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I WAS ACTIVELY discouraged by my GP from testing my blood glucose, AND from trying to fix my type 2 diabetes , e.g. with the diet from Prof Taylor of Newcastle on Tyne . I DID IT ANYWAY. Fixed myself . It would NOT have been possible without my regular blood testing, which gave me...

google guardian newspaper type 2 reversed richard doughty where you will read it is related to weight at least..

google guardian newspaper richard doughty type 2 reversed and carlos for a good intro to the situation you face

HI lapwing - if you are a recent type 2 why not try the Newcastle diet ? Google guardian newspaper uk richard doughty how i reversed my type 2 diabetes. It worked for me. No meds, no diabetes although my lazy [ ? ] old fashioned [ ? ] uk GP did not recommend it, tried to discourage me [ this is...

Dear Prem, I notice your HbA1c results are every month. How are you doing this ? Is it some kind of self testing or are you going to a lab to have a test every month ? If it's self testing how can I find out about it ? I thought HbA1c was a figure representing about 3 months worth of blood...

From the books I have read, and the latest dietary advice from the USA , I understand low fat is NOT the way to go. Eat lots of fat and everything except those high carb foods and see what happens. GREAT thing about the low carb way is that during the diet you don't have hunger pangs as the...

HELLO NonStop This is EASY. Google up Guardian newspaper uk Richard Doughty who did the Newcastle diet and the figures are there. Usually it is 15% of total body weight must go, but it could be 20%. Losing a stone probably wont domuch good.. I lost 15 kg, or 20% and I was not fat to...

AGREE ! I love low carb.No feelings of hunger. Lots of new food to try . Most impressed with boiled veg and added salt pepper mustard vinegar etc and had a delicious plate . Very easy to diet. Only hard part is weighing and recording and that soon becomes easy. Realised I had never before...

Hi i put this somewhere else but heres a copy for you :I UNDERSTAND from a website which I think was David Mendosa that starting Metformin at a lower than recommended dose reduces unwanted side effects i.e. If you start at the recommended levels it causes nausea etc but coming up gradually...

I UNDERSTAND from a website which I think was David Mendosa that starting Metformin at a lower than recommended dose reduces unwanted side effects i.e. If you start at the recommended levels it causes nausea etc but coming up gradually over a week or two means it is tolerated well. So I...

I read somewhere that the problem with METFORMIN is starting at too high a dose. Start with about a quarter of the recommended dose , then increase gradually over several weeks.. i think it is then tolerated better, fewer side effects. This is just from memory so you could research that...

As I understand it you are not supposed to do excessive exercise while on the reducing diet. Gentle exercise , walking yes. I did fast walking. Really could feel myself 'weak' and lacking physical ' power '. But on reaching target weight I have started to eat more and work out more...

HI - I started with 75 kg and a BMI just up from 25 , and in 7 weeks got my FBS down to normal levels, and my BMI was 22. I lost 12-13 KG and ended up a bit scrawny and lean at 61-63 kg but no diabetes. Did not use shakes. I bought the things directly from Australia at tremendous expense...

HI Douglas - What is an OP please ? You mention it in your post '' There does appear to be some difference in how the body reacts to the differing methodology.The op touched on this earlier....''

HI you are barking up the wrong tree. The Newcastle diet, done the way I did it, with natural foods and not with food sachets, was fantastically easy. OK one of my very negative friends said ' It sounds like a lot of work ' [ as he sat there with his wife tending to his ulcerated feet ...

I believe it is reversible. I go along with Prof Taylor's teaching. I REVERSED mine IN SPITE of DISCOURAGEMENT and OBSTRUCTION by my GP. Now , carefully trying different foods and small portions it seems I can eat anything. Gone are the days when I would gobble a whole large bar of...

CONTINUED : OK low calorie may not be sustainable unless you want to waste away - but low carbs is sustainable - check out the 5: 2 diet and keep in mind your total calories while you are tucking into those cakes and potatoes . I found after adapting I did not even want those cakes, cookies...

i am a type 2 diabetes recently diagnosed - VERY LITTLE support or modern info from my GP - researched and did the 800 Newcastle diet ON MY OWN. Was very surprised to see the OPTIFAST sachets that Prof Taylor used had SUGAR in them. I bought the Optifast things online but never used them...

WHY ARE YOU EATING ALL THES CARBS ? Read or view the story of Dr Troy AND STOP IT ok thanks [ Stapletonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epsSVosmtUc ]