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Also, since diagnosis I have transformed the way I eat. In order to regain weight I would have to make a conscious effort to drive to the supermarket and buy all the wrong things. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I've no idea how my cholesterol came down! I've lost two stone tho - so maybe a healthier lifestyle?? Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Thanx Pipp! I've always allowed myself odd treats - just need to be careful I guess. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Latest Hba1C results are 37 or 5.5% - Nurse very impressed with me and overran the apt in an effort to understand what I'm doing but more specifically what I'm eating. She says I've lost 12kg since last appt - I don't weigh myself but I know that's good cos I had to replace all my jeans :happy...

It takes around 8 weeks for metformin to take effect. Missing a couple of doses is unlikely to have a significant effect on your snapshot testing. Good luck! Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Boiled Eggs!! 0 carbs Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

It is worth noting though that the government is in talks with major food manufacturers to reduce sugar by 30%. The government wants them to do it on a voluntary basis. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

From the link above; Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Ottawa, Canada, Yoni Freedhoff; “Not only has added sugar found its way into virtually everything we eat, but worse still, the use of sugar as a means to pacify, entertain and reward children has become normalized to the...

My view is that too much sugar is dangerous for the human body. I also believe that sugar is addictive and people get cravings and withdrawal symptoms. I intuitively feel that eating a 'natural diet' or non-processed diet has to be better for you. My dentist calls it the caveman diet. Whilst...

I need to take on 25g of carbs before a 20 mile bike ride or I'm too weak. Other than that low carbing works well for me. Got my hba1c coming up soon and predicting around 36. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

The parallels with tobacco is astonishing. The pro tobacco lobby have kept it legal 50 years since we found it kills. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Andy how do you do so much excervise on so few carbs? Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

The sugar lobby in the USA are fighting back with a pro choice campaign *** Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Have you tried boiled eggs? 4 - 10mins to make. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

So.... Who has had one today? Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

This quote worried me; Regardless of how well it is controlled, type 2 diabetes is a progressive disease, which results in the need to increase pharmacological therapies over time. A recent study conducted in Australia showed that, after six years, 44 per cent of patients no longer responded...

http://www.spectator.co.uk/features/9185591/why-id-rather-have-hiv-than-diabetes/ Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Am so sorry to hear your sad news. [Can people stop offering congrats without reading the thread please]. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Shreddies contain 73.7g of carbs per 100g!!! Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

who will the audience be? I agree smashing breakfast stereotypes is the most important for 'lay people.' A crushed wheat biscuit in each hand trampling on corn flakes perhaps stood next to a table with an equivalent amount of sugar based on a bowl of cornflakes for a year? Sent from the...