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Craving cappuccino? I have mentioned before that my two particular carb kryptonites are milk and bread. I have really missed my weekend lattes and toast with peanut butter. Unfortunately, the bread I cannot reconcile, but the coffee.... I’ve cracked it! Now this might come under the category...

You don’t even need to take a photo, you can zoom the live image on your phone camera. I did buy some very cheap credit card magnifiers and the quality wasn’t good enough, the image was poor even though it was bigger, so just check that they look decent. Now I just carry a pair of old reading...

For something sweet I bake something low carb - keto chocolate cake, scones, biscuits, lately madeleines because my new waffle maker has plates for madeleines, waffles, stewed rhubarb or other low carb fruit with lots of cream. Savoury I have salted nuts, Camembert or Brie, salami, really good...

I was diagnosed back at the beginning of December last year and brought my BG levels right down to normal in 3 months by going low carb. I have mulishly resisted attempts to get me to go to NHS diabetes education because my lazy keto diet is working wonders for me. However, they have been...

For those (like moi) who are too idle to make their own, Cardini Caesar dressing only has 1.4g of carbs per 100g, and I really like the taste. It’s not horribly sweet. However the main ingredient is rapeseed oil if this is important to you.

So, not bad... 4.9 pre-meal and 6.4 2hrs later. Dinner was chicken Caesar salad with some of Tesco’s beetroot in vinegar, maybe a little carby at 7.5g/100g but not too heinous. Then stewed plums with cream. Which were indeed transformed into scented fruity sweet, sharp yummyness. A raise of...

... With my meter tonight. Following last week’s yummyness of stewed rhubarb and cream for pud, I tried to buy more this week and of course, there was none. However there were cheapo plums. You know the ones, in a punnet labelled ‘Butterfly Haven Farm’ or some such (to inspire misty visions...

If you favour a fruit-flavoured device, the Apple health app does collate info from a lot of sources - my scales, my BG meter, my garmin fitness watch etc. All these items have their own apps but you can have the health app replicate the info. I think (could be wrong... I don’t use it myself)...

That’s cos wheat flour is emphatically high carb, and has to be substituted to make low carb treats. Replacing the sugar with an appropriate sweetener would slightly reduce the carb content but there’s a lot more flour in cake than sugar, so it’s not the main problem. Have you tried chocolate...

Hi Andy, one of the members here (I’m sorry, I can’t remember who but thank you!) recommended that I read ‘The art and science of low carbohydrate performance’ by Jeff Volek and Stephen Phinney. It is really very helpful in explaining how the body in ketosis works and giving you the confidence...

Was it worth buying the waffle maker? Ooooh yeah! Garlic and herb chaffles, sweet chaffles with butter and a small shot of low carb syrup... why has it taken me so long to try these crispy fluffy wonders? I feel a chaffle pizza lies in my near future, and a burger in a chaffle ‘bun’, and...

I have posted elsewhere about the amazing keto scone recipe I found recently which has reintroduced to my diet something which feels carby even though it isn’t. This makes me happy.... sometimes only something cakey will do! Anyway, coconut flour... it’s a necessary evil as it does improve the...

You could try asking your doctor, when/if the time comes, whether you can take some antihistamines to tone down your response without it negating the effect of the vaccine. I was advised to do this by my doctor for the typhoid vaccination because I reacted so badly to it. It really helped for...

I think it depends on the stance of your employer. I am working from home and have been since 10th March since my employer considers that diabetes makes me more vulnerable - ie. I get the flu vaccine, which was all the advice available back then. Almost the entire workforce is currently WFH...

Hi Patricia, I well understand the misery of appalling digestion and a hiatus hernia, but for me at least, carbs were one of the main culprits, not the cure. If you feel up to it, having another go at low carb, supported by all the good people here, could well bring you huge benefits. Since...

I do agree, of course I am no expert in human health, but our bodies are. They have built-in redundancy all the way, 2 of almost everything and are incredibly self-protective. I have never been convinced that the thirst mechanism would only kick in when we are already in trouble. If anything...

Testing is not a chore when done with purpose - it’s fascinating, illuminating, motivating and puts you absolutely in the driving seat as far as getting your condition under control. I certainly ‘obsessed’ over my testing early on, if obsession means taking a keen and active interest in how my...

So I have just looked back at my readings from December on the mySugr app: Day 1 : high 14.9, low 12.6 Day 2 : high 16.3, low 9.7 Day 3 : high 11.9, low 8.9 Day 4 : high 10.1, low 5.8 Day 5 : high 11.2, low 7.6 Day 6 : high 10.1, low 6.5 Day 7 : high 8.0, low 5.6 And one month from diagnosis...

“You can lead a horticulture but you can’t make her think” - Dorothy Parker ;):)

I’m not a huge fan of eggs, I usually only use them for sweet baking. So I just don’t eat them in savoury dishes! I eat meat, fish, veg, spag bol with courgetti, curries, stews, lots of cheese, cold cuts, salads... all the normal low-carb fare, just not eggs. Very occasionally I will have an...