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Hello again, MG have I been busy...Canadian relatives really kept me moving! BUT I have a question of someone can help me with: I assume butter beans are on the starchy veg list? Am I right? I'm stuck at 176 lbs & hope to have a blood test, etc later this month. The Accu-chek monitor tell...

It's not 'finger blood' mind but venous blood using a Vacutainer + needle from your cubital fossa/inner elbow. Remember Hancock's 'blimey that nearly an arm-full!

Oldvatr.....that makes more sense so what does the Accuchek Active test for/with? I'm giving it capilliary blood............

I bought a friend with type 2 a Codefree as his surgery hadn't given him a test meter. I don't think he uses it much though! Info: I got these readings yesterday 2hr post meal - AccuC Active, 7pm 6,1, retest 7.30pm 7.1, & then7.0. Agamatrix Jazz 7.8, then 7.30pm 9.1, 8.3. As the Jazz is...

Good morning. This is the first time I've used these things and I assumed they would be accurate. I did think like most thing there would be a margin for error. It seems both give correct readings according to the bloke at AgaMatrix. I'm going to use the Accu-Chek until I've used all the strips...

Hello. I did retest with both & the Agamatrix gave bigger differences than the Accu-Chek. I had a look on line for accuracy listings. I found one that gave the Accu-Chek Active a 80% rating. I'm used to getting readings in the 5-6 range & was shocked at the raised A-Matrix readings. Thanks.

Wow!! Which one do you use?

I'm 1lb off 2 stones down since I started the Newcastle Diet. HOWEVER I've posted a question on Ask A Question about blood monitor accuracy. My diabetic nurse has given me a AgaMatrix 'Jazz' which is giving me numbers 1 more than the Accu-Chek Active she gave me 2 months ago. I'm not sure...

Shock horror. I've been using a Accu-Chek Active monitor for 2 months & for the past 7 days got fasting values of 5.0 - 6.0 mmol. 2 hrs after lunch today I got 6.2. Two mins later I tried the AgaMatrix 'Jazz' that my diabetic nurse gave me recently & got 7.2mmol. I'm confused now about...

Lucky you in the area of the delicious Mediterranean Diet so follow a low carb diet & look at the Low Carb Program for yummy suggestions......;)

It strikes me that this book is a rehash of Roy Taylor's Newcastle diet (?) that I've been on for 8 weeks. I've lost 1stone & 12.lbs (with another 3st to go) but my Body & Visceral Fat levels are still high. When my VF level is normal I hope my pancreas will recover.

Hello. Yes, all Newcastle Diet with the odd Scottish oatcake thrown in occaisionally. As for the Omron 508, I looked at the Which? review again & it got a first class verdict & seems to be accurate ;)

Ahh.....a 511! There's posh for you! I only knew about these toys when reading my Which? recently so nipped to Salisbury's Argos & bought their last 508 in stock. It does body fat, visceral fat, weight & BMI. It the vesceral I find engaging! A weak electrical current & bingo. Very clever...

Hello Dominic, My fasting BS this morning was 5.5 mmol. I'm trying the Newcastle Diet & have lost 24 lbs in 8.5 weeks. I avoid all carbs if poss with the exception of a Scottish Oatcake now & then, & all sugar. I cannot escape suagr in fruit! I cook with olive oil, & curry veg for a change & do...

6.2 yesterday & 5.5 today. I posted elsewhere that I'm down 24lbs in 8,5 weeks since starting the Newcastle diet, with a brief respite over Xmas. Back to cabbage & slim fast now though!

My latest weigh-in tells me I've lost 24lbs in 8.5 weeks. My fasting BS was 5.5 this am. I MUST do a visceral fat re check tomorrow morning. My fingers are crossed.......!

She rang & agreed to provide the Accu-chek test strips. However, I nipped into Salisbury on the 29th & bought the OMRON BF508 Body Composition Monitor. Apart from showing my weight (which agreed with the other digital platform I have) it also gives body, visceral fat, & BMI readings. I didn't...

First time with the Accu-chek Active......5.5.

I'm not aware of the grams with bread & am going to try almond flour. 'This after-protein-breakfast drop is never a hypo, just a gentle lowering to comfortable levels.' as Brunneria suggested is what I suspected. I only buy dry-cured bacon from my local butcher. Maple syrup with bacon is...

Umm.....Would bacon & 2 eggs do it?