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Whilst I am not defending any of these particular studies I think it is worth asking who do you think should be paying for studies? To play devil's advocate the cheese board are the people most likely to be interested in how cheese affects people and have the money for the work to be done. I...

I started on a pump just over a month ago! I use Novorapid, and on MDI I had to inject at least 20-30 mins before eating but I found on the pump I don't need to do that. I dose just before I eat and I don't get the post meal spikes I would have on MDI. Maybe it's because I am using different...

You can get the patient safety leaflet for all medicines online. I don't know which insulin you are interested in particular but Novorapid is pretty common: https://www.medicines.org.uk/emcmobile/medicine/4210 Definitely no aluminium or mercury.

Also I consider a good carb to be one of life's great pleasures. I refuse to let diabetes rob me of sandwiches!

I've been diabetic for 17 years and started using the Libre last year. At first I thought it was amazing (and I still do!) and then after a couple of weeks I had the same reaction as you. I was frustrated to the point of screaming that I couldn't seem to get it under control and sick of...

Hi Emma13, I too had horrible dawn phenomenon. By wearing a Libre I actually found it was the waking and getting up process that was causing me to spike and with increased insulin resistance at that time in the morning I was in all kinds of trouble. I found metformin really helped me with...