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Thank you all so much for your informative replies. I am going to buy this https://homehealth-uk.com/all-products/codefree-blood-glucose-monitoring-system-mmoll-or-mgdl/ (as the strips look cheaper). Thanks to this forum for recommendations. I'm a bit of a needle phobe and am not sure how I...

Hi. I was diagnosed with T2 last week and have an HbA1c of 80 mol. I started the Exante diet 11 days ago and it is the 600 calories a day (3 shakes) plan. The shakes have around 17g carbs each (or 20g if I have one of their bars). They market themselves as being good for putting Type 2 in...

@Bluetit1802 How often should a newly diagnosed person test their blood glucose? Is it after each meal? If I eventually manage to go into remission would I still need to test as often/ at all? Sorry if my questions have obvious answers, I am worried about my glucose levels getting worse and...

Please can you give me some suggestions as to which would be a good make to buy?

@Veryanxious Just as a reply- I don't belong to the baniya community. I have taken diskha from a Gaudiya Vaishnava guru and follow a lacto vegetarian diet ,with no onions/garlic ,as part of my initiation vows. ( I was vegetarian before that though). Generally, vaishnavas will be vegetarian...

Thanks for your clear explanation. I'll look online over the weekend at blood glucose meters.

I was eating chapatis and dal every day. I will look at some tofu recipes . The soya chunks I use are like TVP (textured vegetable protein).

[I use asafoetida in my cooking (well, I did until I started this Exante diet!). Now I am not really sure what to do because I thought the best thing was to lose weight, but I don't know if these shakes are low enough in carbs- they have about 17 g each sachet.

Thanks for your informative reply. I am using the Exante diet. The shakes are 17g , bars are 21g and soups 17g of carbs. I think I've read the right bit of the nutritional info. I have one of each per day. My Dr said it is ok, as I have to lose weight too. I am waiting for my appointment to...

Now I know what the Newcastle diet is :)

Thank you so much for your encouragement. That is amazing how you got your blood sugar level down so quickly. I think it is the vision issue that has really worried me. Now that I have read up a bit on T2 I notice things that I didn't worry about before like my feet tingling and waking up...

Thank you for your good wishes. It is the Exante diet- 600 calories as day to start with and then you move up to 800 (2 shakes and a healthy meal ) after some time. They have several testimonials from people whose type 2 went down to normal blood sugar levels using it so I hope it will work for me.

Thanks for replying and sharing these great ideas. i don't eat much diary anyway so could probably go vegan again quite easily. Do you know if dal and soya chunks are ok to eat on a low carb diet?

I follow Gaudiya Vaishnavism. Yes, in the Bhagavad Gita it is stated that onion and garlic are in the categories of passion and ignorance. Thanks for your replies.

Thank you for your reassuring reply. I have been prescribed the slow release version as I'd spoken to a few colleagues who had been ill taking the regular Metformin. I am eating 3 diet shakes per day and take the tablet after . Hopefully that should be ok. I really don't know much about...

Hi. I am lacto vegetarian, but due to my religion do not cook with onions or garlic. I have been newly diagnosed with Type 2 and wondered if any one can recommend recipes/ a book that would have low carb recipes that are vege (egg free too) and no onion/garlic? I'm guessing there might not be...

Thank you all who replied for your friendly welcome and relevant advice. It has made me feel less anxious having the hope that the blurriness will go. I am struggling at work (I'm a teacher) due to my vision at the moment. I have been on the very low calorie low carb diet for 9 days now and...

I have just been diagnosed with type 2 and my HbA1c was 80. My vision is blurry and I am worried about permanent damage to my sight. Will the blurriness go once my blood sugar level goes down? I have started a very low calorie diet (low carb) to try to reduce my weight quickly and hope that...