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Re: Another view on low carbing. Excuse me? Did I give anyone advice? I merely pointed them to studies, research and experiences of those who have benefitted, and have quoted my own experience and those of others around me and reasoned that it is only by trying, that we find out. I never...

Hi Michael The site 'Low Carb Diabetes' has a recipe section that might help. There are low-carb cookery books around - I have one '500' low carb recipes' which you should find on Amazon if you are interested. Apparently the 'Low Carbohydrate Gourmet' book is good too. Although we are happy...

Oh I agree with Nick's post too. But as far as my earlier comment is concerned, yes, I am in contact with a lot of people who are sick with one kind of health issue or another - is there any one out there who can really call themselves 100% healthy??? Come on. We all suffer with something...

Would any of us want to be on drugs if we didn't have to???? If we have a choice, and that choice means that we have control, then what was the question? We mustn't be fooled (and what I have now twigged and has had the biggest effect on my former 'deprivation' issues) - everyone who eats the...

As I have posted before on other threads, it may be a few days before you see a proper result. Your body has to change from the carb-burning mode it has been used to, to fat-burning and until you, and it, gets used to working in the fat-burning mode things will fluctuate a bit. The reason your...

My Mum was 64 when she died 9 years ago, but probably would still be alive and quite healthy if the Celiac Disease that killed her had been picked up years ago instead of just 4 weeks before she died. She had kept really well up until the last year or so before her death, always keeping herself...

If it's any help, what I do with mine is wiggle it a bit around under the skin slightly without actually removing it. I noticed that was happening with mine but thought that maybe the subcutaneous fat under the skin might be blocking the exit of the insulin, so by moving it around slightly it...

Of course these people are going to have hypos - they are being very good and following Medical advice and are consuming lots of lovely carbs and spiking their sugars every five minutes! How can you get your sugars under control when they are going up and down like a yo-yo! The insulin or...

I've had it too. My Mum had it (she was type 1) for quite a while. Mine came on about 3 years ago and lasted for about 10 months but probably took a couple of years for me to get full mobility back in it. I had physio and acupuncture but neither made much difference. It was weird because I...

Cut a butternut squash in half lengthways, place it upside down on a baking tray/sheet and bake on 180 degrees for about 20 - 30 minutes. Eat as is with a good dollop of butter mushed in, or scrape out of the skin and mash in a bowl with said butter and a little salt if required. Yum. Nice...

Hi. I am Diabetic and also gluten-free (un-diagnosed Celiac). One thing that really frustrates me over here in the UK is the lack of clarity on gluten-free foods for UK consumers. Although there is a lot of choice available, the major Supermarket chains only carry very limited ranges, and...

Hi Steve. Going back to the carb-burning, fat-burning thing, you probably will find that you need to snack until your body has adjusted to fat-burning. Once it does that it won't need to 'top-up' the glucose levels any more because it will be getting its energy from fat, not carbs. As long as...

You can accuse me (which undoubtedly you will in your own indomitable way) of the 'maybe's and the 'possibly's' but then if I was to state things as fact I would be damned that way too. In fact, as far as you are concerned I am talking out of my backside, so I can't figure out for the life of...

Yes, but not everyone who is overweight or doesn't exercise will become Diabetic. Even scientists are recognising that things like Diabetes are very much on the increase - and don't know why. My questioning has not been whether antibiotics cause Diabetes, but that they weaken the gut flora and...

Steve, Hi. If your body has been used to those higher levels for some time, it may take a while to readjust. It will have been used to functioning like that and may resist the drop initially. I know that when I first dropped gluten and my BG levels fell (I was up in double figures all the...

Yes, well some people thought that the earth revolving round the sun was silly. And some people thought that the idea of being able to go to the moon was silly. And some people thought that the idea of being able to travel halfway across the World in a few hours was silly. But there you go -...

Hi Feebie. Yes, I'd had problems for years, not realising it was gluten that was the culprit. Having said that, although I do feel that the wheat and grains have been mucked about with and our digestive systems don't cope with them as well as they should, I also feel that a big contributor is...

Hiya. It seems as though your liver cannot cope with drugs, but as you say, where do you go from here? Although not provided by the NHS, when neither metformin, insulin or even Byetta [from which I too had extreme digestive issues and eventually collapse, so can sympathise] had lowered my BG...

Well, UPB, you are obviously an expert and very fortunate not to suffer with those issues, but if you did, you would know that a lack of cleanliness is far from the problem. Yes, Candida and yeasts like damp places, which is why they are found in naturally damp places. How dare you suggest...

Well, you are very very fortunate. I wish I'd had that energy when my daughter was 18 months old - well, I wish I'd had it all of my life, but that option was taken away from me. I have a happy life, and I am an even-tempered happy person (though this particular thread may not give off those...