've been readng round a bit more than previously, and have started coming across reports of studies that suggest that the link between red meat and heart disease remains - not through saturated fat, but through its involvement in the...

Again, thanks. Ordered!

Thank you. I'm only just getting to grips with LCHF from an athletic point of view. Can you recommend a source/sources for guidance? (I'm trawling internet etc, but am also the sort that prefers a book!). In the meantime, is there any way I can tell, other than sucking and seeing, when I'm...

I'm basically on a low carb diet now, and have been for a couple of weeks, still feeling my way as to exact amounts. Next event is on Friday (150k), with the 200k a fortnight later. I reckon on around 10-11 hours for 200k (including stops - maximum time allowed is 13h 20m, minimum time is...

New on this forum, although I've done a bit of lurking to learn (a lot!), so a bit of background (I hope it's relevant) before a question on something I've not managed to find anything about (I welcome any redirection!). Last year at this time I went for my standard NHS screening (I'm 60)...