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In my experience, I had to hammer the cardio stuff until I felt half dead. Swimming is good too, but again swimming within yourself is no good. I to swim so hard as to hang off the end of the pool exhausted. Recover and carry on. I found it good to break up the hard swimms with some relaxing...

Manor Farm thick and creamy 9.8g carbohydrate per 460g pot. Best yoghurt I have ever tasted by miles. Not easily available as produced in Leicestershire. Believe Waitrose may stock, possibly under their own label.

In terms of exercise, I've tried the approach of buying success. But in the end, perspiration is the only drug that works for me whether in the gym or swimming. The toys work for a while and maintain interest, but as you know there are no easy solutions, unless you opt for sulphonylureas or...

Cut out the carbohydrates and the bananas, stick to the berries. Add cheese to your list of things to eat. Plenty of exercise. Beer in moderation. Dry white and red wines are fine.

Yorksman talks a great deal of sense and just about mirrors my views entirely

Thrush is a yeast and will thrive in dark damp conditions and where there is a food source (glucose). Us diabetics are very prone to thrush. Lower the BG levels and thrush will be a thing of the past. All fungi/yeasts tend to either like alkaline or acid conditions. Those that like alkali...

Forget the cornflakes, nothing much in them but sugar. Wouldn't eat porridge either. I eat two eggs, bacon, sausage and mushrooms, I don't get hungry on that.

Yep, good response, Robert. The cramps are directly related to high blood sugar, get this down and the cramps will disappear. What I didn't realise was that it was the lack of hydration indirectly caused by high blood sugar. Same old advice, cut the carbs and start the exercise. With this...

Drink red wine and dry whites (sauvignon blanc, pinot grigio etc) keep off the sweet whites. Try and keep the carbohydrate intake as low as possible, eat loads of eggs, meat, vegetables, cheese. Enjoy the odd ice cream or dessert, but don't pig out on them. Cappacinos and any coffee, great and...

I was reading a topic "Symptoms of autonomic neuropathy", diarrhoea, constipation, lack of libido, infections, amputations, teeth problems etc. etc. You would think that by chance there just might be the odd benefit. For example why can't gentlemen with diabetes become muscular, suffer oversized...

Personally, I would try and get off glic. I was prescribed glic and told that my bg levels were way too high to contemplate a low carb and high exercise regime. So I took no notice and now my bg levels are around the 6,5 level but the exercise regime has been tough, everyday. If glic burns out...

Thanks, Kate, very kind of you to get back. Interestingly, I read a couple of weeks ago that GPs had cash incentives to get patients on statins. You may have seen a recent Italian study (Daily Telegraph, yesterday or the day before) that bergomet tablets ( bergoamot, an ingredient of Earl Grey...

I'm afraid alcoholic drinks are full of carbohydrate- for example beer is almost 'liquid toast' hence the beer belly!! Perhaps the odd glass of red wine wouldn't be too bad if it doesn't make you get hungry afterwards- or just plain water with a slice of lemon. Alcohol is not a carbohydrate...

Kate, apologies for the late reply, I had to find my results and thanks for your advice. My total cholesterol 8.4mmol/l, triglycerides 1.46, HDL 2.6, LDL 5.1, total cholesterol : HDL ratio 3.2

When I was diagnosed over a year ago, I went on a pretty well zero carb, high fat diet. Plenty of vegetables and berries in the evening. Lost about 3 stone and the diabetic nurse was shocked to see my bg go from 15 to 6.5. Incidentally, I was swimming/gyming virtually every day. Bear in mind...

Don't agree with the above or the diabetic nurses who don't understand the chemistry. Beers contain a fair amount of sugar as well as alcohol. Hence lots of beer means lots of sugar which is laid down as beer belly fat. Conversely, eg dry white wines, red wines and spirits have very little...

I've given up with statins. My understanding is that GPs get financial incentives for prescribing them. A considerable amount of the research questions the validity of statins. My dad was riddled with cholesterol and died at 94 with a hospital infection. No statins for him and I think that I'll...

Alcohol in terms of dry, red wines and spirits should lower sugar levels. Can't see much wrong with drinking these. Remember those low bg levels after a bender and ravenously hungry, it's all down to low blood sugar. I knock a bottle of wine back a night and since I've cut the carbs don't suffer...

When you press the button say ouch. Sounds crazy but don't feel a thing.

To keep it nice and simple. Cut out sugar in tea and coffee and no pop. Cut out all sweets. Eat eggs, fish, meat, bacon, cheese, stir fries and any vegetables that you like. Don't eat carbohydrates bread, rice, noodles, pasta, potatoes, or if you do, small portions. Do eat fruit, especially...