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Welcome to the club although I hope I am now on my way back to pre-diabetic. At least with everyone on this forum to help, you can enjoy the club and stop the condition getting worse as it did for many of us in the last decades. With a gradually reducing low carb diet - down to between 40 and 50...

So you may have to be cruel (to yourself) to be kind as I was. I believe some on this forum have gone to very low carb (<20gms per day). This may be the way for you but it was easier for me to reduce the carbs over a few weeks down to 50 gms. rather than in one go. Having got almost to where I...

AS we all say on here, "We are all different," when it comes to how we process food. For myself, I have watch out for sausages, the fillers can be all carb. Carrots, beans of any type, sweet (all) potatoes, leeks (onion family), broccoli all send my bg levels high. I do have a little potato at a...

An idea of what you are eating would help. Alos without wanting to pry too much are you overweight. 14 kgs is nearly 30 lbs that is a lot to put on. I brought my weight down from 195 lbs to 155 lbs in about a year on a low carb diet - about 50 gms per day. I am now keeping at about 55 - 60 gms...

The Alpha Lipoic Acid is the only thing that works although I take it with pregabalin. I do not take the'R' bbutwas told by a diabetic nurse(!) that I could have up to 1800 mgs per day. I take 400 x 4 times a day and when I forget even one dose by only a couple of hours the pain is excruciating...

Hi NitinHP Always a little late but I am a few thousand miles from the UK. Not much to add but I would like to mention that being a pre-diabetic may just mean that you are showing the beginnings of a genetic tendency to diabetes. I have diabetes on my mother's and father's side and I was...

So @Auto E. A few years ago I saw on US Public Broadcasting (like BBC but by donation) a programme that talked about research at Washington State University on bears. They discovered that when bears prepare for hibernation the pancreas (alpha cells?) stops producing insulin. This enables surplus...

Yes, the genes can get you every time. So remember it's not your fault. Lots of good information and help here but no-one has mentioned exercise. You say you are generally healthy with a good BMI but this may mean that you are not converting unused glucose into fat. The glucose remains in the...

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Yes we are all different but here's the place to see what may work for us. I gradually dropped to 50 gm of carb, 80 gm of fat and 80 gm of protein a day using the Low Crab program. I lost nearly 45 lbs in 12 months without going keto. My fats are usually less than 80 gm. I am now very slowly...

From reading these posts and my own surfing there seems to be so much information and research out there with no-one moderating unless the results appear in one of the medical journals. It would be nice to have a library of current research which has been examined by a sufficiently qualified...

Gravy does it every time. I think it is the 'flour' used to thicken the sauce. If I have more than 1/4 of a cup it spikes my bg and the effect lasts for several hours.

Just keep coming back here for all the support you need. Usually better than a DN or a doc.

I think the meter is essential especially if you are able to get a constant glucose monitor. This gives you immediate feedback on the foods you are eating and the affect of exercise. It may also be that you need to lose more weight particularly fat around the middle. I was on a low carb diet for...

I think there are 3 important things for you to do: 1. Find out ASAP what type you are. T1 or T2 or one of the variations in between. 2. This diagnosis will determine your action with the insulin. In my experience as not T1 is that the insulin increased my sugar levels that required more insulin...

Like many of us 'long term' diabetics you have found the right way. Well done and keep it up. Having our metabolism working at a new lower carb balanced level does not mean we are cured but 'long-term' no longer means 'lifer' that becomes death by diabetes.

Definitely. I am at the point where I do not want to lose any more weight as I am down to 150 lbs - 10 st 6 lbs. - so I am carefully increasing my carbs very slowly to find out if I am able do maintain my reduced weight without increasing my bg. I am 69 and my weight is about where it was 50+...

I had the same issue with bg after a workout but that stopped now that I have lost nearly 45 lbs most from around my waist. My liver has little fat to work with in order to create an uncontrolled glucose dump.

I am T2 but was put on insulin in February 2018. I gained 25 lbs in 4 months as my insulin dose increased from 32 units to 68 units a day. I started a low carb diet, reduced the insulin after 6 months to zero and I have now lost nearly 45 lbs 15 months later. I realize T1s have different issues...

My A1cs, weight and diabetic side effects - eyes, feet, hands - always get worse in autumn. In my case I am sure that my body is getting ready for winter by storing more fat as the temperature drops so that it is available for energy (heat) during winter. Research at Washington State University...