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I have diabetes and I have had breast cancer . I have had 2 heart attacks, the second 5 days prior to my proposed breast cancer surgery. I was still in another hospital 80 kms away the day surgery was to take place. I had just been informed my diabetes was out of control and now needed MDI of...

My OH joined me in the lchf journey. Though he eats way more carbs than I do. He also has gluten intolerance which was realized whilst on lchf. He sub's a lot of corn based products for bread and crunch factor. Corn tortillas, corn nachos etc. I make things like bacon and egg and cheese muffins...

I was on gliclazide and was packing on weight, didn't help that I was also on novomix insulin which was needing to be upped regularly. New endo and change to MDI insulin and taken off gliclazide immediately. My BG have come down dramatically and the weight is coming off slowly. What is the...

Judgemental... Much?!?!?! Diabetes is different for every person ..it is a very individual disease, what works for one is not necessarily going to work for someone else. Is my diabetes die to having my gall bladder out 30 years ago, is it because my body does not tolerate carbs, is it because...

I make low carb ricotta gnocchi for my pasta craving. I use coconut flour to bind them. I then steam them rather than boil them. I put leftover uncooked gnocchi in the freezer for the next time. Sauce is always a mince and lots of grated veg bolognaise. There are lots of low carb ricotta gnocchi...

Have you had a look at Jenny Ruhl's Blood sugar 101 Facebook page. If you go back to May 2016 there is an extremely interesting article about women and intermittent fasting on "paleoforwomen.com" It looks at all the research that has been done on IF and how most of the good results come from...

Its probably to do with the cost and also the demand.

I too was 42 when I started menopause. Night sweats were unbearable for a couple of years. Hot flushes day and night.and sleep was a major issue. I still have some similar symptoms but the cause is now known to be a lack of oestrogen which I am now dealing with

Who said you can't eat chocolate? I eat chocolate most nights but because I low carb less than 30 g a day I choose to eat dark chocolate 70 or 86 %. I crave sweets occasionally and make my own cakes, pancakes and mousses. I use a mix of almond flour, coconut flour and golden flaxmeal. It even...

Steak chicken pork or lamb with a mushroom and mustard cream sauce. Fry off mushrooms and thinly sliced spring onions or diced shallots in butter. When cooked to your liking add a tablespoon of Dijon mustard and heat through. Pour in cream then simmer to desired thickness

Have you tried stevia in replace of sugar? My OH now uses stevia for his coffee in the morning he doesn't like splenda etc because of the after taste. 1/8 spoon is equal to 1 tsp of sugar

@Kaylee2492 low carbing will probably help greatly if you are type 2. Lots of success stories on here about peoples journeys. And I certainly know how you feel about having something else dumped on you. This year I have had a diagnosis of sleep apnoea and no oestrogen being produced to deal...

Well what foods do you like to eat. Start writing a list. Then start searching for recipes with them. Use pin interest for ideas, the diet doctor, real meal revolution, the recipe app for diabetes.co.UK There are loads of resources out there to help you. Try everything at least 3 times on...

@MissMac just because we have low carb down under does not mean that dieticians, gp's and specialists aren't behind the low carb way for diabetics. My last appt with a dietician pushed heavily for the typical eatwell plate. I am lucky in that my gp and specialist are behind me in low carbing...

Its not much different in Australia either. And I second the phlaunt website and any of Jenny Ruhl's books. Currently reading Think like a pancreas which is also extremely interesting

How is your dairy consumption? If I eat to much dairy the weight starts creeping up and so do my numbers. I try and limit cream to a max of 2 x a week, only small amounts of cheese but can do plain yoghurt and chocolate granola without issue

I use a mix of almond flour, coconut flour and flaxmeal for baking and am having good results with cakes biscuits and pancakes My mix is 2/3 cup each of almond flour,coconut flour, ground golden flax seeds. It has a nice mouth feel. Some of the mixes with coconut flour are way to dry and taste...

Better than having the label "non compliant" plastered all over your hospital file.

Getting up 2- 3 times a night is a sire sign of high blood sugars normally. Therefore your tiredness could actually be because of your toilet stops and lack of complete sleep recovery. If you snore during your sleep this will also add to your sleep deprivation. I have had good results from low...

5.0 Thrilled to say the least.