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Hi Sarah my levels were like yours a month ago and until they started to come down I didn't realise how poorly I had felt . Persevere and eat plenty of things we can eat ! There's no need to starve and make yourself feel worse . The Metformin will kick in too . Hope you improve soon .

Amen ! Lol ! There are indeed a few articles on Black Pudding being a super food .

There are no grains in this pudding The ingredients in this pudding are - Ingredients Beef Suet, Vegetable Fat,Pork Blood, Onions, Salt, Spices Low carb not no carbs

I hadn't seen this table before makes things a bit easier

Why are you trying to complicate this ? I only stated a 'rough ' content of the amount of carbs in black pudding as I found on a nutrition guide . What else in black pudding would count towards the carbohydrate content ?

As I stated previously it has no grain in its content :)

100 grams is a lot of black pudding and the one I have has no grains so won't be as many carbs . Not affected me levels at all

Awww sorry about that - I love an omelette can get a bit ' egged ' out though can't you . All trial and error indeed .

Hi Sparks ! Nuts are a good snack and olives - which will also be available in an abundance on holiday - Also cheese - I was always a grazer until recently so I often have the mentioned items for my lunch - easy peasy - good wishes

He's my local butcher , discovered by chance his ' experimental ' black pudding

Hi Phil I was diagnosed 5 weeks ago with a shocking level of 15 and above ( yes I felt very poorly) my levels are now down to your diagnosis level on fasting so a good improvement but obviously work in progress. Testing is good but I would advise to only test when necessary as this will only...

Lovely yum :)

I didn't say zero carbs it's roughly 15 grams of carbs per 100 grams of pudding

There are no grains in this type

When my intitial tests came back my HbA1c was 98 - the receptionist said ' I'm surprised you don't feel ill ' .... I did ... argggggg

So black pudding has virtually no carbs - I've just had 3 slices for lunch . But reading about it on the net there are some conflicting opinions. Thoughts please peeps

I'm glad to see some one who does a few 'naughty ' things - I was blasted on here for having the odd biscuit or two ! At the end of the day we are human and each to their own .

My mother stresses me - her most recent idea is that I've been misdiagnosed because I eat bacon , cheese and cream .. when her dad was diabetic ( 40 years ago ) blah blah blah argggg

Where is this being held ?

Have you not been diagnosed by a doctor then ? You won't be on the diabetic register if you haven't .