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The moral of the story seems to be that every diabetic is different. I was diagnosed type 2 about 17 years ago, didn't take very seriously, weight crept down from 20 stone, but Hba1c yo-yo'ed between 7.0 and 13.0. On lots of meds. wake-up call this january, hba1c 10.5, GP suggesting insulin. I...

In blood sugar 101, Jenny Ruhl says increase salt intake for headaches, but also take a high dose Magnesium supplement. I have had headaches all my life, but they have reduced dramatically since taking Magnesium.

I aim for 75% fat, by weight, not by calories (probably 85% by calories). I probably only do this by consuming huge amounts of double cream and a lot of butter, which are not options for you, but I do have a lot of nuts. Some are only 3-5% carb (brazils, macadamias, walnuts)..................so...

Hi, I've got down from Hba1c of 10.5 in January to hopefully, based on a home test, about 6.3 currently with low carb and lots of supplements. This was in response to the threat of needing insulin. I have always been afraid of insulin, very afraid, as I had a theory that high BG causes...

Having used a freestyle libre for just 2 weeks, I think a lot of DP relates to how many carbs you had the night before. For me, I think that too many carbs in the evening meal exhausts my insulin stores completely, and my beta cells then make insulin soooooo sloooooowly, that even if my liver...

Yes Glink, your earlier thread sparked this one off. Despite the evils of Fructose, effect on the liver, raising Triglycerides etc, I now increasingly feel that not only have type 2 diabetics been misled for 40 years by being advised to cut out sugar but have loads of complex carbs (starch)...

Picking up on an earlier thread, if I am counting carbs on a low carb diet, surely sugar is less of a carb than all starches, because it is half glucose and half fructose, and fructose has no effect on blood sugar. This fits with my experience of pure sugar having less effect per gram on my...

I've been thinking about this a lot recently....................surely you would expect 10 grams of starch to have twice the effect on blood glucose as 10 grams of pure sugar, because starch is just glucose, whereas sugar is half fructose, and fructose has no effect on blood glucose (but may...

Hi, New to the community and forum. I am type 2, Hba1c was 10.0, but reducing it with fairly strict low carb and various supplements (bitter melon, gymnestre, fenugreek, turmeric etc). All definitely helping. Also resistent potato starch. Bought myself a freestyle libre a week ago. Took a...