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Sweet wine wine has left over sugar in it, that's why it is sweet. Yeast turns the sugar into alcohol but alcohol kills yeast so at some point, there is no active yeast left. If all the sugar has been turned into alcohol, it is dry. The more sugar which is left once the yeast is dead, the...

Why doesn't he do what the rest of us guys who have been married since lord knows when do, get a garden shed, bottle of wine, a radio and an old armchair? Good grief, I'm even scouring ebay for a used wood burning stove to make it even more cosy.

You want to see some erstwhile professional footballers, especially the british ones who were part of the drinking culture. You'd never guess that they were once speedy and nimble. I on the otherhand am growing old gracefully and slowly getting measured up for my tweeds and saving up for the...

The whole point of a 12 hour fasting blood glucose test is let your BG levels drop to aruond 4.0 at which point a homeostatic process will kick in and gluconeogenesis occurs to prevent hypoglycaemia, the so called liver dump. When you eat at night and don't have the full 12 hour fast, you may be...

I found that something with a crunch and a sharp taste satisfied my hunger pangs so I resorted to some very thin rye crispbreads with very thinly sliced cheddar cheese and slices of pickled onion. Alternatively, I'd have the thin crispbreads with sardine paste. But, sit at a table and make a...

Since you mention 3 month average, it sounds like it is your HBA1c and it sounds like 7.6%. it is above normal, 6%, but many people are worse. I was around 10%. Still, I got it down to below 6.0 within the year. Don't worry about the delay. I saw the GP after about 10 days, signed some forms...

They are nearly all from scratch, roasting, crushing and blending your own spices. Some recipes like this chicken jalfrezi need to be adapted but it's only a question of substituting the teaspoon of sugar with say a quarter teaspoon of Truvia. I actually leave it out anyway because I don't like...

My GP also told me that 'statistically, you'll live longer taking statins'. I told him that if the NHS were giving statins to healthy people who didn't need them, it was bound to make the outcomes look better than giving them to group of people who were ill and who did need them. "It skews the...

I started taking Atorvastatin in 2002 but in 2006 it was changed to Simvastatin. The GP denied it was due to cost and claimed that it was more suitable. After a couple of years various aches and pains started and in 2011 I started to experience cramps. The GP said he didn't think it was related...

LOL, quite an image! Have read any of Mongoose's posts? The snake doesn't bother him much thesedays :)

Get hold of the Hairy Bikers' Great Curries, often on special offer at WH Smiths. It has obviously many curry recipes but also quick curries and curry bases and tips on freezing etc. One dish I like to do is a Goan Fish Curry. It's very simple and very tasty. Also very good, though a little...

I don't know your data etc but I think it is a good possibility if you do the right things. Many people who have had the disease progress have been following NHS advice which often runs contrary to common sense. When I asked my GP about Dr Taylor's work he simply sneered, 'who's going to do...

Yes, try to aim at getting below 7.8 two hours after your meal. Don't worry about any readings immediately after a meal, it's how quickly it comes down that matters. Also, your early morning reading should be below 6.0. Don't worry if they are not to begin with. It does take time but, given...

It depends. It won't go away on its own and it depends firstly, on how bad you are at diagnosis and secondly, how motivated you are with diet and exercise. The problem is that there will be some damage to the insulin producing beta cells and no one ever knows how much damage there is. It used...

It's exactly what I did and when they gave me an HBA1c after 8 weeks they got quite sulky that I was down to 48. "Well, it's OK for a diabetic I suppose". I pointed out that it's usual to wait 12 weeks for a HBA1c and the DN got very upset eventually telling me that she had an A level in...

Always best not to react. If you do, you can get dragged into deadly situations:

"At the time of the accident mi'lud, my client was not using his mobile phone as alleged by the prosecution, but merely checking his blood sugar levels on a hand held monitor, an essential precautionary measure to ensure safe driving"

Well you had the misfortune to meet him. He has the misfortune to be him and have to put up with it all day every day. What a sad way to live the one and only life one has. Maybe he howls at the moon too?

I enjoyed it and it did not spike me. because it is mainly chick pea flour, it does not rise easily and using a natural yoghurt to ferment didn't give it much of a rise. I did whisk it before I steamed it and it did get some air and the whole thing did rise a little but, it still had the texture...

I use it albeit it is an additive in Truvia, in which it is blended with Stevia extracts. Erythritol is much kinder to the digestive system than other polyols. It is expensive but 1 small jar of Truvia seems to last me ages. It is very sweet tasting so I never use very much of it, half a...