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Wow! wasn't expecting the replies...I had no idea that all those alternatives were avaialble, the 'sugar free' beef gelatine ones here look dubious and have the 'bad' maltodextrin & other sweetners added in. :-( Think I'll do some 'jelly internet surfing' later and ask a friend to bring them...

Breakfast - 45g frozen raspberries, 100g Onken full fat set yoghurt, sprinkle of flaxseeds, freshly brewed coffee, atleast 1L water Lunch - Tomato, cheese, onion, chive and parsley omelette, 2 chicken sausages, murshrooms, half grilled tomato, TREAT - small tomato and chilli flavoured bread...

MMMmmmmm, count yourselves lucky! I'm a British expat living in a Muslim country - Hartleys sugar free jelly is contraband here :-( ... pork gelatine. However, when I get the opportunity - one sachet makes me three portions to accompany lashings of fresh cream, yoghurt or even sour cream -...

A word of warning on eating too many nuts, especially almonds! This happened to me....almonds are notroiously high in 'oxalates' combine this with insufficient not drinking enough fluids (you become dehydrated) signicantly increases your risk to developing kidney stones. That's why the country...

Been diagnosed diabetic relatively recently - Dec 2013. I just noticed that the butterfly shape and outline seems related to diabetes. Its on my BG test strip supplier, it features in my clinics logo - a few members here use a butterfly logo as there avatar? Stupid question - Whats the...

Hope Im posting this in the right forum - did conside posting this question on the low carb / high fat diet sub forum but wasn't sure. Could someone explain (or link me to a good and well explained relavent web page post). I have done some very quick research on the subject and depending...

I never knew this was so messed up! If I apply the logic suggested to identify US or UK origin, then the flax seed example above should already have had the fibre subtracted from the total carbs, since it is spelt fibre and is detailed separately away from the total carb and sugars! Is there a...

This goes someway to explaining my confusion....Is there a way of telling if the nutritional label is US or UK in origin, my personal situation is that whilst I am from the UK, I am currently located abroad in the UAE and the products here are a mix of local and imported goods from around the...

Hi all My first post - but a lurker since XMas eve 2013 (diagnosed type 2 on Xmas eve!) So, since my diagnosis I have changed my eating habits to a Low carb diet and have had great succes so far - lost around 15kg in weight since XMas eve 2013. However, I am still a little bit confused about...