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What were your Gran's blood glucose readings that the doctor used to diagnose her? If they were very high it might make sense to tweak her diet a bit to bring them down and possibly make her more comfortable. If they weren't much too high, then like the others I'd leave well alone. Diabetes is...

No direct relationship between calories and blood sugar - except that eating too many calories will make us fat, and too much internal fat around our organs - liver and pancreas - interferes with insulin production and how it is used. It's perfetly possible for apparently slim people to have too...

Well done you on the weight loss! :clap: :D That's very good. While exercise is very beneficial, not all of us can do it. I can't do much, I can't walk very far, and I get most of my exercise in the summer, gardening. I have a little book called "Rosie's Armchair Exercises", by Rosita Evans...

You've got to be creative and also be willing to eat things twice or 3 times - unlike a friend of mine's husband who won't eat "leftovers" no matter what! :roll: . Only one other thing to add - it is possible to eat too little. Your body can go into starvation mode and hang on to everything...

Low budget is certainly a problem - I have to be careful, but not as low as you, and food is my main expense once bills are paid and a tank of fuel put in the car! Clothes come a poor 4th - good job I'm scruffy by nature! :lol: The diet you call your ideal would suit me too - except too many...

Glad to be able to help. Yes, please let us know how you get on. Viv 8)

Have a look at Viv's Modified Atkins Diet, which is a Sticky Thread on the Low Carb section of the forum. This works for me; I can keep my blood glucose in the non-diabetic range eating this way, with good blood pressure and cholesterol results as well. Read it through and have a think about...

Have a look at Viv's Modified Atkins Diet, which is a Sticky Thread in the Low Carb section. It's a good base for any low-carb diet; if you stick to my version you will be eating about 25g - 30g of carbohydrate daily. If you want to eat more carbs than that, add them in carefully, using a carb...

Lard contains: 45% monounsaturated fat 39% saturated fat, of which 35% is stearic acid 16% polyunsaturated fat. info above from the USA national nutritional database Stearic acid metabolises to oleic acid, which raises HDL and lowers LDL simultaneously. Saturated fats raise both...

I have a friend who has been Type 2 for about 12 years, at first diet-controlled only. She's had hypos ever since diagnosis, to the extent of needing paramedics because she has been know to collapse in the street. I have a feeling that she may have been misdiagnosed as a "standard" Type 2, but...

17+ is too high; does your GP know your readings are in this range? Don't know about the tinnitus, but feeling clammy is one of the signs of a hyper, I believe. Hyper is hyperglycaemia - when your BGs are too high. Symptoms can be similar to a hypo, so you need to check your levels. My first...

Metformin (otherwise known as Metfartin :wink: ) is renowned for side-effects such as wind, diarrhoea and sometimes nausea and stomach cramps. The reason for getting on to it slowly, one pill at a time, is to let your system get accustomed to it. If you think things are not settling down well...

That's it, Lifesway - keep your sense of humour and you'll soon get on top of this! :D :wink: Welcome to the forum. Don't be afraid to ask any questions you like - there's no such thing as a silly question on here, and there's usually someone around who can help. Many of us Type 2s find...

Re: Comments on Low carb diet - a newbies guide Slesser1 and eveshamgal, have a look at Viv's Modified Atkins Diet, which is a Sticky Thread on the Low Carb section of the forum. As it stands that is a very-low-carb diet, coming in at less than 30g per day, but it has the advantage of giving...

For a Type 2, you need to avoid things with a large carbohydrate content, not just sugars. Type 1s have to give themselves all their insulin, so they are able to alter their insulin dose to cover what they've eaten. Type 2s may have a sluggish or weak pancreas which still produces some insulin...

Speaking personally, I don't find very low carb "a bit unbalanced" ( to quote Daibell). I get most of my carbs from fresh vegetables - I eat more veg on low carb than I ever did when low-fat dieting! - and my vitamins and minerals mostly come from those too. I understand that about 20% of the...

It depends on how long you need to starve yourself! Seriously, it won't do any harm to stop for a day or two; then re-introduce them when you start adding (eg) soup to your liquids. Don't forget to go back on them gradually, in case they upset your stomach as well. :wink: Your BGs will go...

If your blood glucose levels have been running a little high - and between 6 and 8 would be a bit high for me, but we are all different - your body will be used to running at that level and you may well get some hypo symptoms until your body gets accustomed to the lower levels. This is not...

An interesting summary - thank you, catherinecherub. Maybe "they" should be putting everyone on Metformin instead of statins? :wink: Viv 8)

Ask for a meter. Tell your GP that you want to use it to learn which foods make your blood glucose spike, and which you can eat safely. Suggest that s/he let you have a 3-month trial with test strips on prescription, to see how it helps you manage your diabetes. If you have a problem, promise...