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I completely agree with @AndBreathe . As someone who has an underactive thyroid those symptoms you describe are very typical of an underactive thyroid. Don’t be fobbed off.

Hi @littlebrownbird - do you mean the Oviva online program? If yes, then I am on it - almost 3 months done so far. To be honest i thought they wouldn’t support my dietary choice of keto but they have. I have found a lot of the “lessons” to not be anything I didn’t know but I do have a...

Just thought I would say that I am on the online NHS Healthier You Oviva program for pre-diabetes. When I was enrolled on it I had already decided (in fact already started) a keto diet and I will hopefully move off keto onto a low carb diet . I thought they wouldn’t support a keto diet (they...

Hi. Chester1964 welcome to the forum. I am also pre diabetic - found out by text message last November. As soon as I found out I started doing my own research and luckily found this forum. I decided to start a keto diet - 20g carbs/day or less as I wanted to loose weight. I wasn’t massively...

As @KennyA says, I use Ketostix from Amazon. You can get meters and strips but the strips are quite expensive - about £1/strip.

I loved most of those high carb foods, weetabix, bread, chips, pizza, pasta etc but I haven’t eaten any of them since being told I was pre-diabetic. My motivation - I do not want to go on to develop type 2 if I can help it and I certainly don’t want a lifetime of medication and more medication...

I test every morning and before and after meals if eating something new. Currently on 20g/day of carbs but want to gradually increase the carbs once at target weight so will definitely be testing more when I do that. Edited to add was only told I was prediabetic at end of Nov 2023 so also...

Hi Rachox, you are right in it being a grey area but I think it isn’t as it isn’t really a “sickness”. Just a warning that it might become one.

Looking at the link in that I think it is a no for pre diabetes, however I am hypothyroid as well so possibly that would qualify me?

Does anybody know if you can claim vat relief on test strips and meters if you are pre diabetic?

Thanks for the heads up, I was aware of this so did test myself and luckily it doesn’t seem to affect me. I do generally test whenever I eat something ”new” .

That is a great idea to use them as a side, having steak on Saturday so may well try them with that - I do miss chips with my steak. I have also used them to make “garlic bread” which we really like.

I have been lurking around this forum since end of November and through it have found a couple of subs that have made a big difference for me - low carb bread (although first brand didn’t suit me but loving the one I use now and just recently have found the Carb killa protein bars which really...

I got a little worried when I saw your original comment but I have been on 20g or less a day of carbs since end of November and have felt no ill effects and I also do TRE. Like you I am guessing my GP will tut and frown but as I am not scheduled to see him until the end of this year I will do...

Thanks for the reply, that is interesting that your diet has made a difference. I have been on 100mg thyroxine for 5 years now and my levels have been stable and good. I am currently doing keto to lose some weight (not a lot as my bmi is now 23) but still like to get rid of some excess belly...

Hi, sorry to take thread off topic - I also have a dodgy thyroid - underactive. Just wondering what the reasoning is for not going ultra low carb?

Well done, that is a massive achievement.

@Gargoyletaz so glad you are doing ok. Your story about your nurse makes my blood boil - it just reinforces my belief that you have to do your own research and be your own advocate. Over the years I have gradually lost faith in a lot of doctors and nurses - being told my i was suffering from...

I would suggest having a good read of this forum - it is a mine of information. i am hypothyroid as well although I have had that for the last 6-7 years and it is pretty stable. The pre-diabetes is recent - November last year. Is your thyroid back into normal range yet do you know - it took...

Like some others on here my inspiration/motivation is avoiding a lifetime of continually increasing medication and I want to keep my eyesight, all limbs/feet intact, working kidneys etc. We have just bought a motorhome and want to go off exploring europe and beyond for months at a time so that...