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Your BG does go up and down for all sorts of reasons. Your body likes routines and adjusts slowly to new regimes but a couple of the big factors with odd meter readings are meter inaccuracy, plus or minus 10% and the quality of a finger prick sample. Venous blood is much better than the...

I agree it is practically useless. It assumes that people know that if it is zero cal, the carbs must be nondigestible. But, on some of these products, there is a mix of different types of carbs that make things taste sweet and they all work in different ways. I have never really thought about...

They are not digestible carbs and sit in your gut fermenting away, sometimes with explosive results! The little ones from M&S are OK but you should always be careful with sweets for diabetics. The hard boiled sweets from Thorntons can cause painful stomache upsets. i found them very...

Well done Carol. Yes, it works, just like they said it would. I hope you have got a radio to go with the exercise bike. Having something to listen to makes it a much more pleasant experience. I started with a rower and then got on an exercise bike and then a real bike. You not only feel better...

It does take time. I was in the 9s and 10s but, along with eating better, losing weight and taking exercise, they came down through the 8s and 9s, 7s and 8s and after about 4 months I was in the 6s and 7s. Another 4 months and I was in the 4s to 6s. Your body creates its own glucose and even if...

That definitely needs cooking separately but, wen nearly cooked, you could stuff the pepper with it and mix in some grated parmigiano. Both cauli and broccoli go well with cheese. You could even grate some cheddar on the top before you put it in the oven. Maybe a little finely chopped onion in...

There are many different approaches. Some people cook the filling, microwave the pepper to soften it, then add the cooked filling and then pop into the oven for 10 mins. Others, if it has a rich sauce, put it straight into the oven for 25 mins. Whatever you do, it's important to have the filling...

I spent a few days in Haltwhistle, as a base for exploring Hadrian's Wall. Started off in the museum in Carlisle and ended up at Bede's World.

Retro, surely.

Hi Geordie Lass. You've been through it thats for sure. You have my sympathies. I was a student in Newcastle for a few years in the 1970s and this tribute to Bobby Robson, Blaydon Races by Jimmy Nail, Tim Healy and Kevin Whately always makes me smile and reminds me of those happy times, even if...

The 'dump' starts when levels fall below roughly 4.0 but she is correct, it isn't a 'dump' it is a process of converting several substances like fatty acids into glucose. It isn't instant and, even if it was, it takes an hour or so for everything to throughly mix in your blood. The biggest...

Spiced onion koftas, onion fritters made with chick pea flour and the usual tumeric, coriander, chills, and cumin served with a low fat yoghurt and mint sauce dip. Or try little onions cooked with wine, coriander and olive oil. Both of these recipes are in a book called Onion But the web is...

As you are a vegan/vegetarian you need to learn about the carbohydrate content of various foods and about the different types of carbohydrates. There are many and they all affect you differently. The only real way to learn how, is to test. Most of us get our own meters at some point. Pineapples...

My GP told me that I didn't get enough test strips and doubled them and one week later the DN told me that I didn't need to test at all. Hows that for the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing? On my Desmond course, they showed us plastic models of fried eggs, bacon and sausages...

Yes, only a few drops. It should always be used sparingly.

Olive and feta cheese salad some red peppers and tomatos, a little cucumber perhaps and some spring onions or chives, olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

If you are worried about raised cholesterol from eggs, many people are not, Omega 3 enriched eggs are a good choice. They are basically eggs laid by chickens fed on omega 3 rich foods, usually flax seeds. Of course, tinned fish can give you a lot of omega 3 but the eggs, in addition to higher...

I snack on thin wholegrain rye with sesame seeds crispbreads from Lidl. They are low GI and work for me but you need to test to see how you react. Sometimes I have them with a sardine and tomato paste and at other times very thinly sliced cheddar cheese and some pickled onion. If you find that...

Carb intolerant is not a very good term as it makes it sound like an allergy. It's not, it's a metabolic disorder. You may not be producing enough insulin, or you may be producing it late, ie a delayed response, or you may be resistant to the insulin that you do produce. Type 2 diabetics rarely...